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Texas A&M Esports’ ‘Apex’ Team Finishes Second In Tournament, Earns Prize Money

Texas A&M Esports’ “Apex Legends” team earned its highest finish and biggest cash prize in TSMU’s “Apex Legends” Tournament on Feb. 25. The team took second place, behind only Temple University, and walked away with $6,000 to split among the players. The team members for “Apex Legends” — a hero-based, three-versus-three, battle-royale shooter game — are Jackson “fiddledude” McGlothlin,…

Minor in Dance Performance

View previous item View next news item Slide 1 Minor In Dance Performance The dance performance minor allows students to expand their technical training through additional technique classes, conditioning and music for dancers. The skills honed through this minor are valuable for students who become professional dancers…

Visualization Students’ ‘Build A Mutt’ Game Entertains At Museum Exhibit

When visitors stroll among the interesting items and artifacts at the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History’s latest exhibit, they can sit and enjoy a classic pastime — the board game — thanks to graduate students in the School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts. Visualization students created “Build a Mutt” for the “Dog Tales: The Human Canine…

Design Charrette Brings Students Together For Collaboration, Competition

Grace Callanan was making coffee late on the first night of the weekend-long Harold L. Adams Interdisciplinary Design Charrette when inspiration struck. The concept — which focused on an ampersand — helped Callanan and her teammates earn a first-place prize. The competition, now in its sixth year, was created by Adams, Texas A&M Class of 1961 and an architecture professor who…

Chillennium 2023 Draws Aspiring Game Designers From Across The Country For 48 Hours Of Fun

Armed with computers, drawing tablets, mattresses and plenty of snacks, more than 200 students from Aggieland and beyond camped out in Texas A&M’s Hildebrand Equine Complex over the weekend during the seventh annual Chillennium game jam. Organized by Texas A&M students with support from the School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts, the event gives budding video game…

Minor in Studio Art

View previous item View next item Image carousel. Use arrow keys to navigate. Minor in Studio Art The 16-credit hour minor in studio art provides a broad orientation to the visual arts offered by the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts. Applications are due March 7, 2025…

Minor in Graphic Design

A project by graphic design student Dana Dang. Minor in Graphic Design The 16-credit hour minor in graphic design provides a specialization in the field of graphic design offered by the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts. Applications are due March 7, 2025, for Fall 2025 admission. Applicants will be emailed on or before March 26, 2025, with admission decision. …

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Chillennium Game Jam Returns To Hildebrand Equine Complex Feb. 24-26

Students from around the state and beyond will converge on Texas A&M University Feb. 24-26 for Chillennium, known as the world’s largest student-run game jam. The event at the Hildebrand Equine Complex, sponsored by the School of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts, challenges students to create a video game in 48 hours with a single prompt.

Viz prof links video game learning with student success

Videogames should be an integral part of education because they can excel at teaching creative problem solving and improve educational engagement, said viz faculty member André Thomas.