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Holiday – Thanksgiving
2020-11-26 - 2020-11-27

Holiday – Veterans Day
2020-11-11 08:00 - 17:00 UTC

2020 United States presidential election
2020-11-03 07:00 - 19:00 | FL
The 2020 United States presidential election is scheduled for Tuesday, November 3, 2020. It will be the 59th quadrennial presidential election. Voters will select presidential electors who in turn will vote on December 14, 2020, to either elect a new president and vice president or reelect the incumbents Donald Trump and Mike Pence respectively. The series of presidential primary elections and caucuses are being held from February to June 2020. This nominating process is an indirect election, where voters cast ballots selecting a slate of delegates to a political party’s nominating convention, who then in turn elect their party’s nominees for president and vice president. This is the first presidential election since 1976 not to include a member of the Bush, Clinton, or Paul political families on the ballot. The winner of the 2020 presidential election is scheduled to be inaugurated on January 20, 2021.
Election Day Voting
The polls are open on Election Day, from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Any voters waiting in line at 7:00 p.m. will have the opportunity to cast a ballot.
If you do not know where your polling place is, contact your county Supervisor of Elections. You can also find your precinct and polling place on your county Supervisor of Elections’ website or by using the Voter Information Lookup.
Whether during early voting or on Election Day, you will be asked to provide at the polls a valid photo ID with signature. Any one of the following photo IDs will be accepted:

Florida driver’s license
Florida identification card issued by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
United States passport
Debit or credit card
Military identification
Student identification
Retirement center identification
Neighborhood association identification
Public assistance identification
Veteran health identification card issued by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
License to carry a concealed weapon or firearm issued pursuant to s. 790.06
Employee identification card issued by any branch, department, agency, or entity of the Federal Government, the state, a county, or a municipality.

If your photo ID does not include your signature, you will be asked to provide another ID that has your signature.
If you do not bring proper ID, you can still vote a provisional ballot. As long as you are eligible and voted in the proper precinct, your provisional ballot will count provided the signature on your provisional ballot matches the signature in your registration record.

Art of Tech - Karl M Kapp, Instructional Technology @ Bloomsburg University
2020-10-08 13:00 - 14:30 | Twitch.tv
MAGIC’s Art of Tech series empowers, elevates and inspires innovation within the growing digital technologies industry. The speaker series brings together a wide spectrum of executive level professionals in the areas of Computer Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects, Motion Graphics, Virtual and Augmented Reality.

Karl M Kapp – Guest Speaker
Karl M. Kapp, Ed.D., is an award-winning professor of Instructional Technology at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA. where he teaches instructional game design, gamification classes and online learning design. He is the Director of Bloomsburg’s Institute for Interactive Technologies and is recognized internationally as an expert in the application of games, game-thinking and gamification to learning. Karl earned his doctoral degree from the University of Pittsburgh.
He is currently a senior researcher on a grant sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) which involves the application of microlearning and gamification to help childcare workers identify child abuse. Karl has previously served as a Co-Principle Investigator on two National Science Foundation (NSF) grants related to games and simulations. Karl is an advisory group for several EdTech start up companies and is a member of the Learning Guild’s Learning Leaders Advisory Board.

Join us on Twitch on October 8th at 1PM – Twitch link: https://www.twitch.tv/magic_mdc/schedule
Confirm you’re coming on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/art-of-tech-speakers-karl-kapp-tickets-123183720825?aff=ebdssbeac
For more information please contact Nicole Garay at (305) 237-6530

Holiday - Labor Day
2020-09-07 08:00 - 17:00

Software Installation Workshop - LIVE on Discord
2020-09-03 14:00 - 15:00 | Twitch.tv

Fall Term - Classes begin
2020-09-01 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Summer Term - Final course grades available.
2020-08-24 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

MAGIC New Student Orientation
2020-08-21 13:00 - 15:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Summer Term - Last day of classes
2020-08-21 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Summer Term - Last day of classes first 6-week mini-term.
2020-07-10 08:00 - 17:00 | FL

Summer Term - Classes begin: 12-week, 6-week mini-term.
2020-06-01 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Holiday - Memorial Day
2020-05-25 08:00 - 17:00

Commencement Ceremony - Postponed
2020-05-02 | University of Miami Wasco Center, 1245 Dauer Dr, Coral Gables, FL, 33146, United States
The Class of 2019 is on its way to a brighter future. Class of 2020, you’ve got some pretty big shoes to fill. You’ve got tests to ace, presentations to make, competitions to win, awards to earn, and a Commencement of your own to celebrate. That’s a pretty busy schedule. But we know you’re ready for it. We know you’re hungry to hit the books and kick down the doors to opportunity. We know you’ve signed up for your classes … You have signed up for your classes, haven’t you? No? What are you waiting for, Class of 2020? Applying for Graduation? You must apply at your campus advisement office.
The last day to apply for graduation so that name appears in the commencement program is March 23.

Register today
Get your books
Apply for financial aid
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2020 MAGIC Premiere Night on YouTube - Watch it LIVE
2020-04-29 18:00 - 21:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Spring Term - Final exams
2020-04-25 - 2020-05-01 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Spring Term - Last day of classes
2020-04-24 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

The Pitch Event - Industry @ MAGIC
2020-04-15 10:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Short-films, video games or immersive simulations are produced at MAGIC as a capstone project during the second academic year. All students are granted the opportunity to pitch an idea for aproject, selection is done in two phases: The first selection panel is composed by MAGIC staff, faculty, MDC administrators and members from the community actively engaged in the arts, film,animation or video game production. Selection is based on having an original idea, strong and defined characters, production feasibility and the potential to elevate MDC MAGIC and our community through its message.
On the second phase, selected students pitch their story to executives and professionals from animation studios currently partnering with MAGIC. The selection is then made based on their commercial prospects, ability to engage an audience and a story line which allows further development. Univision Communications, Inc., VIACOM CBS Networks Americas, Nickelodeon, Film Gate Miami, Rakontur Studios are some of the companies participating at the event in 2020.
For more information click here

The Pitch Event
2020-04-13 10:00 - 12:00 | MAGIC Incubator – Building 8, Room 8119, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Short-films, video games or immersive simulations are produced at MAGIC as a capstone project during the second academic year. All students are granted the opportunity to pitch an idea for aproject, selection is done in two phases: The first selection panel is composed by MAGIC staff, faculty, MDC administrators and members from the community actively engaged in the arts, film,animation or video game production. Selection is based on having an original idea, strong and defined characters, production feasibility and the potential to elevate MDC MAGIC and our community through its message.
On the second phase, selected students pitch their story to executives and professionals from animation studios currently partnering with MAGIC. The selection is then made based on their commercial prospects, ability to engage an audience and a story line which allows further development.
For more information click here

MDC Works Workshop – "I got a Job, Now What?"
2020-03-25 12:00 - 13:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Join MDC Works for this workshop and learn everything about employer’s expectations:
Communication, Team Work, Adaptability, Conflict Resolutions, Problem Solving, Leadership & Social Networking

Art of Tech - Phil Weinstein
2020-02-27 11:00 - 13:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
MAGIC’s Art of Tech series empowers, elevates and inspires innovation within the growing digital technologies industry. The speaker series brings together a wide spectrum of executive level professionals in the areas of Computer Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects, Motion Graphics, Virtual and Augmented Reality.
Phil Weinstein
Phil Weinstein is a veteran of the animation industry. His directing credits include: Hellboy Animated for Starz, Curious George Back to the Jungle for Universal, Disney’s Hercules series, Jackie Chan Adventures for Sony, Scooby Doo Where’s My Mummy for Warner Brothers, Mickey and the Roadster Racers for Disney and Stretch Armstrong for NETFLIX.
He also Produced and Directed Balto: Wolf Quest and Balto: Wings of Change for Universal. Phil began his career as a storyboard artist. Credits include: Darkwing Duck, Winnie The Pooh and The Lion King II. Phil created the main title for The Spectacular Spiderman, and storyboarded most of the musical numbers in the film SouthPark: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut.
Phil won an Emmy award for his work on the CBS special Boo To You Too Winnie The Pooh, was nominated for another Emmy for Hellboy: Sword of Storms and was awarded a Humanitas Prize for producing Balto: Wolf Quest. Phil was a recipient of the Scholastic Art Award in high school.
Phil earned his BFA in Fine art from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He lives with his wife and two boys in Los Angeles, California.
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MDC Works Workshop – "How to Create MDCWORKS & LinkedIn Profiles that Get You Noticed!"
2020-02-26 12:00 - 13:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
MDC WORKS has partnered with a new career platform called Handshake that offers MDC students access to connect with employers about jobs and internship opportunities.

Learn the features that Handshake offers, including accessing personalized job recommendations based on student majors and interests.
View sample resumes, cover letters, thank you letters and the most commonly asking interview questions to help you prepare.
Since Handshake is only available to you as a student we highly recommend that students also create a profile on LinkedIn, the largest professional networking site available today. This workshop will show students to effectively use LinkedIn as well to create a branded profile to fit their specific career.

Holiday - President’s Day
2020-02-17 08:00 - 17:00 | FL, United States

Town Hall - February
2020-02-12 12:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Incubator – Building 8, Room 8119, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Student currently enrolled in the MAGIC program, or a
MAGIC faculty or staff member will have the chance to
voice their opinions, concerns or suggestions with the
goal of improving MAGIC.

MDC Works Workshop – "Resume Writing & Interviewing Skills"
2020-01-29 12:00 - 13:30 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Your resume may be your only chance to get an employer’s attention, so you must get it right the first time.

Learn about appearance, style and formats in writing a resume. It is important to follow a powerful resume with a strong interview so that you appear to the employer as being consistent, professional, and are taking the opportunity seriously.
Learn effective tools on how to prepare for the interview process to help them excel and give them confidence including communication skills and dress code for an interview.
Learn the format of a “Thank you” letter after the interview to restate your interest in the position so that the employer is thinking about you.

Practice Pitch Meetings - Wednesdays @ 12 pm
2020-01-22 12:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Incubator – Building 8, Room 8119, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Holiday - Martin Luther King Day
2020-01-20 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Spring Term - Classes begin
2020-01-07 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Winter Recess
2019-12-23 00:00 - 2020-01-06 23:59 | FL
Winter Recess. The college will be closed for winter recess. The college will be open on Friday December 27, 2019 from 8 am to 4:30 pm, Thursday January 2, 2020 from 8 am to 7 pm and Friday January 3, 2020 from 8 am to 4:30 pm.

Final course grades available
2019-12-23 | FL
