The Digital Garage was full of young professional ladies today as Tribeca Flashpoint kicked off another year of great Women in Media.

Women in Media connects women in all fields of media arts to create opportunities for future collaborative projects and act as a support group to motivate more women to enter the field. This club aims to build stronger networks by emphasizing the critical importance of grooming ourselves to take on leadership and mentorship roles and prepares its members to serve as exemplary models of skilled media professionals and as women.

Time Management seminars and a special recognition for our Digievangelist graduates this week at Tribeca Flashpoint.

The school year is officially underway, and today students from all disciplines got to learn about campus activities at Tribeca Flashpoint’s Clubs & Organizations Fair.

• Film Society

The Tribeca Flashpoint Academy Film Society allows students from all disciplines to come together and explore a wide variety of films, meeting new people in the process. The Film Society organizes feature film screenings and sponsors a number of IMAX outings throughout the year.

• Women in Media

Women in Media connects women in all fields of media arts to create opportunities for future collaborative projects and act as a support group to motivate more women to enter the field.

• GSA (Gay Straight Alliance)

• Old People’s Club

Whether you are aging like fine wine or like milk, you are welcome to walker it on over to the The Old Peoples’ Club. The goal of The Old Peoples’ Club is to raise the comfort level of those who are above the average college age (21 and up), whether they’re in their first year of college or are going back to school.

• AES (Audio Engineering Society)The Audio Engineering Society – now in its sixth decade – is the only professional society devoted exclusively to audio technology. Its membership of leading engineers, scientists, academics and other authorities has grown dramatically throughout the world, boosting the stature of the society and that of its members. The AES serves its members, the audio industry and the public by stimulating and facilitating advances in the field of audio. It encourages and disseminates new developments through annual technical meetings and exhibitions of professional equipment, and through its many publications including Convention Papers, Conference Proceedings, Tutorials, online publications and The Journal of the Audio Engineering Society.

• Tabletop Gaming Club

The Table Top Gaming Club provides a place and community for non-electronic indoor games. The club is open to miniature games, card games, pen-and-paper games and whatever else players want to bring to the table (no pun intended).

• Quality Assurance

Quality Assurance connects game developers with game testers who will help improve the user experience across the full range of game genres.

• Scratch Paper

Scratch Paper is Tribeca Flashpoint’s online student magazine. Here, students showcase their work, ranging from various kinds of writing to visual art. Browse Scratch Paper here.

• Student Government

Student Government represents the student voice and aims to build a liaison between students, faculty staff, and administration to ensure the welfare of our community. Through strong leadership, Student Government strives to provide all students with opportunities to grow academically, artistically, professionally and personally.

On Wednesday, September 22, 2010, Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy welcomed actor and director Edward Burns (The Brothers McMullen, Saving Private Ryan, Nice Guy Johnny) for an intimate interview and Q&A with students, led by Film & Broadcast chair, Peter Hawley.

This week at Tribeca Flashpoint, we welcome Craig Hatkoff (co-founder, Tribeca Enterprises), host a meeting of the AAUGA Chicago Chapter, and attend the 2010 Independent Film Gala honoring Tribeca Enterprises.

JumpStarts are always about learning. Today’s was not just about learning, but also about giving back.

Scott Case, President & CEO of Malaria no more, presented over 100 Tribeca Flashpoint students with a unique JumpStart this morning: instead of the usual speaker presentation and Q&A, he presented a challenge: Come up with an innovative, fresh way to persuade the public to join the fight to end malaria by 2015.

Nine student groups were each presented with a different audience – from tweens to African parents to the United States Congress – and a specific message targeting how that group can help. Groups were given 30 minutes to brainstorm and storyboard one or more concepts for how they would spread the message.

With only 30 minutes, our Flashpoint students’ creativity really shined – the concepts ranged from a Facebook game where users could “Swat the mosquitoes” to virtually save their Facebook friends from malaria to powerful PSA’s using chalk drawings of children to show that small donations could save a child – but our Congress can save thousands more.

Case told the group that in just 30 minutes they had developed more new concepts and ideas than Malaria No More had been able to develop in the last year, and that all of the ideas would be taken back to the home office for further development.

While touring Chicago to promote their new film Jack Goes Boating, Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman and co-star John Ortiz sat down with Tribeca Flashpoint’s production team. Watch the interview here!

It’s the first week of fall classes at Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, and things are off to an exciting start with special events and guest speakers all week long.

On Wednesday, September 15^th, we welcome accomplished director Zack Snyder to campus for an intimate Q&A with students.  Snyder, whose directorial credits include 300, The Watchmen, and the forthcoming Sucker Punch, will be discussing his role in bringing Kathryn Lasky’s Guardians of Ga’Hoole series to life in Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole.  Later that evening, students will also have the opportunity to attend a special advanced screening of the film at Chicago’s AMC River East movie theater.

Also on Wednesday, students will have the opportunity to attend The Main Event at Lasalle Power Company, an exclusive battle of the bands sponsored by Music Dealers in association with Billboard, Adweek, and Tribeca Flashpoint.  Those who take advantage of this invitation are sure to enjoy an evening of killer jams while networking with some of the most influential players in the national music scene.

Finally, on Friday, Tribeca Flashpoint will kick off the Jumpstart Speaker Series with a visit from Scott Case, CEO and Vice Chairman of Malaria No More.  Malaria No More a non-profit, non-governmental organization that makes high-yield investments of time and capital to speed progress, unlock resources, mobilize new assets and spur the world toward ending malaria deaths worldwide.  Tribeca Flashpoint are strong supporters of Malaria No More, and we’re really looking forward to hearing more about how this organization channels its resources, talent, tools, and social media savvy to make the world a better place.

New student orientation kicked off today for Tribeca Flashpoint’s Class of 2012. Students heard from President and CEO Howard Tullman, Academic Dean Paula M. Froehle, and the chairs of their respective departments.

Recording Arts students hear from John Murray and Tom Blakemore:

Perry Harovas speaks to the newest class of Visual Effects & Animation students:

Ted Gordon and Chad Kent meet our future Game & Interactive Media professionals:

Students gather in the Matrix to hear from Peter Hawley, Chair of Film & Broadcast:

This week at Tribeca Flashpoint, we welcome the Class of 2012 for New Student Orientation, sponsor the Midwest Independent Film Festival’s First Tuesdays screening of Something Better Somewhere Else, and screen our new students’ first collaborative projects: their Machinima films!