International Game Developers Association Awards 25 Students GDC Student Scholarships
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - March 8, 2004 - The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has announced the recipients of the 4th annual GDC Student Scholarship Program. Twenty-five college students will receive conference passes to this year's Game Developers Conference (GDC), March 22-26, in San Jose, California.
The recipients of the 2004 GDC Student Scholarships are:
- Ahmad Saad, Concordia University, Canada
- Asbjoern Malte Soendergaard, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Benjamin C. Lemer, University of Oregon
- Dirk Henkemans, University of Alberta, Canada
- Douglas McCracken, University of Michigan Business School
- Eben Myers, Carnegie Mellon Entertainment Technology Center
- Eliana Garcia, University of Washington
- Jared Todd McCallister, Ohio State University
- Jean-Christian Delannoy, University of Ottawa, Canada
- Jesse Ray Bernoudy, Digipen Institute of Technology
- Jessica Josephson, New York University
- Jessie Elizabeth Boyer, Full Sail
- Justin Sweeney, Colorado State University
- Katherine Marlin, Millikin University
- Marleigh I. Norton, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Masashi Seiki, University of Tokyo, Japan
- Michael Justin Boccieri, Academy of Art College
- Moneta K. Ho, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Neil Vidyarthi, University of Waterloo, Canada
- Paul Mayze, University of Derby, England
- Reagan C. Heller, Carnegie Mellon Entertainment Technology Center
- Sebastian Nemeth, University of Tech. Sydney, Australia
- Sharon Richardson, Sir John Cass Business School, City University, London, England
- Steve Woyach, University of Southern California
- Ted Brown, Guildhall @ Southern Methodists University
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, Asia, Europe and North America.
About the International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
The International Game Developers Association is a non-profit membership organization that advocates globally on issues related to digital game creation. The IGDA's mission is to strengthen the international game development community and effect change to benefit that community. For more information on the IGDA, please visit www.igda.org or e-mail info@igda.org.