[game_edu] IGDA Scholarships for GDC 2015

[Molly Proffitt]

Calling all Educators and Student Advocates,



The International Game Developers Association’s Scholarship Program is in
full swing. We’ve opened up GDC applications and are calling on all
educators to let their students know that they should apply for this
amazing opportunity. Students from undergrad to PhD programs interested in
going into the games industry are eligible for this opportunity.



Here is information you can share with them by copy and pasting:


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The IGDA Scholarship Program <http://scholars.igda.org/> is a13 year old
program that kick-starts careers of the best and brightest students
entering the games industry.  This program awards scholarships to select
individuals who apply. Here’s the full list of what award winners receive:



· *Conference Passes*: All access passes to GDC, GDCE, Gamescom, E3, TGS,
and CEDEC

· *Mentorship*: A veteran, industry mentor is assigned to scholarship
recipients based on the field of their study. This mentor meets with them
during the conference, helps them network, and maintains a relationship
with the student throughout his or her career.

· *Studio tours*: This year students toured DoubleFine, 3 Rings, DICE LA,
Insomniac Games, and Gree.

· *Booth Tours*: This is usually specific to E3 and Gamescom. As part of
this students get to play games and meet with developers there. This year
students sat down one on one with designers from Ubisoft, attended a
Destiny after hours event, met with Disney, sat down with Oculus after
hours and more.

· *Q&A Sessions*: We invite them to speak to veterans in private sessions.
A few of the ones from 2014 included Brian Fargo (*Fallout*,
*Wasteland*, *Wasteland
2*), Don Daglow (Intellivision, *Utopia*, *Neverwinter Nights*), John
Romero (*Doom*,*Ravenwood Fair*, *Red Faction*), and Jenova Chen
(ThatGameCompany, *Journey*,*Flow*, *Flower*).



Applications for GDC 2015 are due the 2nd of December! Visit:
http://scholars.igda.org/how-to-apply/ to apply.



For general information visit scholars.igda.org! And follow us on Twitter
@IGDA_scholars
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for
updates.



Thank You,
Molly Proffitt

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*Molly Proffitt*IGDA Scholarships Coordinator


*IGDA Scholarships*Email: molly at igda.org | Website: *http://scholars.igda.org/
<http://scholars.igda.org/>*
Office: +1 615 478 0814 | Twitter: @IGDA_scholars
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