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MillimeterPROMAX&BDA Awards350 Scholarships to Design Students
May 4, 2004 12:40 PM
LOS ANGELES---Fueling greater student participation at its 49th annual PROMAX&BDA Conference, which takes place June 23 through 25 at New York City's New York Hilton & Towers, PROMAX&BDA announced today that it will award scholarships in the form of complimentary student registrations to the first 350 qualified current or new design student members that apply. The announcement was made by Jim Chabin, Chief Executive Officer of PROMAX&BDA and Brett Ashy, Education Chair for the BDA Board of Governors. The Scholarship Program is a first for the organization and was developed by the newly formed BDA Education Committee.
"With the Conference being in New York for the first time in more than two decades, our organization has an opportunity to provide hundreds of scholarships representing $250,000 of registrations to deserving students who otherwise wouldn't be able to attend this invaluable event. This year's conference offers an exceptional roster of industry icons and media mavens from which the students will gain remarkable insight to the television industry and hopefully be inspired to join our ranks upon completion of their formal design training," said Chabin.
"This is the first of many valuable initiatives focused on exposing design students to both the creative and professional aspects of our industry. It is our goal to involve students in our organization early in their education and foster future generations of design talent," added Ashy.
The PROMAX&BDA association has already confirmed participation from award-winning MTV Senior Vice President On Air Design and Off Air Jeffrey Keyton; Oxygen Media Founder, Chairwoman and CEO Geraldine Laybourne; MSNBC News Anchor Brian Williams, the heir apparent to Tom Brokaw's NBC Nightly News anchor chair; cultural visionary Russell Simmons, Chairman and CEO of Rush Communications and Founder of Def Jam Recordings; noted author Dominick Dunne and The New York Times' esteemed advertising columnist, Stuart Elliott.
The Scholarship initiative was created by the newly formed BDA Education Committee and marks the first time in the organization's history that full-time design students are eligible to participate in the Conference free-of-charge.
General Scholarship Information
Design students can apply for the scholarships by visiting the website www.bda.tv. Students will need to download a registration form and a sample copy of the Full Time Student Status Letter.
Only current or new PROMAX&BDA student members are eligible. Student Scholarships, valued at $235, do not include any housing or travel expenses to or while at the conference. The deadline for registering for the Scholarship program is June 15th. All Scholarship applications must be accompanied with a photocopy of a valid student ID and an original "Full Time Student Status Letter" signed by the student's department head on school letterhead. Applications must be postmarked by June 15th and sent to:
PROMAX&BDA
9000 Sunset Blvd., Suite 900
Los Angeles, California 90069
About the BDA Education Committee
Formulated to encourage student interaction within PROMAX&BDA, the BDA Education Committee helps students interested in joining the professional broadcast and new media design community. Through membership, the design student is exposed to the industries top tier media designers, animators and producers at prominent new media, major broadcast and cable networks and broadcast design firms.
About PROMAX&BDA
PROMAX&BDA is a global, non-profit association dedicated to advancing the role and effectiveness of promotion, marketing and broadcast design professionals in the electronic media. For further information, please visit: www.promax.tv.
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