Wednesday, August 20, 2008

LSU Students In Nirvana - Governor Bobby Jindal announces Video Game Testing Center at LSU




partnership between EA and Louisiana State University (LSU) that will lead to the creation of a new global quality assurance center in Baton Rouge. The facility will be the first of its kind in the United States and will serve primarily as a test center for EA Sports’ software titles, creating 20 new full time jobs in Baton Rouge and more than 200 additional part-time jobs for students at LSU, Southern University and Baton Rouge Community College.


Joining Governor Jindal in making the announcement were EA’s Senior Vice President for Central Development Services Sharon Knight, LSU Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development Dr. Brooks Keel, Baton Rouge Mayor Melvin L. “Kip” Holden, Secretary of Louisiana Economic Development (LED) Stephen Moret, and President and CEO of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) Adam Knapp.


Governor Jindal said, “This announcement of EA putting the first-of-its-kind in the U.S. video game testing center right here in Baton Rouge is a terrific win for the city and the future of our state. We know our economic development initiatives have to be aggressive, but they must also be innovative, and EA has both of these important attributes. This testing center will create 20 full time jobs, and more than 200 part-time jobs for LSU students and others who will get paid to test video games. I know this will be a dream job for some kids, but it is also a key part of strengthening our state’s economic development so we become the best place in the world to do business and all of our children can stay right here at home to pursue their dreams.” Jindal added, “This job win is a critical step in creating a digital media economy that will generate even more high-paying high tech jobs and help us compete for even more jobs within EA in the future.” ................



Individuals involved with forming the partnership cited multiple reasons why the Baton Rouge area was selected for the project. The list included an abundance of potential technology-minded employees, a deeply-rooted sports culture highly valuable for evaluating sports-themed software, digital media tax credits and a digital media curriculum being vigorously cultivated at LSU through a new program called AVATAR (Arts, Visualization Advanced Technologies and Research). Governor Jindal included $1 million in the FY 2009 budget to expand the AVATAR program. ....................


Let me say I never had these fun part time job opportunities at college. My main job I had at Louisiana Tech was giving out parking tickets to students and immobilizing their cars with the "boot" when liked they reached the 250 dollar mark of unpaid tickets. What a life


In other news The University of Alabama gets the Mattel Intellivsion Test center since both have a tradition of being outdated has beens and yesterday's old news

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