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Carnegie Mellon's ETC and Microsoft Announce the First Microsoft Entertainment and Technology Diversity Scholarship
"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 Microsoft®s Entertainment and Devices Division, which includes the Xbox 360 system. "Microsoft remains a strong advocate of higher education. The Microsoft Entertainment and Technology Diversity Scholarship allows young adults to reach their potential by enabling them to further cultivate their artistic and technical talents."
Carnegie Mellon's ETC offers the world's only Master of Entertainment Technology (MET) degree, a unique 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.
A recent report published by the Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology shows that African-Americans account for 6.2 percent of individuals in information technology and engineering professions, with Latinos representing 5.3 percent of professionals in those same fields. Likewise, according to the National Center for Women & Information Technology, women make up roughly 29 percent of information technology professionals.
More information about the ETC and the Microsoft Entertainment and Technology Diversity Scholarship can be found at http://www.etc.cmu.edu.
August 17, 2006
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