LSU launches digital media minor through AVATAR
A lecture series that kicks off next week will inaugurate LSU’s AVATAR Initiative, a minor in digital media that is open to students in any major program starting in the fall. In the first lecture, COO Daryl Holt of EA Sports Tiburon in Florida will discuss his career in the video-game industry at 3 p.m., March 25, in the Atchafalaya Room of the LSU Student Union. Holt will advise students on what they need to learn in order to enter careers as game developers or designers, one of the aims the AVATAR program is designed to address. Short for Arts, Visualization, Advanced Technologies and Research, the university’s program will provide two tracks for students: an arts-oriented one through the College of Art and Design and a technology-oriented one through the College of Engineering. “Students regularly express to us an interest in working as a video-game developer, animator, or other profession involving interactive digital media. We crafted the AVATAR minor to address the needs of these students as well as the needs of the digital media industry,” says Stephen David Beck, a professor in the LSU School of Music and AVATAR Initiative lead. —Todd R. Brown
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