BATON ROUGE – LSU's Arts, Visualization, Advanced Technologies and Research (AVATAR) Initiative will host a series of lectures in the spring and fall semesters, bringing professionals from various areas of digital media to campus to talk with students about what skills they need for careers in video game design, electronic music composition, animation, digital art, scientific visualization, and more.
The first AVATAR lecture will take place Thursday, March 25, featuring Daryl Holt, chief operating officer of EA Sports Tiburon Studios in Orlando, Florida. Holt will discuss his own career path in the video game industry and will advise students on what skills potential employers will expect them to have to work as game designers or developers.
Holt’s lecture will take place at 3 p.m. in the Atchafalaya Room of the LSU Student Union, and is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, so guests are advised to arrive early.
A reception will follow Holt’s lecture at 4 p.m., and faculty members with the AVATAR Initiative will be available to discuss how students can take classes toward a minor in digital media.
WHAT: AVATAR Lecture Series
WHO: Daryl Holt, COO of EA Sports Tiburon Studios
WHEN: Thursday, March 25 at 3 p.m.; reception following at 4 p.m.
WHERE: LSU Student Union, Atchafalaya Room
Free and open to the public
For more information: www.cct.lsu.edu or http://avatar.lsu.edu .
The first AVATAR lecture will take place Thursday, March 25, featuring Daryl Holt, chief operating officer of EA Sports Tiburon Studios in Orlando, Florida. Holt will discuss his own career path in the video game industry and will advise students on what skills potential employers will expect them to have to work as game designers or developers.
Holt’s lecture will take place at 3 p.m. in the Atchafalaya Room of the LSU Student Union, and is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, so guests are advised to arrive early.
A reception will follow Holt’s lecture at 4 p.m., and faculty members with the AVATAR Initiative will be available to discuss how students can take classes toward a minor in digital media.
WHAT: AVATAR Lecture Series
WHO: Daryl Holt, COO of EA Sports Tiburon Studios
WHEN: Thursday, March 25 at 3 p.m.; reception following at 4 p.m.
WHERE: LSU Student Union, Atchafalaya Room
Free and open to the public
For more information: www.cct.lsu.edu or http://avatar.lsu.edu .
Publish Date:
03-23-2010
