The 2011 April Fog Memorial Pinball Scholarship

When Jon Chad and I set up our pinball machines in the media room at the Center for Cartoon Studies, we set up a deal with CCS in which 50% of the proceeds would help us pay for our machines and 50% would be donated to the school in the form of The April Fog Memorial Pinball Scholarship (named for the house in which my Medieval Madness machine used to live).

Since last June, there have been 2640 games of Medieval Madness played, and since October, 848 games of Jurassic Park! (Those stats DO NOT include games played by me or Jon). Which adds up to $546.00 That is a lot of pinball!

Before spring break, the CCS seniors submitted design proposals for their thesis projects, including mock-ups of the finished packaging. During spring break, two alumni (Bryan Stone and Laura Terry) looked through the proposals and selected the best four, based on design and content. Each of the four students will receive 1/4 of the money as photocopies, to help with the printing of their thesis projects.
Yesterday in class, Jon Chad announced the winners of the scholarship:

Lawrence Derks
Jon Fine
Beth Hetland
Emily Sauter

Congratulations to these seniors, and thanks to all the students, staff, alumni, fellows and faculty who dropped a quarter or two in the machine!