Red Stick International Animation Festival Seeks Volunteers
The Red Stick International Animation Festival organizers are looking for volunteers for the 2008 festival, which will take place in downtown Baton Rouge’s Arts District April 16-19.
The Red Stick International Animation Festival, sponsored by the LSU Center for Computation & Technology, is an annual event that brings top names in the animation, gaming and digital media industries to Baton Rouge. The festival also features free film screenings and special events such as Cartoon-a-Palooza and Lawn Chair Theater.
Red Stick volunteers will work at the festival’s main venues – Shaw Center for the Arts, Manship Theatre, Old State Capitol and Louisiana Art and Science Museum –taking tickets, checking passes, counting attendance and being available to assist the festival staff with operations.
Volunteers receive complimentary T-shirts, Red Passes to attend festival screenings, food during their work shifts and a parking pass to use during their work hours. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old and able to provide their own transportation to and from the festival. Children under 16 can volunteer if they are accompanied by an adult during their work shifts.
Anyone interested in being a festival volunteer should attend one of the festival’s informational meetings on Wednesday, March 12 or Monday, March 24, at 6:30 p.m. at the Old State Capitol House Chamber.
For more information, contact Red Stick Festival Volunteer Manager Travis Williams at twilliams@cct.lsu.edu or 225-389-7187.
Details on the 2008 Red Stick International Animation Festival are available at www.redstickfestival.org.
CCT in the News:
BR’s Animation Festival Film Entries Top 200
2-19-08 – The Advocate
The Red Stick International Animation Festival has 207 films from 27 countries registered for its “Best of the Fest” animation competition at this year’s festival.
http://www.2theadvocate.com/entertainment/15769417.html
Red Stick Festival Draws More Than 200 Films for 2008 Competition
2-15-08
BATON ROUGE – The Red Stick International Animation Festival has 207 films from 27 countries registered for its annual “Best of the Fest” animation competition. The 2008 festival will take place April 16-19 in downtown Baton Rouge
http://www.cct.lsu.edu/site.php?pageID=63&newsID=763
Upcoming Lectures:
• Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University-Illinois, will give a lecture titled “From Disasters To WoW: Understanding & Enabling Networks In 21st Century Organizational Forms” Tuesday, February 26 at 10 a.m. in the Holliday Forum located in the Journalism Building. This is the first lecture in CCT’s new Digital Media Speakers Series. There will be a student meet-and-greet luncheon for Dr. Contractor at 12:30 p.m. in the Curet Conference Room, 224 Hodges Hall. Lunch will be provided; all students are encouraged to attend.
• The Colloquium this week features Randall T. Cygan from Sandia National Laboratories, who will speak on the topic “Molecular Simulations And Applications In Environmental Chemistry” Friday, February 29 at 11:30 a.m. in Johnston Hal 338.
• IMPORTANT: Anyone organizing a lecture should first check with Karen Jones for available dates to avoid having multiple lectures on the same day. Also, coordinate with your Focus Area lead so that CCT can get the best attendance possible. There may be open slots in a standard lecture series that needs to be filled.
Please Note:
• The ALL CCT Meeting will be held this Wednesday, February 27 at 3 p.m. in 338 Johnston Hall.
• Other ALL CCT Meetings for the spring are scheduled as follows: March 26, April 23, May 21, June 18 and July 16. All meetings are held at 3 p.m. in 338 Johnston Hall. Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to attend.
• The Red Stick International Animation festival is currently looking for preliminary judges for the festival. If you wish to be on this year's jury, go to http://www.redstickfestival.org/judging/register. If you were on the jury last year, your login is still valid. Contact Steve Beck at sdbeck@cct.lsu.edu if you have any questions.
• CCT will host the Finite Element Circus and Rodeo March 5-8 on campus. Please contact Dr. Susanne Brenner if you have questions or would like to participate.
• Dr. Brenner also is organizing the Workshop on Automating the Development of Scientific Computing Software at CCT March 5-7. Please contact her to participate. Web site: http://www.cct.lsu.edu/scientificomputing .
• The Red Stick International Animation Festival will take place from April 16-19 in downtown Baton Rouge.
• If you have any news for the CCT Weekly, please e-mail PR Manager Kristen Sunde directly at ksunde@cct.lsu.edu .
Upcoming Grant Deadlines:
Note: See Katie Lea with any grant proposal questions. Also, please see the CCT deadline Web site, as many NSF deadline are listed there: http://www.cct.lsu.edu/about/grants/deadlines/events.php
CISE Pathways to Revitalized Undergraduate Computing Education (CPATH)
March 11, 2008 at 10:15 a.m.
A Portion of $5,000,000 available
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08516/nsf08516.htm
NSF Emerging Models and Technologies for Computation (EMT)
NSF EMT
March 13, 2008 at 5:00 p.m.
A Portion Of $16,000,000 available
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08517/nsf08517.htm
Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP)
March 18, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.
At Least $50,000 available
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08520/nsf08520.htm
George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Research (NEESR)
March 18, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.
At Least $750,000 available
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2008/nsf08519/nsf08519.htm
Publish Date:
02-26-2008
