SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 15, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cogswell College (http://www.cogswell.edu/), one of the world's leading regionally-accredited institutions offering a unique curriculum that fuses digital arts, engineering and entrepreneurship, is holding an Open House (http://www.cogswell.edu/prospective/rsvp-open-house.php) on Saturday, August 18, 2012 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at its Sunnyvale campus.
The Open House provides an opportunity to tour Cogswell's dynamic campus and learn more about its animation, game design, audio production, audio engineering, game audio, digital arts engineering, computer engineering, software engineering and entrepreneurship & innovation bachelor degree programs. While here visitors can watch award-winning computer-animated short films, talk to an admissions representative and get answers to financial aid questions.
| WHAT: Cogswell College Open House |
| WHEN: Saturday, August 18, 2012, 10AM to 1PM (Open House) |
| WHERE: Cogswell College, 1175 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 |
| COST: FREE |
| RSVP REQUIRED |
| Family and friends welcome. Please RSVP so we can provide adequate attention to your visit. |
| Scholarships and Financial Aid available for qualified students. To RSVP go here: http://www.cogswell.edu/prospective/rsvp-open-house.php |
About Cogswell College
Located in Sunnyvale, Calif., in the heart of the Silicon Valley, Cogswell College is an accredited four-year institution of higher education with a curriculum that fuses art, engineering and entrepreneurship (http://www.cogswell.edu/academics/programs.php). As one of the Bay Area's premier colleges, its novel academic approach offers an integrated model that emulates the industry environment—a collaborative, project-based, learning approach that uses multidisciplinary teams to take projects from concept through the delivery pipeline.
Cogswell alumni credits include work on the world's best-selling video games—Call of Duty, Gears of War 3, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Halo: Reach, Red Faction: Armageddon, Dead Space and blockbuster films including Alvin & the Chipmunks, Snow White & the Huntsman, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Hop, Moneyball and Madagascar. Student-created films have garnered scores of national awards (http://www.cogswell.edu/student-work/worlds-apart.php) including Best Animation at the Miami Film Festival, San Antonio Film Festival and Philadelphia Film and Animation Festivals, the Audience Choice Award at the San Jose Short Film Festival and the Children's Jury Award at the Encounters Film Festival in the UK. Cogswell alumni have gone on to careers with Activision, DreamWorks, Disney, Electronic Arts, Pixar and Microsoft Game Studio as well as starting their own creative ventures.