Full Sail University announced today that eight of its alumni are nominated for this year’s GRAMMY® Awards airing live on CBS Sunday, February 13, 2011. A total of 74 Full Sail University graduates worked on 53 nominated projects, dominating categories such as Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Engineered Album-Classical, to name a few.

In addition, graduates of Full Sail University worked on all five projects nominated for Album of the Year, which includes The Fame Monster by Lady Gaga, Teenage Dream by Katy Perry, Recovery by Eminem, The Suburbs by Arcade Fire, and Need You Now by Lady Antebellum. Full Sail University graduates have worked on 16 GRAMMY®-award winning Album of the Year releases over the past 19 years.

Full Sail University graduates that are personally nominated include:

• Cristian Delano, Engineer, Album of the Year, The Fame Monster, Lady Gaga
• Johnny Severin III, Engineer, Album of the Year, The Fame Monster, Lady Gaga
• Robert Marks, Engineer, Album of the Year, Recovery, Eminem
• Alex Merzin, Engineer, Album of the Year, Recovery, Eminem
• Carlos Oyanedel, Engineer, Album of the Year, Teenage Dream, Katy Perry
• Phil Tan, Mixing, Album of the Year, Teenage Dream, Katy Perry
• Graham Marsh, Engineer, Record of the Year, F*** You, Cee Lo Green
• Kory Kruckenburg, Engineer, Best Engineered Album-Classical, Eliesha Nelson: Complete Viola Works, Quincy Porter

“Awards season is a very exciting time for us here at Full Sail University,” stated Jay Noble, Director of Alumni, Full Sail University. “We’re always very proud to see our own alumni receive the highest merit of achievement in the music industry for their talent and hard work. We are humbled that our high academic standards have assisted in propelling our graduates to acquire such remarkable accomplishments. It’s an honor to witness their journey and see such positive end results.”

For more information on the 53rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards Ceremony, please visit http://www.grammy.com

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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