WIA Student Club Program
The WIA Student Club program is dedicated to working student members to establish official WIA student clubs — both virtual and in-person —at their universities or schools.
Through the WIA Student Club program, student members are afforded opportunities to build an animation, VFX and gaming community within the school, develop leadership skills, expand professional networks, attend exclusive events, and find your allies.
The WIA student club must be approved by WIA Global and approval must be renewed on an annual basis.
Important Dates
September
WIA Education’s kick-off meeting and general orientation for students who are interested in starting a new WIA student club or renewing one
October 14
Applications due
November 3
Club kickoff event
March
Mid-year report due + WIA student club check-in meeting
June
End of year report due + WIA student club check-in meeting
Goals
The goals for the WIA student club include:
- Forming their own animation community within their school by finding peers who share the same passion and faculty advisor to support the event coordination.
- Seeking opportunities to collaborate with other WIA student clubs to learn and to inspire a bigger community.
- Most importantly, the WIA student club has direct contact and support with WIA Education and WIA’s network at large.
Expectations
- Minimum of 4 events per year (in person or virtual)
- At least 3 events must be focused on networking and community building within the animation community
- At least 1 event must focus on Talent Development (e.g. helping club members build their animation skills, confidence, and leadership)
- Club newsletter sent to your members at least two times per year
- Attendance at the Student Club annual meet-and-greet event in November
- One 6-month report and one end-of-year report
- All WIA student clubs must follow WIA’s general style guidelines for all communication assets, specifically for the use of the WIA logo
- All WIA Student Clubs must maintain a minimum ten (10) student members to remain in good standing
- All WIA Student Clubs are expected to follow the application process every year in order to renew the status
Active WIA Student Clubs
- Academy of Art University (@wia_Artu)
- Animation Mentor (@wia_animationmentor)
- Arizona State University (@wia.asu)
- California Institute of the Arts: CalArts
- Chapman University (@wia_chapman)
- East Carolina University
- Exceptional Minds
- Kansas City Art Institute (@wia.kcai)
- Kennesaw State University (@wia.ksu)
- Laguna College of Art and Design (@wia.lcad)
- Lipscomb University (@wia.lipscombuni)
- Maine College of Art and Design (@wia_mecad)
- Moore College of Art and Design (@mooreaniclub)
- Otis College of Art and Design (@wia_otis)
- Pratt Institute (@wia_pratt)
- Purdue University (@wia.purdue)
- Ringling College of Art of Art and Design (@wia.rcad)
- RMIT Animation Club – a WIA Student Club (@weanimateclub)
- Rochester Institute of Technology (@wia.rit)
- San Jose State University (@wia_sjsu)
- Savannah College of Art and Design (@wia_scad)
- School of Visual Arts (@wia_sva)
- Seneca College of Art and Design (@wia.seneca)
- Sheridan College (@wia_sheridan)
- Texas A&M University- College Station (@tamu.wia)
- University of Central Florida (@wia_ucf)
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte (@wia.uncc)
- University of Pennsylvania (@wia_at_penn)
- University of San Francisco (@wia_usfca)
- University of Southern California (@wia.usc)
- University of Texas at Dallas (@wia_utdallas)