Full Sail University (www.fullsail.edu), an award-winning entertainment media institution located near Orlando, FL, is proud to recognize Full Sail University graduate Jake Allston, on his nomination and win of a Daytime Entertainment Emmy^® Creative Arts Award for his work as Supervising Sound Editor on the Nickelodeon series, Tak and the Power of Juju at the 36th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Creative Arts Awards held on August 29, 2009.

In addition to Allston’s win for “Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Live Action and Animation,” Full Sail University graduate Chris Sassano was also nominated in the same category as Sound Effects Editor for the Nickelodeon series, The Wonder Pets! Both Allston and Sassano are graduates of Full Sail’s Recording Arts Program.

One night later, the Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards were also held, and Full Sail Film graduate Troy DeVolld was nominated for a Daytime Entertainment Emmy Award as one of the producers of the popular Style Network series, Split Ends in the category of “Outstanding Special Class Series.”

“Full Sail University is proud to provide our students with the foundation that enables each of them to achieve their dreams by following their passion with tremendous dedication and commitment” said Jay Noble, Director of Alumni at Full Sail University. “Our faculty, students, and staff are honored to celebrate the accomplishments and talent of our graduates, and we look forward to their continued success in the future.”

About Full Sail University:

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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