The New EC Members of 2012

IATSU Election results are out, first thank you to all the candidates and voters. This has been our biggest election yet, but unfortunately there are only so many positions. The students have spoken, and the executive council members of 2012 are :

President : Justin Ma

Vice-President : Diana Luong

Director of Activities : Tommy Ma and Jenny Nguyen-Don

Director of Communication Design : Judy Zheng

Director of Web and Social Media : Brendan DeBrincat

Secretary : Melinda Ng

Treasurer : Chi Hsi

Forum Rep : Megan Lo

Member-at-Large : Jane Wong

Your vote could change the future.

Hey SIAT,

Your vote, could change the future of your student life. Seriously, it could, with a student union that acts as the liason between the voices of students and administrative, IATSU is in a great place to make a difference in the community. Like any other organization though, it’s the members that drive it forward, and today you will be electing the executive members.

From April 18th (today) 9:00 AM, to April 19th 9:00 AM, the elections will be open via a websurvey. Vote for your candidate and support the best one candidates that you think will make a difference. Be part of the process, and it does not end here, if there are any inqueries on what we could do to serve you better, don’t be afraid to send us an email or talk to us. For now though, vote here!

http://bit.ly/iatsuelections

View information on your candidates here :

http://iatsu.com/iatsu-ec-candidates-2012/

IATSU Elections Coming Up!

Hi IATSU,

As the summer terms comes to an end, it is time for the next IATSU’s elections for executive members for 2012 to 2013. Have you ever wanted to contribute more to your school? Help make pushes to improve SIAT? Then apply for a position in IATSU’s executive team, as of Thursday April 5th IATSU is accepting nominations for all positions. Send in an email with your name, the role you are running for, a picture of yourself, and a small write up of why people should vote for you to be in the next IATSU team to iatsu-pres@sfu.ca. The elections will occur online on April 18th, 9 AM to April 19th 9 AM.

In the executive team for IATSU, we are looking for a :

-President

-Vice-President

-2 Director of Events

-Secretary

-Treasurer

-Director of Communication

-Director of Web and Social Media

-Forum Representative

-Member at Large

For more details, visit www.iatsu.com/elections. Become part of the team to help push our in our SIAT community forward!

BeyondSIAT – Speaker bio Jun Ying

Meet Jun Ying, our last speaker of BeyondSIAT 2012. Jun is a recent graduate from the SIAT Program under the media concentration. Jun is a professional wedding photographer with his own company Kunio photography. Currently he is performing well in his profession, just recently placing third in Professional Wedding Photograhers of Canada Winter 2012. Interestingly enough Jun found his passion in SIAT, and began his journey with his camera at SFU Surrey.

See some of his works and learn more about Jun from his website at http://www.kuniophotography.com/ and come listen to Jun’s story of how he found his passion and developed it at IATSU’s fourth annual BeyondSIAT event at 5:00 PM today!

BeyondSIAT – Bio Justin Liebregts

Meet Justin Liebregts, SIAT alumni from the graduating class of 2005 with a focus on Interaction Design. Since then, he’s been busy with a number of various projects. His passion for graphics and animation has led him to places like Electronic Arts where he worked as an Interface Designer/ Game Ops Producer which turned into Lead Interface Designer. Further along his impressive list of experiences, Justin went on to be a co-founder of Ubiq Visuals and more recently in 2010, became co-founder of Mohzy, a Canadian consumer product design studio offering [their] own unique brand of products that captivate [their] consumers on both visceral and emotional levels.
Learn more about Justin and his company by visiting his website here, http://www.mohzy.com/world/en/) this Friday March 30th at IATSU’s 4th Annual, BeyondSIAT event, happening at SFU Surrey in Podium 2.

BeyondSIAT – Speaker Bio Shannon Tinkley

Shannon Tinkley graduated from with a BA in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology in 2009 with a concentration in Media Arts. One of her greatest achievements happened in 2009 when Shannon and her collegues participated in Made in Brunel, an international design competition hosted by Brunel University in London, UK, with their iPhone bike application. Fast forward to today where you can find Shannon residing in Coal Harbour and continuous in the realm of phone applications. Shannon currently works as Product Designer at AirG Inc. where she designs social networking applications for mobile phones. According to the company’s LinkedIn profile, [they] are a dynamic group with a unique value based culture that is built on innovation, learning, ownership and excellence. So much so that AirG’s current product made it to the top 8 trending topics in Canada on twitter, claimed the #2 spot (below Facebook) in App Store and is currently #24 spot in Top 25 in App Store. Aside from her work, Tinkley claims, “[I] Love sports! Softball, basketball, beach volleyball, downhill biking, ultimate, snowboarding and everything in between.” Following, it wasn’t at all shocking to learn about her adventurous side. She says, “I’m always in negative vacation days – I travel every chance I get whether it’s to visit friends or just to have an adventure.”

Join IATSU this Friday March 30th to hear Shannon speak at our annual Beyond SIAT, happening at SFU Surrey in Podium 2.

BeyondSIAT – Speaker Bio Derek Pante

The first speaker that will be presenting at BeyondSIAT 2012 is Derek Pante, a media student who graduated from the School of Interactive Arts and Technology on 2008 after five years. Derek has worked with SFU Continuing Studies to create marketing material and websites. He has moved on to Giant Ant Media to help brands to tell stories in meaningful, engaging ways using live-action, stop motion, and animation as the medium. He loves being part of every step of the design process, but on warm evenings you can find him wrapped in blankets watching a good movie.

To look at some of Derek Pante’s works, visit his portfolio here at : http://www.derekpante.com/ , better yet, come to BeyondSIAT 2012 to listen to him talk about his journey!

BeyondSIAT 2012

Time is blurring and you begin to feel as though your days are all colliding into one another. It’s been years since you’ve started your journey towards graduation; each day is but a step on that road towards the finale. It’s tiring and you’re exhausted and as you draw nearer, you realize that the one road you saw wasn’t one road at all, but many.

Think of IATSU as the oasis to your journey, and Beyond SIAT as a great fountain of wisdom!

On March 30th 2012, IATSU will be hosting its 4th Annual BeyondSIAT in Podium 2 at 5:00 pm. BeyondSIAT is an annual alumni speakers night for SIAT students to learn more about what’s possible beyond SIAT and in the industry. This is a great opportunity for you to explore your paths; from listening to engaging speakers who have walked your path to networking with alumni, faculty, and industry members– a well of insight at your disposal to help you to decide the path you want to take.

RSVP now to BeyondSIAT at http://bit.ly/beyondsiat2012

Dress Code : Business Casual

PS. For those who are especially anxious to know who the keynote speakers are, stay tuned as IATSU reveals them throughout the week leading up to the event!

Changes to SIAT Curriculum

CreativeMornings in Vancouver

Enjoy a good breakfast? Do you love talking about design? Then you might be interested in monthly CreativeMorning sessions which fuses breakfast with 20 minute lectures, followed by 20 minute group discussions. The upcoming lecture is by Alex Beim whose field is one that may be of interest to many of SIAT students, tangible interaction. This creative morning will take place on December 2nd, Friday at 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM. You can sign up for the event November 28th, Monday!

Alex Beim deals with Sensory installations, visit his website here.

For more information, visit http://www.creativemornings.com/