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Awards
Scholarships, Awards and Bursaries
OIART is
providing approximately $50,000.00 in scholarships, awards,
and bursaries for the 2008-2009 academic year.
SCHOLARSHIPS*
Communications Arts Scholarships
(1)
Recording Engineering and Production technology has a key role
in modern media production. Those with strong Audio, Multimedia,
Video, Web design, Graphics, Drama and/or Visual arts experience
in their academic background are logical candidates for studies
in Recording Technology.
Valued at $1500, this scholarship is open to high school graduates
with a background in any of the areas listed above, particularly
in their final two years of high school. This scholarship is awarded
on the basis of academic standing and recommendations from a faculty
member or members of the program the applicant attended.
Music Scholarships
(1)
The program at OIART has always attracted competent musicians
and the creation of many styles of modern music has become heavily
reliant upon recording engineering and production technology.
Valued at $1500.00, this scholarship is awarded on the basis of
academic standing in an established high school or Conservatory
program and recommendations from a faculty member or members of
the program the applicant attended.
Post Graduate/Sabbatical
Scholarships (1)
Each year, a number of individuals use the program at OIART to
focus and enhance previous educational experience. Graduates from
Music, Fine Arts, Film Studies, Philosophy, English, History,
Electronics and Computer Science programs have attended the program.
Established teachers have also used the program for professional
development.
This scholarship is valued at $2000 and is open
to all college and university graduates applying to the program.
It is awarded on the basis of academic standing and recommendations
from a faculty member or members of the program the applicant
attended.
Jennifer Lewis
Scholarship (2)
Jennifer Lewis graduated from OIART in the 1984-85 year and has
since established herself as an outstanding member of the professional
audio community. Recording Engineer, Sound Designer and Lecturer,
Jennifer currently holds a Lead Audio position at Electronic Arts
in Vancouver, Canada. This $2000 scholarship is open to all women
applicants to the school, and is awarded on the basis of academic
standing in related fields as well as recommendations from a faculty
member or members of the program the applicant attended.
* Applicants for the 2008-09 scholarships
must have applied to the program no later than March 15, 2008.
A letter identifying the scholarship(s) applied for must accompany
the other documents required for the application to the school.
Individuals may apply for more than one scholarship, but only
one will be given per person. Scholarship recipients will be
notified no later than April 30, 2008. Scholarship funds will
be given by check at the end of the sixth week of the school
year the student is enrolled in.
KUROSMAN AWARD
Perhaps the most brilliant student to attend OIART since its inception
in 1983, Haluk Kurosman is a native of Turkey and graduated from
the 1998/1999 academic year. His final Cumulative Grade Point
Average was 4.25 through all three semesters. The maximum possible
GPA is 4.33. The entire faculty agreed that his outstanding achievement
embodied the finest intellectual and personal characteristics
and ideals required within both the school and the audio industry.
The Kurosman award is given at the end of each academic year to
the student whose performance meets, exceeds or most closely reaches
the high standard that Haluk established.
The award includes the following:
- A $500 dollar academic award.
- An honourary OIART Audio Associate Certificate.
The A.A. certificate is earned by those few who are selected
to complete a second year at the school in the Internship/Teaching
Assistant Position.
- Letters of Recommendation from the Executive
Office of the Institute.
Previous recipients of the Kurosman award:
1998-99 Haluk Kurosman
1999-00 Celina Rudolf
2000-01 Les Chalmers
2001-02 Scott Lumsden
2002-03 Renato Quaresma
2003-04 Umut Sayin
2004-05 Jonathan Bartel
2005-06 Justin McDonough
2006-07 Niall Byrne
AUDIO INTERN BURSARIES
Each year OIART selects three outstanding graduates of
the program to complete a second year at the school. Intern responsibilities
include faculty assistance, student tutorial support, lab development,
studio normalization and facility organization and maintenance.
Each bursary is valued at over $16,000.00 and is designed to offset
living costs during this year.
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