International Game Developers Association Awards 25 Students GDC Student Scholarships
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - February 21, 2003 - The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has announced the recipients of the 3rd annual GDC Student Scholarship Program. Twenty-five college students will receive conference passes to this year's Game Developers Conference (GDC), March 4-8, in San Jose, California.
The recipients of the 2003 GDC Student Scholarships are:
- Adam Daniel Mechtley, Art Institute of Phoenix
- Alexia Bowers, Penn State University
- Amin Ebadi, EPFL Switzerland
- Bartek Gudowski, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden
- Brandii Rhiannhon Grace, Western Washington University
- Carol A. Kinzler, Nova Southeastern University
- Chad Alan Bartlet, DigiPen
- Derek Kube, Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Erin Hoffman, Rensselaer Polytechnic
- Jason David Rooks, University of Central Florida
- Jeremy David Acs, University of Cincinnati
- Jim Shepard, Full Sail
- Jovan Cornelio da Costa, UNICENP, Brazil
- Kathy Fung, University of Toronto, Canada
- Kenneth Richard Pocklington, Stanford University
- Lacey Chapman, Baylor University
- Marc Fielding, UCLA
- Marc Noseworthy, University of Manitoba, Canada
- Matthew John Ota, University of Queensland, Australia
- Panayoti Haritatos, University of California San Diego
- Richard Leavitt Suter, University of Massachusetts Lowell
- Ted Hung, Carnegie Mellon University
- Ted Lightman, Cornell University
- Tyler Lynn Seymour, Juniata College Pennsylvania
- Zachary Murphy, Art Center College of Design Pasadena
The scholarship recipients will have full access to all seminars, panels and
exhibits at GDC, the world's largest conference and exposition exclusively
devoted to video game development and related activities. Top representatives
of the gaming industry and members of the IGDA's Education
Committee judged
the scholarship applications. The recipients represent a diverse range of disciplines
and cultures, including recipients
from Australia, Europe, North America and South America.
About the International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
The International Game Developers Association is a non-profit association established by game developers to foster the creation of a worldwide game development community. The IGDA's mission is to build a community of game developers which leverages the expertise of its members for the betterment of the industry and the development of the art form. For more information on the IGDA, please visit www.igda.org or e-mail info@igda.org.