WINTER PARK, FL, February 1, 2010 – Full Sail University (www.fullsail.edu), an award-winning entertainment media institution near Orlando, FL, is proud to announce that 36 graduates worked on 20 GRAMMY-winning projects across 24 categories at the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards (www.grammy.com), which aired live on CBS, Sunday, January 31, 2010.

In total, 100 Full Sail Recording Arts graduates were involved in the production of 76 individual artists’ projects that were nominated in 58 separate categories. Of these 100 graduates, four were personally recognized. In addition, Full Sail graduates have mixed, recorded, or assisted on 16 GRAMMY-winning Album of the Year releases over the past 19 years, including this years Album of the Year, Fearless, by Taylor Swift.

“Full Sail is proud to celebrate having so many of our graduates recognized for their work on GRAMMY-winning projects,” said Garry Jones, President of Full Sail University. “This is truly a remarkable accomplishment that students today can strive to achieve by turning their passion and love for music into a great success in the entertainment industry.”

Full Sail University is an award-winning educational leader for those pursuing careers in the entertainment and media industry. Founded in 1979, Full Sail has been recognized as one of the Top Five Game Degree Programs by Electronic Gaming Monthly, one of the Best Music Programs by Rolling Stone Magazine, and one of the Best Film Programs by UNleashed Magazine. In 2011, Full Sail received the “21st Century Best Practices in Distance Learning Award” from the United States Distance Learning Association, was named the “School/College of the Year” by the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges, and was recognized as one of the Top 100 Social Media Colleges by Studentadvisor.com.

Full Sail offers Master, Bachelor, and Associate campus and online degree programs in areas related to animation, art, business, education, graphic design, film, marketing, web development, music, recording arts, sports, and video games. Full Sail graduate credits include work on OSCAR®, Emmy®, GRAMMY®, ADDY®, MTV Video Music Award, and Spike Video Game Award nominated and winning projects.

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