Texas State AITP

Thank you Willis Ellison with Dell

April 19, 2011

Texas State AITP would like to thank Willis Ellison from Dell for giving us insight on his experiences with IT. We always appreciate seeing our alumni become successful in the industry and come back to show us how they were able to accomplish their success. We would also like to thank everyone for coming out to our last chapter meeting of the semester. The Fall 2011 officers were voted in, and we wish them the best of luck! A big thank you goes out to all of our officers and members that are graduating this semester. You will all be missed and your hard work will not go unnoticed! Good luck to everyone during finals, and have a wonderful summer! See you all in the Fall!

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Bobcat Build

April 10, 2011

Texas State AITP spent this past weekend cleaning up a local San Marcos residents lawn. We did everything from racking leafs to clearing large amounts of tree debris. We are proud to announce that we didn't stop working from the second we stepped foot on the property until it was past time to leave. We appreciate all of your help and dedication for this past weekend and hope to see another appearance next year.

Bobcat Build Team: Angela Dancy, Doug Fogle, Ben McClelland, James Thorne, Michael Gairo, Taylor Rogo, Jack Chen, Trina Glezman

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Thank you James Wroten with The System Shop

April 5, 2011

Texas State AITP would like to thank James Wroten with The System Shop for speaking with us about owning his own business in the information technology field. We always enjoy learning what it takes to build an infomation technology based company from the ground up. We would also like to thank everyone else for coming to the chapter meeting and can't wait to see you at Bobcat Build on April 9, and at our last chapter meeting on April 19!

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2011 AITP National Collegiate Conference

March 29, 2011

AITP's 2011 National Collegiate Conference was held this past weekend, March 24 - 27, in Orlando, Florida and Texas State AITP again delivered on another successful conference after placing in almost every contest we entered. We would like to thank the team and advisors for your time and effort which lead to one of Texas State AITP's most dominant appearances at the National Collegiate Conference.

3rd Place Top Monkey Award

Visual Studio .NET: 2nd Place Doug Fogle and Kelly Forciea

PC Troubleshooting: 3rd Place Jack Chen

COBOL: Honorable Mention Doug Fogle and Kelly Forciea

Systems Analysis and Design: Honorable Mention Claire Taylor and Sarah Terrall; Honorable Mention Chase Borden and Shannon Flynn

Office Solutions: Honorable Mention Antonio Bardales and Steven Martinez

Network Design: Honorable Mention James Thorne and Michael Gairo

Database Design: Honorable Mention Travis Houston and Tan Truong

The Chapter Contest Team consisted of Ben McClelland, Clint Rasmussen, Jack Chen, James Thorne, Jameson Goodyear, Jonathan Cheek, Meg Hinojosa, Michael Gairo, and Trina Glezman.

The NCC Contest Team consisted of Chase Borden, Claire Taylor, Doug Fogle, Kelly Forciea, Sarah Terrall, Shannon Flynn, Steven Martinez, Tan Truong, Tony Bardales, and Travis Houston.

The Chapter Faculty Advisors consisted of Dr. Randy Cook, Mr. Kevin Jetton, and Dr. David Wierschem.

The NCC Contest Team Advisors consisted of Dr. David Wierschem, Dr. Randy Cook, Dr. Jaymeen Shah, Dr. Sam Lee, and Mr. Kevin Jetton.

The Winning Teams flyer can be downloaded here

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Thank you Amy Horowitz with SoftwareOne

March 1, 2011

Texas State AITP would like to thank Amy Horowitz with SoftwareOne for speaking with us about her extensive and relevant work experience. We always appreciate insight from a professional in the technology field. We would also like thank everyone for joining us today and can't wait to see everyone at the next chapter meeting on April 5!

For those looking for a job, I encourage you to look into Rackerpalooza at this link.

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Thank you Phil Marasco with ISON

February 1, 2011

Texas State AITP would like to thank Phil Marasco and Jeff Shaffer with ISON for speaking with us about internet security. Phil enlightened us all with an eye opening presentation on the current security issues we are seeing in the world today, and how we can protect ourselves. We appreciate everyone for joining us today and hope to see everyone at our next meeting!

The speaker presentation can be downloaded here.

If you are interested in attending WinFest download this PDF and contact Doug Fogle on our Contact page.

If you are interested in being apart of the Texas State AITP intramural soccer team, please contact Travis Houston at th1220@txstate.edu.

If you are interested in being apart of the Texas State AITP Bobcat Build team, please contact James Thorne on our Contact page.

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Thank you Nathan Green with campus2careers.com

November 12, 2010

Texas State AITP would like to thank Nathan Green with campus2careers.com for speaking at our last chapter meeting of the Fall semester. Nathan was able to tell us all some valuable insider information on the best ways to get a job. If you have not already done so, be sure to create a profile on his website at the link just above. campus2careers is dedicated to providing job opportunities from small to medium size businesses to college graudates. Once again, thank you Nathan. We look forward to working with you more in the future!

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2010 Texas State AITP IT Symposium Winners

November 5, 2010

Texas State AITP would like to give a big thank you to the following schools, exhibitors, and sponsors for attending our 4th Annual IT Symposium!

Schools: Academy of Careers & Technology, Hendrickson HS, Holmes HS, Hutto HS, Connally HS, Lehman HS, Needville HS, and The John Cooper School

Exhibitors: Volt Technical Resources, Bob Moore Consulting, Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union, IBM, USAA, Apple, and FIRST

Presenting Sponsor: IBM, Contest Sponsor: Samsung, and our Conference Sponsor: Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union

This year's symposium was another great success and we hope to see all of you at the 5th Annual 2011 IT Symposium!

We would like to congratulate the following winners:

PC Troubleshooting: 1st Place Dylan Samano (Holmes High School); 2nd Place Jacob Molina (Holmes High School); 3rd Place Ton Thong (Connally High School); Honorable Mention Victor Vasquez (Connally High School); Honorable Mention Jesus Aparicio (Holmes High School)

Java: 1st Place Farah Patel (The John Cooper School); 2nd Place Xavier Thierry (The John Cooper School); 3rd Place Aamer Rakla (The John Cooper School); Honorable Mention Ron Kinard (Hutto High School); Honorable Mention Lance Colton (Hutto High School)

Office 2007: 1st Place Audrey Underwood (Needville High School)

2010 AITP Region 3 Student Conference

October 24, 2010

The 2010 Region 3 Student Conference was held from October 21 - 23 at the University of Houston and Texas State AITP once again made itself known!

1st Place Region 3 Contest Winners

Application Development: 1st Place Doug Fogle and Kelly Forciea

Network Design: 1st Place Michael Gairo and James Thorne

Database Design: 1st Place Doug Fogle and Kelly Forciea; 2nd Place Shannon Flynn and Sarah Terrall; 3rd Place Erin Armstrong and Dotti Bolt

PC Troubleshooting: Finalists Jack Chen and James Thorne

The Chapter Contest Team consisted of Ashley Emanuel, Brendan Johnson, Clint Rasmussen, Dotti Bolt, Erin Armstrong, Grant Lloyd, Jack Chen, James Thorne, Joe McGowan, Karlye Morris, Meg Hinojosa, Michael Gairo, Sean Hargrove, and Steven Vassilaros.

The NCC Contest Team consisted of Chase Borden, Claire Taylor, Doug Fogle, Kelly Forciea, Sarah Terrall, Shannon Flynn, Steven Martinez, Tan Truong, Tony Bardales, and Travis Houston.

The Chapter Faculty Advisors consisted of Mr. Kevin Jetton, Dr. James Cook and our CIS Chairman is Dr. David Wierschem.

The NCC Contest Team Advisors consisted of Dr. James Cook, Mr. Kevin Jetton, Dr. Sam Lee, Dr. Ju Long, Dr. Mayur Mehta, and Dr. Jaymeen Shah.

In addition, Texas State AITP would like to thank Austin Adamcik, Cory Nemec, Justin May, Lisa Okafor, and Tasha Summers from ExxonMobil for answering our questions, giving us a tour through their datacenters, and providing lunch!

More photos can be found on our Facebook Page.

The Winning Teams flyer can be downloaded here.

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Thank you USAA

October 14, 2010

Texas State AITP would like to give a big thanks to Tom Beard, James Jurek, Lori Sandbak, and Aaron Van Hel Dorf for being a part of our panel discussion at yesterday's Chapter Meeting. Questions were being fired back and forth and these Texas State Alumni provided very worthwhile answers. USAA continues to support our chapter and we cannot thank them enough for it!

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Thank you Tim Speed with IBM

September 29, 2010

Texas State AITP would like to thank Tim Speed with IBM for presenting a very eye-opening presentation on IT security. Security is a topic that is frequently over-looked, and Mr. Speed helped to reiterate why it is so important. In addition, we would like to thank Specialist Brad Davis, from the Texas State Guard, and Byron Wier, from McCoy's Building Supply, for coming to our meeting. The support received from each of you is greatly appreciated! We had another record turn out and we hope to see everyone again on October 13!

The presentation can be downloaded here.

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Thank you Dr. Wierschem

September 7, 2010

Texas State AITP would like to thank our new CIS Chairman, Dr. Wierschem, for giving a very enthralling presentation today about how the CIS major and AITP will set you up for your future IT career. In addition, we would like to thank Specialist Brad Davis from the Texas State Guard J6 Section for announcing the internship opportunity that can be found in our Jobs section. We had a record turn out today and we hope to see everyone again on September 28!

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Fall 2010 Begins!

August 25, 2010

Today is the first day of classes for everyone at Texas State University, and for our AITP chapter that means the beginning of all the work to be done for this semester. Our calendar is already packed full of different events so head on over to the Calendar page to see everything. In addition, check our organization board on the 3rd floor of McCoy for updates on events and general information. We look forward to starting a new semester and are excited to see what it will bring!

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Lehman High School AITP Student Chapter

May 13, 2010

Texas State AITP would like to congratulate Lehman High School for officially becoming the first AITP High School Student Chapter in the nation. This project was spearheaded by Doug Fogle, and with great help from our Director of Chapter Relations, Clint Rasmussen, two years of work has finally paid off. Only good things can come from this new endeavor and we are all very interested in seeing what will come next.

Another Semester Down

May 11, 2010

The semesters seem to go by faster and faster as Fall and Spring pass on by. This one was no different, but Spring 2010 proved to be a very successful semester for Texas State AITP. With 15 officers we put on and attended many different conferences and events. From Business Leadership Week, who we co-hosted with CEO, SHRM, and McCoy College, to our several Chapter Meetings and Socials, to Nationals in St. Louis, where we were awarded the 2nd Consecutive Year Association Outstanding Student Chapter of the Year award, to our 2nd Annual Alumni Dinner, and lastly the grand opening of the Nation's first AITP High School Student Chapter, we could not have asked for a more eventful and successful semester. Our new officer board is already preparing for our Chapter Meetings, Socials, IT Symposium, and Regionals in the Fall of 2010. If you feel you can help us in anyway please do not hesitate to let us know. Lastly, congratulations are in order for our graduating officers: Eric Ortega, Andrew Johnson, Ben Capone, Lisa Okafor, and Clayton Purcel good luck in the real world!

2nd Annual Texas State AITP Alumni Dinner

April 14, 2010

Texas State AITP held their 2nd Annual Alumni Dinner this evening. The event was as successful as last year, if not more so. Jennifer Navarrete was our keynote speaker and she gave a very lively and interactive presentation on how social media is and can be used within your business or personal life. We would like to thank Jennifer and everyone who was able to attend! We hope to see all of you next year!

Thank you Conrad Geiger with Oracle

April 7, 2010

Texas State AITP would like to thank Conrad Geiger for coming out and discussing the acquisition of Sun by Oracle. In addition, Conrad discussed the many products and services Oracle currently offers to its current and future customers. We hope to work with you again Conrad!

2010 AITP National Collegiate Conference

March 30, 2010

AITP's 2010 National Collegiate Conference was held this past weekend, March 25 - 28, in St. Louis, Missouri and Texas State AITP again delivered on another successful conference!

2nd Consecutive Year Association Outstanding Student Chapter of the Year (2008 - 2009)

Outstanding AITP Region 3 Student Chapter of the Year (2008 - 2009)

Top Monkey Award (Highest level of overall conference support with 20 students and faculty attendees, competing in 41 competitions, and traveling 857 miles one way)

AITP Faculty Advisor of the Year: Kevin Jetton

Systems Analysis and Design: Honorable Mention Alex Castillo and Dotti Bolt; Honorable Mention Erin Armstrong and Alan Harris; Honorable Mention Gene Ognibene and Doug Fogle

Network Design: 3rd Place Michael Gairo and James Thorne

Database Design: Honorable Mention Dotti Bolt and Andrew Johnson

Visual Studio .Net Developer: Honorable Mention Eric Ortega, Erin Armstrong, Alan Harris, and Alex Castillo

The Chapter Contest Team consisted of Ben Capone, Jonathan Christensen, Ashley Emanuel, Shannon Flynn, Michael Gairo, Clayton Purcell, Clint Rasmussen, and James Thorne.

The NCC Contest Team consisted of Erin Armstrong, Dotti Bolt, Alex Castillo, Doug Fogle, Alan Harris, Andrew Johnson, Gene Ognibene, Lisa Okafor, and Eric Ortega.

The Chapter Faculty Advisors consisted of Dr. Randy Cook and Mr. Kevin Jetton.

The NCC Contest Team Advisors consisted of Dr. Randy Cook, Mr. Kevin Jetton, Dr. Sam Lee, Dr. Ju Long, Dr. Mayur Mehta, Dr. Jaymeen Shah, and Dr. Marcos Sivitanides.

Thank you Rob La Gesse with Rackspace

March 4, 2010

Texas State AITP would like to thank Rob La Gesse with Rackspace for sharing his real world stories and experiences that ranged from working as a neonatal respiratory therapist to his current job at Rackspace as "Chief Disruption Officer". Rob held the crowd's attention throughout the entire meeting and we hope to have him again in the future!

Jobs

January 27, 2010

A Jobs page has been added in order to offer current Officers and Members the opportunity to kick start their careers. Currently there is a Samsung Internship posted. Check back often for new and updated opportunities.

Fall 2009 Complete

December 12, 2009

Texas State AITP would like to thank our members, officers, speakers, and everyone else who made Fall 2009 one of the best semesters for us! Our Spring 2010 calendar has been posted and we hope to see you all next semester!

2009 Texas State AITP IT Symposium Winners

November 1, 2009

Texas State AITP would like to thank all of the high schools that attended this year's IT Symposium and congratulations to all the winners below!

PC Troubleshooting: 1st Place Brennon Ledet (Hendrickson High School); 2nd Place Dylan Samano (Holmes High School); 3rd Place Adrian Gonzalez (Holmes High School); Honorable Mention Samuel Fray (Byron Steele High School); Honorable Mention Lamson Nguyen (Hendrickson High School)

Java: 1st Place Donald Schiwitz (Lehman High School); 2nd Place Samantha Williamson (Lehman High School); 3rd Place Arthur Tambur (Lehman High School)

Office 2007 Applications: 1st Place Brittany Tremmel (Byron Steele High School); 2nd Place Kelsie Aulds (Byron Steele High School); 3rd Place Elizabeth Sturgill (Byron Steele High School)

2009 AITP Region 3 Student Conference

October 22 - 24, 2009

AITP's Region 3 Student Conference, held October 22 - 24, 2009, in Richardson, TX on the University of Texas at Dallas campus with 248 attendees, 198 of which were IT College and University students, again witnessed the Texas State AITP Contest Crew rake in the awards!

Application Development: 1st Place Autumn Pitts, Gene Ognibene, Doug Fogle, and Lisa Okafor; 2nd Place Scott Hidalgo, Eric Ortega, and Alex Castillo

Database Design: 1st Place Eric Ortega and Lisa Okafor; 3rd Place Andrew Johnson and Scott Hidalgo; Honorable Mention Tuan Nguyen and Joe Zarate

Network Design: Honorable Mention Michael Gairo and James Thorne

PC Troubleshooting: Finalists James Thorne and Andrew Johnson

The Chapter Contest Team consisted of Matthew Bobbitt, Jonathan Christensen, Shannon Flynn, Michael Gairo, Scott Hidalgo, Andrew Johnson, Tuan Nguyen, Autumn Pitts, Clint Rasmussen, James Thorne, and Joe Zarate.

The NCC Contest Team consisted of Erin Armstrong, Dotti Bolt, Alex Castillo, Doug Fogle, Alan Harris, Gene Ognibene, Lisa Okafor, and Eric Ortega.

The Chapter Faculty Advisors consisted of Dr. Randy Cook and Mr. Kevin Jetton.

The NCC Contest Team Advisors consisted of Dr. Randy Cook, Mr. Kevin Jetton, Dr. Sam Lee, Dr. Ju Long, Dr. Mayur Mehta, Dr. Jaymeen Shah, and Dr. Marcos Sivitanides.

Thank you Apple

October 14, 2009

Texas State AITP would like to thank Oscar Suarez and Cameron Anderson for their presentation. Oscar and Cameron are the Apple Representatives for Texas State University and have helped our chapter in various ways over the past semester. We hope to continue to work with them!

Thank you Argo Data

October 7, 2009

Texas State AITP would like to thank Nathan de Guia and former AITP member Eric Bramble for their presentation. Today's meeting just so happened to land on the same day as the Texas State Career Fair, so those who were able to make it to today's meeting were able to hear about and present resumes to an additional company that was not at the Career Fair. Once again thank you Nathan and Eric!

Thank you USAA

September 30, 2009

Texas State AITP would like to thank Brian Parks and Tom Beard from USAA for their very informative and relevant presentation. Many of the questions asked were related to job interviewing and how to properly sell yourself, and Mr. Parks and Mr. Beard returned very useful information on how to be successful in these trying times. Once again thank you Brian and Tom. We will see you at the career fair!

Thank you IBM

September 24, 2009

Texas State AITP would like to thank David Olson, David Haake, and Ron Montgomery from IBM for putting their time and effort into our open panel meeting on September 23. Meeting turnout was exceptional, and the meeting lasted an additional 15 minutes due to the highly relevant and engaging questions and answers. Once again thank you David, David, and Ron. We hope to work with you all in the future!

Fall Semester Chapter Meet and Greet

September 2, 2009

Texas State AITP will be opening up the Fall Semester with a chapter meet and greet. Please join us to get to know what our chapter can offer you and ask our officers any questions that you may have. Come dressed as you are. Snacks and refreshments will be provided. We hope to see you at the meet and greet on September 9th at 5 PM in McCoy 127.

Fall 2009 Schedule

August 5, 2009

The calendar for the Fall semester has been updated. Please note that any and all events are subject to time and content changes. Please refer to the calendar before attending any event to be sure nothing has changed. We hope to see everyone during the Fall!

1st Annual Texas State AITP Alumni Dinner

April 15, 2009

This past week was Texas State AITP's first Annual Alumni Dinner. The event turned out to be a huge success with over 50 attendees. Saltgrass Steakhouse did a wonderful job hosting and serving us, and Russ Finney delivered a very "life changing" presentation. We hope to see everyone in attendance at the second Annual Alumni Dinner!

2009 AITP National Collegiate Conference

April 2 - 4, 2009

Between April 2nd & 4th in Oklahoma City, 15 students and 3 faculty, led the way to 5 national award victories for Texas State AITP, ending the best year ever for the organization!

Association Outstanding Student Chapter of the Year (2007 - 2008)

Best Design of Student Chapter Website

Application Development: 1st Place Doug Fogle, Autumn Pitts, Gene Ognibene, Chris Pheigaru

Office Solutions: Honorable Mention Owais Barlas, Nathan Lloyd

Systems Analysis and Design: Honorable Mention Gene Ognibene, Autumn Pitts; Honorable Mention Nathan Lloyd, Cory Nemec

Our 2009 NCC Attendees consisted of: Owais Barlas, Eric Bramble, Daryn Burleigh, Jonathan Christensen, Gabe Contreras, Aaron Covington, Maggie Donna, Doug Fogle, Nathan Lloyd, Cory Nemec, Gene Ognibene, Eric Ortega, Chris Pheigaru, Autumn Pitts, and James Thorne.

Our 2009 Contest Team Advisors consisted of: Dr. Randy Cook, Mr. Kevin Jetton, Dr. Sam Lee, Dr. Ju Long, Dr. Jaymeen Shah, and Dr. Marcos Sivitanides.

Our 2009 Faculty Advisors consisted of: Dr. Randy Cook, Mr. Kevin Jetton, and Dr. Sam Lee.

Thank you CSIdentity

March 25, 2009

Texas State AITP would like to thank Isaac Chapa for his very eye opening presentation on identity theft. The information Isaac provided is invaluable to anyone in today's society. I recommend everyone visit CSIdentity's website at the link above to learn more and potentially utilize their services if you or someone you know has been a victim of identity theft.

Download the speaker's presentation.

Thank you Labatt Food Service

March 11, 2009

Texas State AITP would like to thank Kayla Grona and Juli Selzer for their very informative and enlightening presentation on the IT solutions that Labatt Food Service utilizes. In addition, Kayla and Juli announced internship opportunities as well as a full time position for the coming summer to everyone at our meeting. There were several attendees that spoke with Kayla and Juli after the meeting to get further information. Once again thank you for the wonderful presentation and job opportunities!

Download the speaker's presentation or handout.

What we have in store

March 4, 2009

Currently, Texas State AITP is preparing for the National Collegiate Conference in Oklahoma City on April 2nd through the 4th. We will be taking 16 teammates, which is our highest number of contestants yet. Each of us will be competing in events based around all types of current industry used IT subjects. In addition to representing Texas State University with these competitions, each of us will have the opportunity to gain insightful knowledge at the many speaker sessions, presented by IT professionals. While being able to network with these professionals, we will be able to share our resumes and participate in on-site interviews with numerous companies hiring for internships and full time positions. Our goal for this competition is to not only win at the many events, but to walk away as the Student Chapter of the Year for 2008.