The start of this school year of West Valley's fall semester is going BIG! AIAS West Valley established a new voice and a new attitude to keep architecture students well sheltered and nurtured with loads of information and experience with the built environment. Planning since the mid of summer vacation, board member President Mauricio Flores and Vice President Binh Nguyen came home from the AIAS 26th annual Grassroots Leadership Conference held in Washington DC with excitement and filled with clever ideas on how to make the AIAS West Valley club become revived, renewed and owned with bold well informed effective students that will be ready to start their journey in architecture. One of the highlights of this semester is the increase of students that are wanting to be members of the AIAS Chapter. From Volunteer opportunities, portfolio reviews, college tours, and structuring buildings with candy canes and graham crackers, the plans held for AIAS West Valley students are hidden behind the board members sketchbooks.

1. -Emily Romero
   

2. ICC Representative/
   

3. Volunteering Chair
   

Upcoming Events & Important Dates

1.     AIA Associates Social
   

         Tuesday, Sept. 14

1.     AIA SCV Annual Business Meeting/ Pechakucha Night
   

        Thursday, Sept. 16

1.     AIA DA Application Submittal Deadline
   

        Monday, Sept. 20

1.     AIAS, Habitat for Humanity Volunteering Opportunity (Spots are now full)
   

        Friday, Sept. 24

1.     AIA Art and Wine Festival Volunteering Opportunity
   

        Saturday & Sunday, Sept. 25-26

1.     AIA SCV Intern Development Program
   

        Saturday, Oct. 2

1.     AIAS Monthly Meeting,
   

        Friday, Oct. 8

1.     National AIAS Membership Reporting Preferred Deadline
   

        Friday, Oct. 15

1.     National AIAS West Quad
   

        Thursday through Saturday, Oct 23-21