1. Westwood College – Online Campus AIGA Student Group August 20, 2009

2.  We are now up to 360 members from WCO and other Westwood Campuses!! - 291 with an actual AIGA membership  Welcome New Members!!!! - Attend chapter meetings - Go to AIGA website and events - You should receive your membership materials soon!! August 2009 Term Update

3. www.wolaigagroup.org  Take time to submit your best piece of work so it can be profiled on the website!!  No, no seriously…I mean it!!!  Submit this information to Tawnya DeHerrera (tdeherrera@westwood.edu) or Crystal Green (crystalgreen01@student.westwood.edu )tdeherrera@westwood.educrystalgreen01@student.westwood.edu Your Group Website

4. What Should You Do? Add some of your work to the AIGA website:  www.aigadesignjobs.org/groups/westwood www.aigadesignjobs.org/groups/westwood  www.aigadesignjobs.org/public/individual_bro wse.asp www.aigadesignjobs.org/public/individual_bro wse.asp

5. Once each term (All times are 6pm MST) http://learn.westwood.edu/design/  January 22, 2009  April 02, 2009  June 10, 2009  August 20, 2009  October 29, 2009 Meeting Schedule

6. Upcoming Events  Make/Think: AIGA Design Conference October 8–11, 2009 The AIGA Design Conference heads to Memphis from October 8– 11, 2009 to celebrate design excellence and stimulate thinking about design issues. Events Calendar

7.  Join your local Chapter and pick an upcoming event to attend! Here are a few I found:  No Agenda (West Michigan) – August 25, 2009  Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight (Blue Ridge) – August 26, 2009  One Inch Round – Button Design Contest (Nebraska) – August 28, 2009  A New AIGA Student Chapter Competition  Coming Soon!!  Stay Tuned for more information!! Events Calendar

8.  Westwood College Online now has a master graduate portfolio – a place where you can have some of your work displayed, and be viewed by employers in your degree area. This website will be used to showcase some of our top Westwood graduate’s work and provide you the opportunity to be viewed on a high-traffic, public-facing website.  Requirements: You must possess a final GPA of 3.0 or higher in your degree area Your three (3) best pieces of work need to be submitted A review committee will evaluate the quality of your work for possible selection.  dvaughan@westwood.edu dvaughan@westwood.edu Master Graduate Portfolio

9. Stay Connected...  All correspondence about group events and competitions will be made via e-mail, through inCircle, and on the website. Make sure you stay involved with your group and look for ways to volunteer. Your involvement will guide our success. Check your e-mail regularly! How Can You Help?

10. Guest Speaker And now, our feature presentation!