Welcome to The Buzz, a new monthly newsletter just for student members!

Your AIGA membership gives you tons of resources, discounts, services and special access. Here are just a few:

Call for submissions: Get Out the Vote posters and videos

Use your design skills to inspire people to participate in the election process this year by creating posters and videos for Get Out the Vote, a voter mobilization campaign from AIGA Design for Democracy. Posters are due by June 1, 2012—download the design brief and template to get started!

Apply for a Worldstudio AIGA Scholarship by March 31

Worldstudio AIGA Scholarships allow disadvantaged students to realize their dreams and give back to their communities. Awards are given to students enrolled in U.S. colleges who are majoring in art, design, advertising, illustration, interaction design or photography. Apply now for the 2012–2013 academic year.

Call for entries: PinUp 2012

Test yourself and your projects in this competition created by professors and students to explore the ways technology is transforming the way we share, critique, and organize ourselves—and to help you understand how your work is experienced by others. Visit the My Morpholio site to learn more and submit your collection by March 9.

Find your next internship

Internships are one of the best ways to get hands-on experience and network with professionals in the design industry—two critical components for a successful post-graduation job search. If you haven’t yet lined up an internship for the spring semester or this summer, visit AIGA Design Jobs to find your next gig. The listings are exclusively for AIGA members—just log in to view details.

Connect with your chapter

As a student member, you’re not only part of your campus AIGA group, you’re part of a local AIGA chapter and the national organization. Connect with your chapter online and on social media.

Apple discounts

Log into the AIGA | Apple Discounts page to get preferred pricing on iPods, iMacs, MacBooks, accessories and more—as well as financing options and free shipping on orders over $50.