Entertainment Design students land internships and jobs at Mattel, Universal, and BaseMint Creative
Ringling College of Art and Design’s Entertainment Design students spent their summers surrounded by Barbie and monsters and planning for themed environments. Get a look behind the scenes at dream jobs that will make your inner child swoon. Tia Kassim ’26, Entertainment Design Epic Resorts and Destination—Mattel Adventure Park project “This summer, I had the absolute […]
Entertainment Design student has been racking up the awards
Less than halfway through 2024, Capri Easterday ’25, Entertainment Design, has already had an illustrious year. The junior at Ringling College of Art and Design was awarded first place and honorable mention, respectively, in two prestigious national design competitions. She was also chosen as Ringling College’s 2024-25 Trustee Scholar for Student Life. Most notably, Easterday […]
Entertainment Design senior rises from Bulgarian orphanage to Universal’s Epic Universe
Amanda Harris ’24, Entertainment Design, has overcome many challenges to find a home, both academically and literally. Now, in the midst of her second internship at Universal Studios Orlando, Harris believes she’s found her career as well. Harris spent the first two years of her life at an orphanage in Bulgaria before finally being adopted […]
First-annual Women of Industry panel celebrates women’s leadership in entertainment design
On March 22, 2024 at 7 pm, Ringling College of Art and Design and their Center for Diversity and Inclusion will host the first-annual Women of Industry event. The panel, initially inspired by Women’s History Month, will feature a number of women working in the themed entertainment industry. Each year, the panel will focus on […]
Four majors showcased at national student business leaders conference in Atlanta
Last month, Ringling College of Art and Design faculty and staff attended the Future Business Leaders of America National Leadership Conference in Atlanta. About 12,000 middle and high school students and 2,000 career and technical education teachers from across the U.S. attended the conference that took place from June 28-30, 2023. The mission of the […]
Jamie DeRuyter appointed department head of Entertainment Design
Ringling College faculty member Jamie DeRuyter has been appointed department head of the Entertainment Design program. DeRuyter has been teaching at the College since 2002, when he began teaching in the Computer Animation department. In 2008 he joined the team that created the Game Art and Design major, where he taught for about a decade […]
Entertainment Design senior shares insights and experiences ahead of graduation
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of stories on 2023 graduating seniors, with Calvin “CJ” Callins and Ale Ortega-Romero. Graduating Entertainment Design senior Susan Saulnier has had a busy decade. In 2015, she graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design’s Illustration program and went straight into a job as the College’s coordinator of […]
Universal Destinations & Experiences Chair, CEO to deliver commencement address
Mark Woodbury, chairman and chief executive officer of Universal Destinations & Experiences, a unit of Comcast NBCUniversal that offers guests around the globe today’s most innovative, thrilling, and popular entertainment experiences, will give the keynote address at Ringling College’s commencement on May 4. The ceremony will begin at 3:30 pm at the Bradenton Area Convention […]
Century-old house reimagined to pay tribute to Sarasota’s Newtown neighborhood, families
In May of 2022, a 1,400-square-foot house that was originally built in 1926 was strapped onto a flatbed truck and driven to its new home on Dr. Martin Luther King Way and Orange Ave. The house is the historic home of Sarasota Black community pioneer Leonard Reid and his family. Reid was a pioneer of […]
Disney Live Entertainment hosts recruitment event on campus
Early Friday morning, on Jan. 27, five members of the Disney Live Entertainment team came to the Ringling College of Art and Design campus for a day of fun-filled recruitment activities. Disney Live Entertainment is the live theatrical production branch of Imagineering. They are responsible for events such as illuminations, parades, and puppetry. In the […]