News and Events

2010

1/29-31/2010		SPSU will be a host site for the Global Game Jam
1/2010		SPSU to offer the first CGDD3103 (Application Extension and Scripting) and CGDD4303 (Educational and Serious Game Design) courses

2009

10/15/2009		SPSU's Game Hive welcomes MCAA students for a Game Field Trip
10/2-4/2009		SPSU attends and recruits at the SIEGE 2009 conference and hosts a Suite Party to demo student games on Saturday night thanks to the Georgia Department of Economic Development
9/18-20/2009		SPSU hosts the Georgia Fall Game Jam 2009 in coordination with Art Institute of Atlanta
8/2009		SPSU to offer first CGDD course - CGDD2002, Fundamentals of Game Design
6/25/2009		SPSU hosts visiting group from the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta in game play and customization visit.
5/28/2009		Oceanography Simulation Workshop held between MCAA, TechMatters, and SPSU (with other regional visitors)
5/18/2009		The Atlanta Business Chronicle features SPSU's new CGDD degree.
5/13/2009		Articles concerning the Oceanography partnership and the new CGDD degree run in the Marietta Daily Journal and the Atlanta Journal and Constitution newspapers.
5/12/2009		Board of Regents formally approves SPSU to offer the Bachelor of Science in Computer Game Design and Development.
3/3/2009		Oceanography Simulation STEM game development project funded.
1/30/2009		SPSU participates in and is a host venue for the first annual Global Game Jam.
1/7/2009		First XBox360 and XNA-focused Programming and Problem Solving 2 (CSE1302) course to be offered at SPSU.

2008

11/21/2008		SPSU Game Lab hosts field-trip and visitors from Hillgrove High School (Cobb County)
10/27/2008		SPSU premiers Game Lab promotional video
10/24/2008		SPSU Game Lab hosts AVID students from McClesky Middle School
10/22/2008		SPSU Game Lab hosts Gaming Social and Oceanography Ice-breaker with Marietta Center for Advanced Academics (MCAA)
10/3/2008		SPSU attends and recruits at the 2008 Southern Interactive Entertainment & Game Expo.
10/2/2008		The student chapter of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) hosts a talk entitled "Neo-Shamans: Computing as Indistinguishable from Magic" by Dr. Preston. Here is a WMV video (100Mb) of the talk.
9/21/2008		Game initiatives and the upcoming Game Design and Development curriculum at SPSU are featured in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution newspaper.
9/2008		The Marietta Daily Journal features gaming activities at SPSU.
9/9/2008		The School of Computing and Software Engineering officially opened the game lab on SPSU campus.
8/29/2008		Preston and Karam named to the Technical Advisory Board for Walton High School's Computer Science Team and help with their planned game development focused CS class.
8/18/2008		The first XBox360 and XNA-focused Programming and Problem Solving 1 (CSE1301) course is offered at SPSU. Due to increased demand, two sections of this course are offered by Morrison and Preston.

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