Microsoft Corp. has established a scholarship for graduate study at Carnegie Mellon University’s Entertainment Technology Center.

The initiative seeks to reward innovative work by minorities and women who are pursuing careers in entertainment technology as graphic artists, game designers and computer programmers. Two to four CMU students will receive the Microsoft Entertainment and Technology Diversity Scholarship annually.

“We are delighted and proud to provide talented women and minority students with this exciting opportunity to learn about digital entertainment at a world-class institution,” said Robbie Bach, president of Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division.

CMU’s ETC offers the world’s only master of entertainment technology degree, a program that combines fine arts with computer science to enable students to learn the processes, resources and insight for storytelling and entertainment in a digital medium.

“In the past year alone, ETC has significantly increased the number of women and minorities seeking the master of entertainment technology degree,” ETC executive director Don Marinelli said. “In the coming years we will continue to work to diversify our program, and this Microsoft Entertainment and Technology Diversity Scholarship is a great tool in helping us meet our goal.”

Published August 16, 2006 by Pittsburgh Business Times

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