WWE Awards Another $10,000 Scholarship to Full Sail University Student
STAMFORD Conn. May 2 2013 – WWE (NYSE: WWE) announced today that it has awarded a $10 000 scholarship to Allison Iliev a Full Sail University student as part of its ongoing partnership with Full Sail. The partnership provides students at the University an opportunity to gain real-world experience producing WWE’s weekly NXT® program.
The scholarship will be applied toward Iliev’s studies in the Creative Writing for Entertainment Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree Program. WWE Executive Vice President Talent and Live Events Paul Levesque and Full Sail University President Garry Jones presented the scholarship on behalf of WWE in a ceremony that kicked-off the latest taping of WWE NXT at Full Sail Live.
WWE selected Iliev to receive this scholarship for exhibiting exceptional professionalism and creative talent while shadowing WWE staff and crew during the production of NXT at the University as well as maintaining good academic standing.
"WWE’s commitment to education is unmatched " said Full Sail University President Garry Jones. "This partnership has yielded many extraordinary experiences for our students and helped to enrich our hands-on educational approach."
“It’s a real honor to be recognized by WWE ” said winner Allison Iliev. “WWE is where I aspire to be when I graduate.”
“We are pleased to award this WWE scholarship to Allison Iliev a very deserving student with a bright future ” said WWE Executive Vice President Talent and Live Events Paul Levesque. “The unique partnership between WWE and Full Sail is helping build WWE’s next generation of talent both in the ring and behind-the-scenes.”
In May 2012 WWE and Full Sail University announced a collaborative partnership that moved the live tapings of WWE NXT to the University’s state-of-the-art performance venue Full Sail Live. Full Sail University students staff faculty and the general public have been invited to attend the live tapings on the campus with proceeds benefiting the scholarship fund. On September 20 2012 the first WWE scholarship was awarded to Full Sail University student Geraldo Gutierrez.
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Founded in 1979 Full Sail University is an award-winning educational leader for those pursuing careers in the entertainment and media industry. Full Sail has been recognized as one of the Top Five Game Degree Programs by Electronic Gaming Monthly one of the Best Music Programs by Rolling Stone Magazine and one of the Best Film Programs by Unleashed Magazine. In 2011 Full Sail received the “21st Century Best Practices in Distance Learning Award” from the United States Distance Learning Association was named the “School/College of the Year” by the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges and was recognized as one of the Top 100 Social Media Colleges by Studentadvisor.com.
Full Sail offers on-campus and online Master’s Bachelor’s and Associate’s degree programs in areas related to animation art business education graphic design film marketing web development music recording arts sports and video games. Full Sail graduate credits include work on OSCAR® Emmy® GRAMMY® ADDY® MTV Video Music Awards and Spike Video Game Awards nominated and winning projects.
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