The Contest:

We are going to give you all the opportunity to make your mark on the IUGA website. You have from now until the end of the summer to create a fresh look for this website. You may keep or abandon any color scheme or theme you detect, but the final product must look professional, and serve to promote the Informatics undergraduate program and encourage collaboration amongst it’s members.

If you find yourself wanting to redesign the IUGA logo, let me know and I can send you an archive of past logo submissions and ideas.

The Requirements:

The redesign must be submitted in the form of a WordPress theme that can be installed on a current version of WordPress. If your strength is design, you may pair up with someone who is strong in development and submit as a team.

The code must pass at least Transitional(for HTML) and Level 2(CSS) validation tests(Strict is encouraged. See XHTML Validator and CSS Validator.

All components of the site(about, members, forum, etc) must be contained in the redesign, but you are encouraged to reorganize the layout in a manner that reinforces the overall goal of the website(promoting Informatics).

For help getting started, see this tutorial

The Process:

Send all finalized submissions to behle{at}u{dot}washington{dot}edu before the first day of the 2009 Fall quarter.

At the first IUGA officer meeting of the 2009 Fall Quarter, we will select the top 3-5 designs and send our to picks out in the form of a survey to be voted on by the Informatics student body. All nominations will be final, and possibly completely arbitrary

The Motivation:

The winning person/team will recieve attribution at the bottom of the IUGA page with a link to their website/profile/whatever for the duration of the design’s presence on the site. We are working on getting sponsors for this contest, more details to follow.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask me or another officer via email or talking with us in the TE Lab(our home away from home).

Good luck! I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

-Braxton, IUGA Director of IT

Hey guys,

Hope you are enjoying the last day of fall quarter. I just want to remind everyone about our IUGA study group. FINALs are coming up.So, IUGA is hosting Final crunch time this Sunday. We’ll be providing free snacks and drinks. So, bring yourself, study group, and info friends to come and study at MGH. We also reserve 430 (computer lab) for those of you who don’t want to bring the laptop. Hope to see everyone.

Sunday Dec 7, 2008
Time: 5:00pm – 3:00am
Rooms: MGH 420, 430
FREE snacks and drinks will be provided

Good luck studying.
-Your IUGA officers

It’s gaming time.
The last IUGA LAN party of the 2007-2008 academic year is this Saturday May 17th from 7:00pm-3:00am in Mary Gates Hall 430 and 420. Join us as we take over the 4th floor of Mary Gates Hall for some well spent time before the end of the quarter.

Over 30 computers will be running Team Fortress 2, Counter Strike: Source, Warcraft 3, Worms Armageddon and Call of Duty 4. In MGH 420 we will have Rock Band, Halo 3, and whatever else people bring.

Cost:
$5 pre registered
$7 at the door

Pre register by sending an email to iuga@u.washington.edu before Friday May 16th with your name and the number of people you will be bringing with you. Everyone is invited.
Pizza and soda will be available.