Author: txstateitsa

Date: April 20

Time: 5:30PM – 8:30PM

Banquet Ticket: $25

Address: Casa Maria, 706 S Guadalupe St, San Marcos, TX 78666

Food: Beef & chicken fajitas, beef & chicken enchiladas, rice, beans, chips, salsa, tortillas, pico de gallo, cheese, guacamole, sour cream, lettuce.

Dress: Business casual or better

Speaker: Shawn Farrell – Volaris Group Consulting

Topic: Do’s & Dont’s to maximize earning potential

Be sure to purchase your ticket on our website. The PayPal button is located at the bottom left of the website home page.

This year, Texas State AITP traveled to compete in the annual AITP National Collegiate Competition held in St. Louis, Missouri. We traveled 854 miles and had 30 attendees, all competing in a total of 90 contests! We would like to congratulate the following Texas State AITP members for their outstanding performance during the conference:

Microsoft Office Solutions:
Honorable Mention – Michelle Leipnik & Cody Kern

Mobile Application Development:
2nd Place – Philip Thomas
3rd Place – Ashley Morris & Rianna Asebedo
Honorable Mention – Samantha Ciaramitaro & Bryan Baez

Network Design:
2nd Place – Aaron Cartwright & Katrina Kuzmich

Security:
Honorable Mention – Tyler Ellison

Our local AITP chapter as a whole also won the following awards:

• Outstanding AITP Student Chapter of the Year – Region 3
• Association Outstanding Student Chapter of the Year (2nd year in a row!)
• TOP Monkey Award (2nd year in a row!)

Attendance Stats:

404    Student Attendees
61      Faculty Attendees
48      Sponsors, Speakers & Exhibitors
17      CompTIA Staff & CompTIA AITP Executive Council Members
9        Judges, Proctors & Volunteers
6        NCC Committee Members & Staff
5        IT Professional Attendees
5        Guests

555    Total “Pre-Audited” Attendance from 48 Colleges & Universities

A huge thank you to those who attended and everyone who helped make this trip possible!

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Special thanks to RBFCU for coming to speak to us for this month’s chapter meeting! In our guest’s presentation, we were shown the Black report which says that 43% of hackers spend only 2-6 hours to compromise a target and 50% of hackers change their attack methods after every engagement. We were also told of how the impact on a business for getting hacked is a loss of around $216 per record stolen. And that only 40% of cyber threats come from the outside while the rest is from insiders (44.5%) and operator errors. The cybersecurity opportunities that were mentioned include hybrid cloud architecture, data proliferation & big data, mobile workforce, and vulnerabilities. Lastly, we learned that the cybersecurity skills you need are not just education, experience, and certifications, but soft skills are very much needed too.

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Reminders:

This Friday 4/14 we are having a field trip to RBFCU’s IT campus in San Antonio. While we are there, we will get to see their campus, take a tour of the data center, and hear about the different IT opportunities RBFCU has to offer. Be sure to sign up at the link below to be able to go as we only have room for 30 on the trip. You can also add yourself to the carpool list if you need a ride or can provide one. Check the calendar or your email for the address of the campus.  The deadline to sign up is Thursday, April 13th at noon.

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On April 20th we will be having our Appreciation Banquet at Casa Maria. Tickets are $25 and you can pay either through Paypal on our website on the homepage near the bottom left (preferable) or you can pay when you arrive. Our guest speaker Shawn Farrell from Volaris Group Consulting will be discussing the Do’s and Dont’s to maximize your earning Potential.

This past Saturday AITP was at Lil’ Bobcats Early Learning Center as part of Bobcat Build to help clean up and renovate. Working together we gave cabinets and cubbies a fresh coat of paint, cleaned up the area of debris, and put in a brand new garden! We had a lot of fun and we hope the preschoolers of Lil’ Bobcats Early Learning Center enjoy the new look!

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Reminders:

The next chapter meeting is April 4th at 5pm in the LBJ Student Center, Room 3-14.1. We will announce our elected officer board for Fall 2017! Our guest speaker will be from SWBC and will talk with us about information security.

Followed directly after the chapter meeting at 6:30pm in McCoy, Room 336 will be a mandatory NCC meeting for all of those who are going to the NCC in St.Louis. We’ll be flying out to St.Louis just two days from then so be sure to study for your competitions so we can take home some trophies!

Our Appreciation Banquet will be on April 20th at Casa Maria’s 5:30 pm – 8:30pm . We will have fajitas, enchiladas, rice, beans, chips, and salsa. Shawn Farrell from Volaris Group Consulting will be discussing the Do’s and Dont’s to maximize your earning Potential. The cost will be $25. You can purchase your ticket on our website near the bottom left of the home page via PayPal.

Special thanks to RBFCU for coming to speak to us for this months chapter meeting! In our guest’s presentation we were shown the hard skills that RBFCU look for such as Integration, Data Analysis, App Dev, Networking, and Security as well as soft skills like being a team player and an effective communicator. We were also shown the career path of an IT Admin from Technician (mice & keyboards) all the way up to Architect (visionary with the best work hours). Next were also told about “Where to win” in places like start-ups, enterprise tech, and general business. Lastly our guest gave us some great career wisdom such as “Can’t is nonsense” and “Goals aren’t finish lines, they’re water stops”.

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Reminders:

Our next social event is coming up this Friday the 31st where we will be seeing a movie at Starplex! Be sure to check back with the calendar to find out the exact time and what movie we will be watching.

The next chapter meeting is April 4th at 5pm in the LBJ Student Center, Room 3-14.1. Our guest speaker will be from SWBC and will talk with us about information security.

Followed directly after the chapter meeting at 6:30pm in McCoy, Room 336 will be a mandatory NCC meeting for all of those who are going to the NCC in St.Louis. We’ll be flying out to St.Louis just two days from then so be sure to study for your competitions so we can take home some trophies!

March chapter meeting info:
Time: 5pm-6pm
Date: Tuesday, March 7th
Location: LBJ Student Center 3-14.1
Speaker: Charles Beierle – CIO

Time: 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Location: McCoy College of Business Administration, Room 336
Speakers: Kat Haag – Senior Corporate Recruiter and Marty Sixkiller – San Antonio Development Center Manager

Special thanks to Intersys for coming to speak to us for this months chapter meeting! In our guest’s presentation we were shown some of the many partner companies Intersys works with such as Amazon, Microsoft, Elastic, Cloudera, and HortonWorks. We also learned about Intersys core practice capabilities of technology staffing, application development, and big data & analytics with the focus areas of big data & analytics being business intelligence, big data, analytics, enterprise search and enterprise information management. Lastly our speakers shared with us some tools that are in demand such as Apache Spark, Databricks, Apache NiFi/Stream Sets Datacollector, Elastic Search, and Spark Streaming.

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We had a great first meeting for the semester with plenty of new faces and we hope to see them and everyone else at our next chapter meeting with guest speakers from Charles Schwab on March 7th at 5pm in the LBJ Student Center, Room 3-14.1!

Reminders:

Members who plan on going to the 2017 AITP National Collegiate Conference in St. Louis need to turn in their NCC form and $75 deposit either directly to Kevin Jetton in McCoy 409 or ask the receptionist in the CIS department office in McCoy 404 to place it in Kevin Jetton’s mailbox by Feb 15th. You can also receive an NCC form from either Jetton in his office or from the CIS department office.

If you haven’t already be sure to pay your Spring 2017 TxState AITP membership fee which you can do by clicking here.

If any members are interested in volunteering for Bobcat Build on April 1st they need to contact Nonyem to be added to the list of volunteers. You can contact her at this email address: cja73@txstate.edu

This past Tuesday AITP was at the Student Involvement Fair in the LBJ Ballroom where we met with a bunch of students who were interested in learning about our organization and the many opportunities it provides. We hope to see all those we spoke with at the fair and many more at our first meeting of this semester, February 7th at 5pm in the LBJ Student Center, Room 3-14.1

If you haven’t already be sure to pay your Spring 2017 TxState AITP membership fee which you can do by clicking here.

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First chapter meeting info:
Date: Tuesday, February 7th
Location: LBJ Student Center 3-14.1
Time: 5pm-6pm

Intersys Consulting will be discussing data analytics with us!

Time: 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Location: McCoy College of Business Administration, Room 336

If you haven’t already be sure to pay your Spring 2017 TxState AITP membership fee which you can do by clicking here.

Greetings Bobcats! Whether you’re a returning member from a previous semester or you’re looking to become a new member we’d like to welcome you all to our local chapter of AITP for the Spring 2017 semester! This semester we have plenty to look forward to such as getting to hear from our many guest speakers, having fun at our social events, and of course our trip in April to St. Louis for the AITP National Conference. Our first chapter meeting is coming up soon so be sure to save the date!

First chapter meeting info:
Date: Tuesday, February 7th
Location: LBJ Student Center 3-14.1
Time: 5pm-6pm

If you haven’t already be sure to pay your Spring 2017 TxState AITP membership fee which you can do by clicking here.