USC and EA offer female scholarship to game design camp

The USC Interactive Entertainment Summer Camp is a 4-week program designed to help students pursue their dream of working in the video game industry. The single scholarship in the 2005 summer seasons will represent the first female registered student in the program, as the 2004 inaugural year featured an exclusively male student body...

The USC Interactive Entertainment Summer Camp runs from July 3rd to July 30th. Deadline to apply for the scholarship is May 15th. It is open to any female high school junior or senior with a GPA of at least 3.5 and who submits both a written recommendation from a teacher and a 250-word essay on “Why I want to grow up and make games.” Applications should be sent to: ea-usc-scholarship@ea.com.

“We hope this scholarship not only provides an exciting opportunity for an inspired girl, but sends a broader message. EA wants to encourage girls to aspire for a career building games…and we hope the best and brightest continue their studies and find a future home in the industry,” said Steve Seabolt, Vice President at EA.

See: USC Viterbi School of Engineering: EA Gamerships (via IGDA's Women in Games Development list).

Nice move, EA.