Word: multimedia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Stacy Murphy, 34, multimedia director at ADM Productions Inc., a production and video company based in Port Washington, N.Y., is spending his Wednesday nights at school. He attends New York University's high-tech Center for Advanced Digital Applications in midtown Manhattan, where he is trying to create a swimming fish--a virtual fish, that is--for his final project. Even with a bachelor's degree in computer science and years of experience in graphics production and animation, Murphy still felt he needed to go back to college to further his career. And his company was more than willing...
Whatever the motivations, many of the new wave of professional students are taking on subjects, mostly in information technology and business management, that didn't even exist two or three years ago. The innovative topics include Internet marketing, electronic-commerce marketing, multimedia and design, computer-network management, global-marketplace strategies, client service and retention, and managing a business in the face of new competitors. "Some of the courses we offer are so specific and narrowly focused that they would not really be applicable toward a degree," says Richard Vigilante, director of the Information Technologies Institute, part of New York University...
...only people working for big outfits who are enrolling either. Self-employed decorative artist Jill Saddic, 29, of New York City recently completed a one-semester course in multimedia and design at N.Y.U.'s continuing-ed school. The certificate she received will help springboard her further into computer graphic arts. "I didn't really have any kind of computer background, but I felt that I needed a really specialized course to advance myself," says Saddic, who has a bachelor's degree in illustration. "Going back to school for another full-fledged degree just would not have been practical...
...Tina Brown personally recruited to The New Yorker as a staff writer, was named on Monday to succeed her as editor of the venerable magazine. Remnick, 39, who has written more than 100 articles for the magazine, will take over when Brown leaves Aug. 1 (to start a new multimedia venture with Miramax). Remnick said his top priority will be "to edit a magazine of hilarity, deep reporting, literary quality and moral seriousness." He wouldn't discuss any specific changes he may have in mind for the magazine, or his contract...
Steen said the multimedia features will not only improve computer game technology but may be of use in the classroom...