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SAE LAUNCHES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FOR ITS U.S. SCHOOLS
– The formation of a U.S. alumni organization signals a milestone
in SAE’s growth in the U.S., which now has five locations from which over
1,200 graduates have started successful careers –
123rd AES CONVENTION, NEW YORK, NY, October 5, 2007 – SAE, the world’s largest media arts and technology education institution, is pleased to announce the formation of an alumni association dedicated to graduates of its United States campuses. Via the web portal www.sae-alumni.org, graduates can utilize an array of social and professional networking benefits relevant to their chosen career path.Within weeks of the website’s launch, over 60% of the more than 1,200 graduates of SAE schools in the U.S. have responded positively, with many already posting their resumes and discographies on the site, where potential employers can access them. The first annual alumni convention for U.S. graduates is planned for 2008, and membership will be free of charge for the rest of 2007. SAE is world’s largest media technology education facility and the only institution to have school locations in Europe, the United States, Asia, Australia and the Indian subcontinent. In the U.S., SAE has campuses in New York, Nashville, Miami, Los Angeles and most recently Atlanta, which opened in August 2007.
The U.S. SAE alumni association will be modeled on the European ones, which have been extremely successful and popular, according to Paul Hughes, Director of the SAE Los Angeles school and who has been supervising the launch of the U.S. alumni website. “The social and professional networking that these associations and their websites and conventions offer is incredible,” says Hughes, adding that additional benefits, including discounts for members with various SAE Industry Partners, and subscriptions to SAE’s own magazine, will be added in the near future. “But the initial goal will be to foster the network of graduates and use that to help with job placement and otherwise furthering their careers after graduation.”
Graduates of SAE form a self-reinforcing resource, helping each other with their collective experience both during and after their academic careers. The new U.S. alumni association will significantly enhance that, says Dr. Tom Misner, the renowned engineer, mixer and producer who founded SAE in Sydney over 30 years ago, who notes that the sheer size of the U.S. compared to European countries can make staying in touch a little more difficult. But, as importantly, he notes, the establishment of the U.S. alumni association reflects how decisively SAE has managed to establish itself in the world’s largest and most affluent media technology education market. “With schools in five cities and over 1,200 graduates, we’ve reached a milestone in SAE’s move into the U.S. market,” he explains. “We have arrived on yet another professional level which will only help further our students into the next phase of their careers.”
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Headquartered in Byron Bay, Australia, SAE Institute is the world’s first and largest network of audio and multimedia education and training centers. SAE is affiliated with Middlesex University (England), Southern Cross University (Australia) and Southern Institute of Technology (New Zealand). The Institute operates over 40 campuses in more than 20 countries on four continents. It offers diploma and full degree programs in audio, multimedia, digital filmmaking, animation and gaming. SAE is part of the SAE Technology Group, which also owns and operates Studios 301 (with locations in Sydney and Byron Bay, Australia, Cologne, Germany, Studios 301 is a collective group of state-of-the-art recording and mastering facilities), the Computer Graphics College and Qantm.
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