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The Guildhall at SMU career fair attracts big players

The Gyuildhall at SMU Career FairThe Guildhall at SMU’s upcoming career fair will feature eighteen major studios and publishers this week to interview 50 December graduates and alums as future artists, designers and programmers for their companies. Studio and publishers participating in the event include Acropolis, Activision, America’s Army, BioWare, Blizzard Entertainment, Bonfire Studios, Budcat Creations, Controlled Chaos Media, Disney Interactive, Edge of Reality, LucasArts, Insomniac, KingsIsle, Obsidian Entertainment, TimeGate Studios, Total Immersion, Volition, and ZeniMax Media Inc.

The Guildhall at Southern Methodist University is a graduate video game education program. In the last six years, the program has graduated over 300 students, and alums who work at more than 80 video game studios around the world, with several graduates now serving in leadership positions. SMU offers both a Master’s degree and a graduate Professional Certificate of Interactive Technology in Video Game Development, with specializations in art creation, level design, and software development.

For more information on the school and this week’s career fair, visit guildhall.smu.edu.

The Guildhall at SMU Students score $30k in scholarships

trophy The Guildhall at SMU Students score $30k in scholarships industryRecently at a luncheon hosted by The Guildhall at SMU, ten students were awarded $30,000 in scholarship funding. Ten students were awarded scholarships on behalf of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS), D3Publisher and the Entertainment Software Association Foundation.

The $10,000 AIAS Academy Scholarship is awarded biannually to an incoming student who students who exemplify “the organization’s spirit and commitment to advancing the global interactive community.” The ESA Foundation Computer and Videogame Scholarship Program recognizes academic excellence of women and minorities pursuing a Master’s degree or graduate certificate at SMU with an annual scholarship of $10,000. D3Publisher honored students who have excelled academically by granting the $10,000 Shane Hensley Scholarship for Game Development Excellence this year.

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