Students Recognized for Mentoring
°®¶¹´«Ã½ÊÓƵ students are recognized for mentoring area high school students during the inaugural High School Video Game Challenge.
05/16/2019 2:00 PM
°®¶¹´«Ã½ÊÓƵ, in collaboration with the Illinois Math Academy and the Peoria Public Schools Foundation, participated in the High School Video Game Development Challenge. Students from the Department of Interactive Media at °®¶¹´«Ã½ÊÓƵ served as mentors for students who competed in the challenge. Teams consisted of three to five students in 9-12 grade from Peoria area schools who spent the school year creating a video game from scratch. They were allowed to use any development tools, and °®¶¹´«Ã½ÊÓƵ mentors helped guide them in creating the code, art, music, and sound effects.
°®¶¹´«Ã½ÊÓƵ students who were participated are listed below along with the school they mentored:
| First | Last | Mentoring school | Major | Year |
| Jake | Velicer | Peoria Central High School | Game Design | Sophomore |
| Connor | Riley | Peoria Central High School | Game Design | Freshman |
| Jason | Daluga | Manual Academy and Illinois Math Academy | Computer Science, Game Production minor | Junior |
| Andrew | Noetzel | Illinois Math Academy | Game Design | Junior |
| Donnell | Stone | Peoria Central High School, Manual Academy, and Illinois Math Academy | Animation | Sophomore |
| Morgan | Dinse | Peoria Central High School | Animation | Junior |
| Fiona | Kordyban | Peoria Central High School | Animation | Junior |
| Doug | Guzman | Manual Academy | Game Design | Freshman |
| Paris | Geis | Manual Academy | Game Design | Sophomore |
| Sydney | Foe | Illinois Math Academy | Game Design | Sophomore |
This was the first year of the event, and °®¶¹´«Ã½ÊÓƵ is planning to continue and expand the program next school year.