Opportunities

This current Student Digest as well as the past ones are posted on the Architecture web page under CURRENT STUDENTS/Resources: http://www.arch.calpoly.edu/current/index.html.

Competitions

  1. AIA Ideas Competition 2009 (Registration deadline: February 13, 2008)
    Go to our Competitions web page. NEW
  2. BARKitecture CHIQue 2009 (Registration and submission deadline: February 27, 2009)
    Go to our Competitions web page. NEW
  3. Film competition (Registration and submission: January 15, 2009)
    Go to our Competitions web page. NEW
  4. Textile Structures for New Buildings (Submittals deadline: January 30, 2009)
    Go to our Competitions web page.
  5. Competitions announcements from COMPETITIONS Magazine (various deadlines)
    Go to our Competition Magazine: 12-31-2008 Postings web page
  6. 23rd Annual CSU Student Research Competition (Deadline for submission of nomitated research projects: February 17, 2009)
    Download the Informational Memo (.pdf).

Fellowships

See past Student Digests

Internships

Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) are always looking for exceptional talent and consider Cal Poly an excellent source for that talent.  However, WDI is a project-based company whose talent needs vary as the result of dynamic project requirements.  Internships and employment programs are therefore quite fluid. A good source of information, and a way to apply directly, may be found at www.disneycareers.com. NEW

WDI will visit Cal Poly through representation the CAED Career Fair on 25 February, 2009.  Anyone desiring to communicate with WDI should do so through:       
Donna Young, Senior Professional Recruiter, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts 1401 Flower Street Glendale, California  91201 or email Donna at: donna.young@disney.com or (818) 544-6500. NEW

Job Fairs

Cal Poly will offer two job fairs during the 2009 Winter quarter:

  1. Cal Poly Winter Job Fair on January 28th and 29th, 2009, Chumash Auditorium, 9:30am-2:00pm – Network and 2:00 pm-5:30pm - Interviews January 28th and 29th, 2009.
    Go to the Career Services: Winter Job Fair web page. NEW
  2. CAED Job Fair on February 25th, 2009, Chumash Auditorium, 9:30am-2:00pm – Network and 2:00 pm-5:30pm – Interviews.
    Go to the Career Services: CAED Job Fair web page. NEW

Lectures

  1. Professor Johanne Riegels Østergård from the DIS in Copenhagen will be speaking to our students about Scandinavian architecture on February 23, 2009 at 4pm in the Berg Gallery. NEW
  2. Raymond Neutra, son of the Austrian born architect Richard Neutra will offer an informal lecture and talk about his father's hopes for the role of Brain Science in architecture and how the VDL Studio/Residences exemplify his beliefs. Title of the lecture is “Richard and Dion Neutra Studio/Residences, Significance and Survival.” Tuesday January 21, 2009 at 4pm in the Berg Gallery 05-105. NEW
  3. In conjunction with the Department of City and Regional Planning (CRP)
    - Monday April 20,2009: Geoffrey Payne: Berg Gallery 4pm
    - Wednesday April 22, 2009: Geoffrey Payne: Berg Gallery 4pm
    - Thursday April 23, 2009: Rita Payne: Berg Gallery noon. NEW

Resume Building

  1. To help "Sustain our Profession" (engineering and design) BENTLY recently deployed a major upgrade to the “Student Only” Resume Center service on the Be Communities web site. This enhanced service gives you the opportunity to easily post or update your resume in a system that thousands of prospective employers from the design and engineering communities will be reviewing.
    Go to our Current Students web page. NEW

Scholarships

  1. 2009 AIA Corporate Architects and Facility Management Scholarship (Submission deadline: January 22, 2009 )
    This scholarship is administered by the AIA Corporate Architects and Facility Management Knowledge Community: http://www.aia.org/cafm_default. The Scholarhsip is open to students currently enrolled in an architecture program and does not require a special interest in alterative careers such as facility management or corporate architecture.  
    To print out the application, visit: AIA 
  2. AIA Mel Ferris Scholarship (deadline: February 16, 2009): http://www.arch.calpoly.edu/opportunities/other-scholarships.html.

Workshops

Two Revit training sessions will be conducted:

  1. Thursday, January 15, 2009 (1-3pm in room 186B-102 -30 computers with revit architecture and structure). Kevin Dong and class; Umut Toker. NEW
  2. Friday, January 16, 2009 9-12 open 1-5pm in Media Lab (bring laptops with software loaded).
    Dan Panetta and studio, Robert Arens and studio; 6-8pm in Media Lab (bring laptops with software loaded) AIAS
    If more individuals and studios are interested please email Jim Doerfler.
    Students may download Revit for free from the Student Engineering & Design Community web page at Autodesk. NEW

Miscellaneous Information

  1. College Base Fee
    The officers of the CBF have voted to reimburse the LEED Practice Test fee of $400 for twenty (20) students who have successfully completed the examination. Please email Henri de Hahn and send all original receipts and proof of having successfully completed the examination to Alissa Magorian. We will promptly process your request. Go to our College Based Fees web page. NEW
  2. California Architectural Foundation (CAF)
    Ken Rodriguez is an alum of the Architecture Department and is a member of the California Architectural Foundation. Ken will make a presentation to share the CAF’s mission to financially help students with their education (time and place TBD). In particular Ken will speak about the upcoming Mel Ferris Scholarship. Last year, two architecture students received awards.
    For additional information please visit Student Digest: AIA Mel Ferris Scholarship (deadline: February 16, 2009). Go to our Other Scholarships web page. NEW
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