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Full Sail TGA: Game Awards Celebration

ID-10057714On December 5th celebrate The Game Awards 2014 (formerly known as the Spike VGX/VGAs) during a special event in the Full Sail Live Venue. The awards pay tribute to the best games, designers, and animators of the past year and also include sneak peeks of some of next year’s most anticipated releases. During the event, there will be light food, prizes and giveaways for those students who attend. This event is open to all Full Sail staff and students and one guest per person (a valid Full Sail I.D. is required for admittance). 

Doors open at 8:00 p.m. There will be a Live Tweet Wall using the event hashtag, #FullSailTGA.

‘Conquering Kilimanjaro’ Film Screening and Q&A

ID-100129134On Wednesday, December 3, at 10am, Full Sail will host an exclusive screening for students of the new documentary, Conquering Kilimanjaro, which was produced by Bolder Broadcasting. The documentary follows a group of cancer survivors and cancer community advocates as they attempt to climb the world’s highest freestanding mountain in Tanzania, Africa. Following the screening, there will be a Q&A session with the documentary’s director, camera operator, and editor. 

Online Students: This event will be live streamed. The password to access the live stream will be available on the Connect Event Calendar which you can access here: https://orgsync.com/529/community/calendar

This event is open to Full Sail students only. The public premiere of Conquering Kilimanjaro will take place later in the evening, also at Full Sail Live. More information about that screening is available here:

Alan Noon of Epic Games to Speak At Full Sail University

ceToday from 6-9pm Alan Noon will be at Full Sail University’s Entertainment Business Auditorium speaking about Unreal Engine 4, Epic Games’s powerful game engine suite.

Alan will give a brief overview of the tools and technologies that Epic uses to build its high-quality games. Alan has more than 20 years experience in the game industry in content creation, game design, and project management. There will be various demos during Alan’s presentation, and a Q&A session will follow. This is a GPS event.

Membership Awards Celebration

awardThe Winter Park Chamber of Commerce is holding their Membership Awards Celebration this January 24, 2014 at Full Sail Live 6pm. Join us as we celebrate our members and volunteers who have separated themselves from the rest and have helped to make Winter Park the greatest community in Central Florida. It is sure to be a great night.

When & Where
Friday, January 24, 2014
6 p.m. – Cocktail Reception
7 p.m. – Dinner and Awards Program

Full Sail Live
141 University Park Drive
Winter Park, FL 32792

Tickets are $75 per person or $575 for a corporate table which includes includes seating for 8 guests, recognition in event program and table signage. Registration is required for this event. Download a registration form here. Registration must be completed by January 17, 2014.

For more information contact the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce.

 

Full Sail University Guest Speaker Series

ID-10088668This Monday, December 16 at Full Sail University come out and listen to Dean Johnson of Microsoft Game Studios give a talk on his role in the production of the XBox One and the games created for the new platform. He worked on a number of key platform components, including streaming install, application lifetime, licensing, and connected storage. Dean has also worked on Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8 titles including Beards & Beaks and Galactic Reign. He started his career at Microsoft in 2006.

This is a GPS event. Online students: This event will be live streamed via GoTo Training. The link to register will be available on the Connect event page. You can go to our Facebook page and register for the event as well. Click here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1374343782820456/

Marc Broussard LIVE from Full Sail University

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How would you like to see a live performance by Marc Broussard? Well head out to Full Sail University on October 10 for a performance and CD/DVD signing.

Don’t miss out save the date and be one of the lucky people to get his signature and take in a live performance you won’t soon forget.