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Paid a standard stipend ($1550 or $1789 per month, depending on designation) |
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Full in-state tuition, including benefits and all university fees |
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There are a total of two scholarships available. One at end of Fall 2022. One at end Spring 2023 |
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Up to two years of support per student |
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A gaming laptop for use during the scholarship |
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| Contact & Requirements |
| Please see requirements below and contact Dr. Khoi Nguyen (khn15@txstate.edu) |
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| Overview |
| The Unity Scholars program provides competitive grants to support graduate students who will be trained to teach immersive technology workshops using the Unity Real-Time Development Platform. In addition to teaching duties, scholarship recipients will collaborate on immersive storytelling research projects focused on giving voice to under-represented communities. |
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| Rules (Read Carefully) |
1. To be considered for the 2022 scholarship, applicants are required to be officially enrolled as a graduate student at Texas State University by the first day of fall 2022 classes. For the 2023 scholarship, applicants are required to be officially enrolled as a graduate student at Texas State University by the first day of spring 2023 classes.
2. Applicants must successfully complete the Unity XR Workshop Series (XR Workshop) offered by Alkek One (register here: https://signup.txstate.edu/departments/43-university-library).
3. The top 5 applicants who complete the XR workshop series will be invited to interview for the fall 2022 scholarship opportunity. Invitations to interview will be based on quality of final course projects.
4. The top 10 applicants who complete the XR workshop series, either in the fall 2022 or spring 2023 sessions, will be invited to interview for the spring 2023 scholarship. Invitations to interview will be based on quality of final course projects.
5. The interview process will evaluate applicants’ teaching ability or potential.
6. The winner is expected to teach roughly 6-7.5 hours a week in the Unity XR Workshop in following semesters.
7. All students finishing the Unity XR Workshop will recieve 3 digital badges/certificate issued by NASA. |
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