hFIDO Blog

Join your fellow HFIDers for drinks and munchies. Classmate Abby Swain has graciously opened up her home for an evening of cocktails and conversation.

Due to space constraints, there is only room for 15 people (Bentley students and alums, adults only). To reserve your spot, RSVP on our Eventbrite page.

Please be considerate and only RSVP in the affirmative if you know you will be able to attend.

Date:	Friday, March 4
Time:	6:30 p.m. – 10:00 pm
Who:	HFID Students and Alums
Where:	Abby Swain’s apartment 988 Memorial Drive Apartment 181
RSVP:	http://hfido-friday-social.eventbrite.com Confirmations only, please
Questions:	Email Azilah.

Just in time for the Oscars, we are announcing the winners of our t-shirt drawing. All HFID students who participated in our recent survey were in the running.

Using the grooviness that is http://www.random.org/, we put everyone’s entry # in a virtual hat. Here are the randomly determined winners of a brand new, official hFIDO t-shirt:

masseng_aman@bentley.edu dommara_prud@bentley.edu martha@risd.alum.edu zundel_jeff@bentley.edu mike.dimaria@gmail.com

If you are a winner, please contact the honorable Azilah Baker to indicate your preferred method of delivery. And if you’d like to thank the Academy, well, go for it.

Thanks again to everyone who participated in the survey. We will be posting a summary of results shortly

CHI Boston’s Professional Development Series offers a range of useful-looking workshops on March 25 at Mathworks in Natick. The student rate is $75.

Here’s the list of workshops:

• Becoming Photo-Dynamic: Adobe Photoshop CS5 Fundamentals
• Research for Design: User Research Techniques for Creating User Experiences
• Social Media Strategies
• Taking it to the Streets: Mobile UI and UX
• That’s Just Proto-typical!: Prototyping Tips and Tools for Effective UX Design

For more details, the full schedule, and registration, review the Professional Development Series page.

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