Students gain industry insights and job connections at 2024 Game Developers Conference
Ringling College of Art and Design students, faculty, and staff recently attended the 2024 Game Developers Conference (GDC), held in San Francisco March 18-22. The group represented the College at an informational booth in the event’s expo hall while also experiencing essential seminars and workshops. This year’s featured speakers at GDC included Nintendo Executive Officer […]
Ringling College to host fifth-annual Anyone’s Game Conference
Calling all designers, players, and lovers of games! Ringling College of Art and Design will host Anyone’s Game from Friday, Feb. 23-Sunday, Feb. 25 on campus at the Roskamp Exhibition Hall. Anyone’s Game is a tabletop game conference that explores creativity, design, and openness in gaming. Up-and-coming tabletop game developers can test their game designs […]
Four majors showcased at national student business leaders conference in Atlanta
Last month, Ringling College of Art and Design faculty and staff attended the Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference in Atlanta. About 12,000 middle and high school students and 2,000 career and technical education teachers from across the U.S. attended the conference that took place from June 28-30, 2023. The mission of the […]
Students make valuable industry connections at national Game Developers Conference
A group of Ringling College students and faculty members traveled to San Francisco in March to attend the 2023 Game Developers Conference (GDC) Showcase. Thirty-seven students and five faculty from the Game Art, Virtual Reality Development, and Visual Studies departments attended the annual conference for game developers. The conference hosted lectures, panels, and roundtable discussions, […]
Virtual Reality faculty Ana Carolina Pereira emboldens students to find success
Since coming to Ringling College in 2020, Ana Carolina Pereira has made quite an impression on her students and colleagues – and across the video game industry. The Brazilian-born Pereira teaches in the College’s Virtual Reality Development and Game Art programs, in addition to her prolific work in the video game industry. Before her career […]
15 seniors awarded College’s highest honor for talent, contributions, and leadership
Fifteen of Ringling College’s most outstanding students are being recognized this week for their exceptional creative talent, community involvement, and leadership. This year’s winners will be recognized on Nov. 4 during the College’s annual Trustee Scholar Awards celebration. The event will begin with a reception, followed by a formal ceremony during which each Scholar will […]
Computer Animation, Motion Design, Game Art programs remain best in world ranking #1, #2, #3 in global Rookies competition
The Computer Animation program at Ringling College of Art and Design is widely respected as the best in the world, and the newly published “Rookies World School Rankings” confirms that, yet again. The program maintained its ranking of #1 in the world for “Best 3D Animation Schools and Colleges in the World 2022,” by The […]
Beat Breakrz Wins 2nd in 2021 Intel University Games Showcase
For the past 7 years, Intel has commemorated students and universities in its Intel University Games Showcase (IUGS), a contest focusing on exhibiting the best student game creations. Projects were judged in 3 categories: Best Visual Quality, Best Gameplay, and Most Innovative Game. This year’s IUGS hosted 20 amazing games by students from all across […]
The Rookie Awards 2021: Student Finalists Turn Winners!
This year’s Rookie Awards boasted plenty of Ringling College students becoming finalists in the categories of both 2D and 3D Animation, Motion Graphics, Immersive Media, and Console and PC! Congratulations to everyone who submitted their hard work; you can view the finalists’ entries on The Rookie Awards finalist pages. The Rookies is an online platform […]
Game Art Students Create Game, White Noise
Who am I? A human – AI hybrid named TAIS Where am I? Shanghai When am I? 2072 What do I do? I am rebelling because my human rights have been taken from me. The question? Can I regain my humanity? It is all part of the video game White Noise, created by recent Ringling […]