Kayla LaPoure
Emerging Media Graphic Designer at Nebraska Public Media
Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 2022
In her role at Nebraska Public Media, Kayla LaPoure leverages the skills she honed at Nebraska to create educational content that is immersive, unique and interactive, positioning a storied media company to evolve into the future.
Sam Lawton
Creative at Google
Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 2024
Sam Lawton is an artist, designer, filmmaker and creative technologist at Google Creative Lab in New York City. He is focused on speculative and empathetic design, and his work explores technology and how it interacts with society through a critical and artistic lens.
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Alijah Mallula
Audio Artist at Maxis Studios
Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 2024
Alijah Mallula works at Electronic Arts’ Maxis Studios, where she interned for three months while still a student. During her internship, she worked and learned alongside the audio engineers and sound designers at Maxis Studios, the developers behind the massively successful The Sims video game series.
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Trystan Nord
Creative at Epic Systems
Bachelor of Fine Arts, December 2023
Trystan Nord works at Epic Systems in Wisconsin. While a student in the Emerging Media Arts program, Nord served as a technical artist for the graduate thesis project “Can You See How I See?” of Central St. Martens graduate student Yoni Chepisheva in London. The project was an experimental multimedia experience that looked to spread awareness of the medical condition called Palinopsia.
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Izzy Pineda
Associate Director of Creative and Emerging Media
Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 2023
Izzy Pineda works for Husker Athletics creative media team. Pineda worked for CornCrib as a student, gaining the experience she needed to pivot into a full-time role with Husker Athletics after graduation.
Michael Rapsys
Creative at Blue Ox Films
Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 2022
At Blue Ox Films in Oregon, Rapsys has worked on commercial video content for Nike, Columbia Sportswear and other major brands.
Sam Rice
Associate Director of Creative and Emerging Media for Husker Athletics
Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 2023
Sam Rice is in his second year with Nebraska Athletics, where he serves as Associate Director of Creative and Emerging Media. Rice handles social media for the Husker men’s basketball program and helps with other sports on a day-to-day basis. In addition to working in the Digital Communications Office as a student assistant, Rice was a digital contractor with the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers as an undergraduate in the EMA program.
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Aliya Sime
Graduate Student in Game Design at Laguna College of Art and Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 2023
Following graduation at Nebraska, Sime is pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in game design at Laguna College of Art and Design.
Sophia Stueven
Visual Effects Artist at Lola VFX
Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 2023
Sophia Steuven works for the alumni-founded Lola VFX, where she helps create special effects for some of Hollywood's most iconic franchises and blockbusters. As a student, Steuven began interning for Lola VFX, culminating in the opportunity to work on effects for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning.
