Inter-College 48 Hour Film Challenge Kicks Off This Friday!

Our good friends at Grand Canyon University are once again hosting this event. Let's keep the UAT / GCU rivalry alive! We've beat them twice and they are out for vengeance! Event kicks off on Friday November 4th at 6pm at the Ethington Theatre on the GCU campus (33rd Avenue and Camelback).

See your DV instructor for more details. Ask about earning Extra Credit for participating!

UAT 48-Hour Films Selected for Phoenix Comicon!

Two of our entries in past IFP/Phoenix 48-Hour Film Challenges have been selected for Phoenix Comicon ("The signature pop-culture event of the southwest"). "Extraordinary Colleagues" (recent winner of Best Directing and Best Editing in the 2011 IFP/Phoenix "Beat the Clock" Finals) and "Somewhere (dot, dot, dot)" will be screened as part of the "IFP Film Challenge Block" on Saturday, May 28th at 3:00 pm.

Phoenix Comicon will be held at the Phoenix Convention Center May 26th thru 29th. Info about tickets can be found here.

SIGGRAPH 2011 Call for Student Volunteers

Have you ever wrangled a batch render to the floor of your lab at 2:00 am with your bare hands? Are you best known for your hobbies, like writing programs and taking apart your Wii remote? Do you like pressing buttons on shiny things? When you see the color red, do you imagine 300+ graphics students wearing red vests and volunteering at the largest international graphics conference in the world?

The SIGGRAPH 2011 Student Volunteer program wants  to put you in a red vest with the network of students who facilitate the needs of the conference and give you the opportunity to meet and  learn from industry professionals, artists, and teachers. As a Student Volunteer, you will form relationships with other students that will last for your entire career.  The industry's future leaders are encouraged to apply: students who demonstrate leadership, service, and a passion for computer graphics.

Benefits of being a Student Volunteer include: Free full admission to the complete SIGGRAPH 2011 program. This includes Courses, Talks, Technical Papers, Panels, the Reception, and much more. In addition, the benefits of being a Student Volunteer extend beyond the conference schedule to professional development and private Student Volunteer Special Sessions with top professionals who were once Student Volunteers themselves.

All of this is available to high school, undergraduate, and graduate students with a current passport who are enrolled full time for at least one semester during the 2010-2011 academic year and are at least 18 years of age. Students can apply to volunteer for either 18 or 30 hours (approximately) during the conference. Volunteers who are willing to commit for at least 30 hours are eligible to apply for Travel Assistance Awards, which offer financial help for travel to and from the conference.

Also, extraordinary 30-hour applicants who live outside the Vancouver area may be selected to receive complimentary housing during the conference.

The SIGGRAPH Student Volunteers of today are the computer graphics leaders of tomorrow. I encourage you to take advantage of this unique opportunity! Begin your contribution to the world of computer graphics as a SIGGRAPH 2011 Student Volunteer!

Join us in Vancouver in 2011!!
Maya Karp

SIGGRAPH 2011 Student Volunteers Chair

Geek Week - DVA Movie Premiere Night!

Monday, February 8th
7:00pm – 9:00pm

Do you want everyone to see your film projects? Wouldn’t it be cool to have your own movie premier night? Then you want your film project to be featured during Geek Week! This year Student Life is throwing a Movie Night featuring your films! To enter your film into the movie night please submit a DVD copy to the Student Support Desk along with information such as Title, Team, and running time.

We are going so far out that we will be having movie style popcorn and even special flyers with the movie line-up on it!

Don’t miss out on this great chance to showcase YOUR projects!

Student Life
StudentLife@uat.edu