MDC ESPORTS - NACE Starleague SSBU Match
2024-02-08 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Esports Wolfson Campus – Building 1, Room 1157, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, 33132, United States
MDC SSBU vs GMU Academy S24
It’s time for the Spring 2024 NACE Starleague Open Premier! Come support our Smash team! Watch the match on stream at https://www.twitch.tv/esports_mdc
Time 7-9 PM

MDC ESPORTS - Smash Tourney
2024-02-14 11:00 - 15:00 | Esports Wolfson Campus – Building 1, Room 1157, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, 33132, United States
Happy Valentine’s Day! Celebrate at Esports with a Singles Smash Tourney! Winners have a chance to win tasty prizes. This event is open to anyone. Pizza will be available for sale. More information on our Discord.
Time 11 AM -3 PM

Lynn University @ MAGIC
2024-02-14 12:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Join Lynn University for an opportunity to meet with the Dean and faculty from the College of Communication and Design, Cesar Santalo and Kevin Kao. You will have the opportunity to hear about the different trajectories you can complete with a bachelor’s degree at Lynn University and have your frequently asked questions answered by admission counselor, Rose Llanos, to help make the transfer admission process as seamless as possible.

College of Communication and Design – Academic Programs

Computer Animation (B.F.A.)
Film Production (B.F.A.)
Graphic Design (B.F.A.)
Visual Art and Design (B.F.A.)
Advertising and Public Relations (B.A.)

Speakers:
Dean Cesar Santalo, College of Communication and Design
Kevin Kao, Faculty
Rose Llanos, Admission Counselor
Website: https://www.lynn.edu/academics/colleges/communication-and-design

MDC ESPORTS - NACE Starleague Valorant Match
2024-02-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Esports Wolfson Campus – Building 1, Room 1157, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, 33132, United States
MDC VA vs BGSU Brown
It’s time for the Spring 2024 NACE Starleague Open Premier! Come support our Valorant team! Watch the match on stream at https://www.twitch.tv/esports_mdc
Time 7-9 PM

MDC ESPORTS - NACE Starleague SSBU Match
2024-02-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Esports Wolfson Campus – Building 1, Room 1157, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, 33132, United States
MDC SSBU vs Winthrop Varsity Smash
It’s time for the Spring 2024 NACE Starleague Open Premier! Come support our Smash team! Watch the match on stream at https://www.twitch.tv/esports_mdc
Time 7-9 PM

MDC ESPORTS - Esports Membership Deadline
2024-02-16 08:00 - 17:00 | Esports Wolfson Campus – Building 1, Room 1157, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, 33132, United States
This is the deadline to become an Esports Club Member. Enjoy the perks of being a member, such as the use of gaming computers, a free t-shirt, and members-only events. Membership is $25, cash only. More information on our Discord.

Holiday – President's Day
2024-02-19 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

MDC ESPORTS - Switch Sports Collab Tournament - Tennis
2024-02-21 13:00 - 15:00 | Esports Wolfson Campus – Building 1, Room 1157, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, 33132, United States
Anyone is welcome to come compete in this collaboration Tournament between the Intramural Sports Club and the Esports Club. Admission to the Tournament is $3 for Members of either Club and $5 for non-members. Cash only. The winner will receive a prize. More information on our Discord.
Time 1-3 PM

MDC ESPORTS - NACE Starleague Valorant Match
2024-02-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Esports Wolfson Campus – Building 1, Room 1157, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, 33132, United States
MDC VA vs Gator Esports White
It’s time for the Spring 2024 NACE Starleague Open Premier! Come support our Valorant team! Watch the match on stream at https://www.twitch.tv/esports_mdc
Time 7-9 PM

MDC ESPORTS - NACE Starleague SSBU Match
2024-02-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Esports Wolfson Campus – Building 1, Room 1157, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, 33132, United States
MDC SSBU vs USF Smash Green
It’s time for the Spring 2024 NACE Starleague Open Premier! Come support our Smash team! Watch the match on stream at https://www.twitch.tv/esports_mdc
Time 7-9 PM

MDC ESPORTS - Overwatch 2 Tournament
2024-02-26 12:00 - 16:00 | Esports Wolfson Campus – Building 1, Room 1157, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, 33132, United States
A fun and unofficial Tournament for Overwatch 2 with the MAGIC Club. There will be food and drinks.
Time 12-4 PM

MDC ESPORTS - Switch Sports Collab Tournament - Bowling
2024-02-28 14:00 - 17:00 | Esports Wolfson Campus – Building 1, Room 1157, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, 33132, United States
Anyone is welcome to come compete in this collaboration Tournament between the Intramural Sports Club and the Esports Club. Admission to the Tournament is $3 for Members of either Club and $5 for non-members. Cash only. The winner will receive a prize. More information on our Discord.
Time 2-5 PM

MDC ESPORTS - NACE Starleague Valorant Match
2024-02-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Esports Wolfson Campus – Building 1, Room 1157, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, 33132, United States
MDC VA vs Terps Esports Lilac
It’s time for the Spring 2024 NACE Starleague Open Premier! Come support our Valorant team! Watch the match on stream at https://www.twitch.tv/esports_mdc
Time 7-9 PM

Workshop - Basics to ZBrush, Part 1
2024-03-01 12:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Open Lab – Building 8, Room 8108, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Introduciton to ZBrush, by Daniel Ozuna. In this in-person workshop, Daniel will cover:

Starting a sculpt
Saving/Loading a sculpt
How to move around
Brushes
Masking
Selecting

Employee Retreat No Classes. The college will be open.
2024-03-07 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Open registration for Summer term 2024 begins.
2024-03-13 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

ESPORTS - Tekken Match Event
2024-03-14 13:00 - 17:00 | Esports Wolfson Campus – Building 1, Room 1157, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, 33132, United States
Come join us for a paid Tekken Mini Tourney! This Tourney is open to anyone to compete, only $5 cash entry. Show off your fighting skills and prove yourself the Wolfson Tekken Champion!

Workshop - Miami Animation Incentive Program Registration & Profile
2024-03-15 12:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Open Lab – Building 8, Room 8108, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Animation Incentive Program for Miami Animation Talent
The Miami Media Film Market (MMFM), CAMACOL, in collaboration with CareerSource South Florida and the Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex (MAGIC) at Miami-Dade College (MDC), is launching an innovative program to link our next generation of animation/gaming professionals, with animation companies worldwide.
The objective of this animation and training incentive program is to create jobs and opportunities for talented, emerging Miami gaming and animation professionals who are financially challenged. The program will provide participants with free, hands-on skills training and grant them the opportunity to work on local, national or international animation, gaming and visual effects projects. Training will be provided at MDC’s MAGIC. Work will be performed remotely, or onsite with local companies.
How to Submit Your Portfolio
Animators and Game Developers residing in the City of Miami can submit their portfolios and resume on the animation incentive program website: Creatives & Professionals. For further information, please contatct: info@creativesmiami.com

The Workshop at MAGIC
Join us on Friday, March 15th at noon at the Miami Dade College’s Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex to learn about this exciting program for local talent, how to be part of it, how to submit your portolio and how the program works. Patricia Arias and Jose Luis Martinez, Founder and Co-Founder at the Miami Media and Film Market, will be at MAGIC to present the program and answer questions on ways y0u can participate.
For further information about the Miami Animation Incentive Program, please contact info@creativesmiami.com
Key Benefit for Employers

Financial incentive based on a reimbursement of the animator salary which is estimated to range between approximately 40% to 75% for the first 12 to 24 weeks of employment (This is Subject to negotiation with our workforce training partners).
Employers choose talent for their project from a talented, educated, pool of Miami based animators.
Ability to provide on-the-job training (OJT) / supervision either on-site or remotely.
Program is designed to increase productivity and improve workforce quality.
No-cost additional skills training at MDC Magic for qualified Miami based animators. Skills training is provided by CAMACOL through the City of Miami’s ARPA program. The skills training at Miami Dade College is for City of Miami Residents.

ESPORTS - Just Dance
2024-03-19 11:00 - 13:00 | Esports Wolfson Campus – Building 1, Room 1157, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, 33132, United States
Come and dance your way into Spring Break! Celebrate women in music with a fun Just Dance event!

MDC MAGIC + FIU Articulation Agreement Information Session
2024-03-20 12:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
MDC MAGIC + FIU Articulation Agreement Information Session
Florida International University’s Lee Caplin School of Journalism & Media will host an information session fto provide information about the transfer pathway for MDC graduates of the Associate in Science (AS) in Animation and Game Art or the AS in Game Development and Design to pursue a Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in Digital Communication and Media at FIU. Please make sure to attend this event if you’re interested in transferring to FIU to continue your studies.

The Agreement
Miami Dade College (MDC) and Florida International University (FIU) signed an articulation agreement that creates a seamless transfer pathway for MDC graduates of the Associate in Science (AS) in Animation and Game Art or the AS in Game Development and Design to pursue a Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree in Digital Communication and Media at FIU. Both MDC and FIU recognize the significant roles they each play as exemplars evolving successful transfer pathways, which have positively impacted student outcomes.
Students pursuing the AS degree at the Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex would matriculate at MDC for 4 semesters. Upon successful completion of the AS degree at MDC, MDC graduates would seamlessly enroll at FIU to complete the remaining 4 semesters of the BS in Digital Communication and Media. MDC students who transition to FIU under the terms of the Agreement will be required to complete any remaining General Education requirements at FIU or through approved accelerated credit mechanisms. MDC students must meet FIU’s transfer admission criteria for the catalog year when they first enrolled at MDC. MDC students must successfully complete the Foreign Language Graduation Requirement prior to enrolling at FIU. In addition to meeting FIU’s transfer admission criteria, students seeking admission to the Lee Caplin School of Journalism & Media, must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.85.
FIU will accept major-specific courses completed at MDC to count toward the BS in Digital Communication and Media. Students are allowed no more than 12 credits of lower-division courses to count toward upper-division requirements, as stipulated by the Accrediting Council in Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, the Lee Caplin School of Journalism & Media’s accrediting agency.

Both Animation & Game Art and Game Development & Design transfer maps to FIU are available for review by clicking here: MAGIC + FIU TRANSFER MAPS. For more information and further details about this agreement and transferring to FIU, please contact us at (305) 237-3560

ESPORTS - NACE Valorant Match MDC VA vs TAMIU Dustdevils Maroon
2024-03-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Esports Wolfson Campus – Building 1, Room 1157, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, 33132, United States
It’s time for the Spring 2024 NACE Starleague Open Premier! Come support our Valorant team! Watch the match on stream at https://www.twitch.tv/esports_mdc

ESPORTS - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Tournament
2024-03-21 14:00 - 18:00 | Esports Wolfson Campus – Building 1, Room 1157, 300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, 33132, United States
This event is open to anyone to compete! $5 cash entry. Race against your friends and find out who is the number #1 Mario Kart player on campus!

Spring Break - College Closed
2024-03-25 08:00 - 2024-03-31 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

The Pitch Event
2024-04-02 10:00 - 14:00 | MAGIC Incubator – Building 8, Room 8119, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
What’s your idea?
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 a project. 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.
Selected projects are then paired with executives and professionals from animation studios currently partnering with MAGIC as part of our mentorship program. Visit MAGIC’s YouTube Page to watch all students’ projects created and produced at the Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex.

The Pitch Event – Industry @ MAGIC
2024-04-04 10:00 - 13:00 | MAGIC Incubator – Building 8, Room 8119, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Open registration for Fall 2024 begins.
2024-04-10 08:00 - 17:00 | Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex @ MDC, 315 NE 2nd Ave - Building 8, Miami, FL, 33132, United States

Unreal Engine Miami - Meetup
2024-04-10 19:00 - 21:00 | MAGIC Open Lab – Building 8, Room 8108, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
Details
Join us for an evening dedicated to all things game development and design at Unreal Engine Miami. Whether you’re a seasoned game designer, an independent game developer working on your passion project, a 3D artist fascinated by virtual worlds, or a game design enthusiast eager to learn more, we want you to stop by. We’ll have time at the end of the meetup (if you feel inspired) to share something you’re working on or have learned recently.

Schedule
7:00pm — Doors open, mingle with guests
7:20pm — Start of event, opening segment by host
7:30pm — Start of scheduled lightning talks (10-15 min per talk)
8:30pm — Open announcements – open segment for anyone to make announcements, show demos, works in progress, etc
9:00pm — End of event (hard stop, building closes at 9pm), head to Julia & Henry’s for continued conversations
Lightning Talk #1
Topic TBD – Scot Bayless
⚡ Lightning Talk #2
Topic and Speaker (announced shortly)
⚡ Lightning Talk #3
Topic and Speaker (announced shortly)
⚡ Lightning Talk #4
The Format Maze: Navigating Unreal Engine’s Logging Options – Tim Oxley
⚡ Lightning Talk #5
Asset Reuse and Consistency with the Actor Palette – Kristian Bouw

🎤 Open Announcements
– Are you stuck with a problem in your project, and looking for suggestions?
– Any tips you’ve learned and want to share?
– An upcoming event you want to promote?
– Are you hiring, looking to be hired, or just want to introduce yourself?
Feel free to share with the audience during the open announcements segment!

📣 Want to speak next month?
We’re looking for community-sourced lightning talk topics. Please send the host a direct message if you’d like to give a 10-minute lightning talk on a topic covering game development or design.

Sponsors

Art of Tech Speaker's Series - Jean Paul Salman, Bethesda Game Studios
2024-04-11 11:00 - 13:00 | Online Event
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.

Guest Speaker – Jean Paul Salman, Systems Designer at Bethesda Game Studios
“Mr. Salman has been a Systems Designer at Bethesda Game Studios in Austin, TX for the past two years. Before that, he was a Level Designer at Artix Entertainment in Lutz, Florida. A team player who seeks to complete development goals, no matter the challenges ahead. Mr. Salman is opened to gaining experience in the field of the Video Game Industry, in hopes of not only becoming a good asset for a company but also developing skills and learning from the best in the industry. He specializes in Game & Level Designer with Unity and Unreal Engine and he’s
also a 3-D Artist with Rigging and Animation experience.”

For more information, please call (305) 237-3560

Commencement Ceremony
2024-04-20 08:00 - 17:00 | FL
See You at the Ceremonies in 2024!
Remember to apply for graduation at your campus Advisement Office. For more information, please contact your advisor.
Have You Met the Civic Literacy Graduation Requirement?
All MDC degree seeking students must take an approved civic literacy course and pass an exam in order to graduate. For more information, please contact your advisor.

2024 MAGIC Premiere Night
2024-04-24 18:00 - 21:00 | MAGIC Screening Room – Building 8, Room 8106, 315 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33132, United States
MAGIC Students’ Imaginative Capstone Projects Come To Life

Rain boots adorned with frog eyes are reason for bullying in “When Rain Falls,” short animated movie created by Maggie Bacallao.

Frog rain boots, fast dining and a budding romance between ants. What do these topics have in common? They’re all themes in three exciting student projects under development at Miami Dade College’s Miami Animation and Gaming International Complex (MAGIC).
MAGIC students produce animated short films and video games as capstones during their second academic year under the mentorship of industry partners. This year, three students are leading projects ranging from a virtual reality (VR) video game simulating a ventanita restaurant, to a 3D-animated short film about a hungry lizard posing a threat to two unsuspecting ants.
In Lewis Tamayo’s Ventanita, players are immersed in a culinary world familiar to Hispanics in Miami, where you’ll find piping-hot cortaditos being served through a window at restaurants like Versailles. Tasked with making enough money to bring abuelo to the U.S., players fulfill daily orders of dishes like tostones.
“I wanted to simulate to the player that feeling of being put in a situation where you don’t have your family and you’re trying to fix that,” said Tamayo, who is working with mentor animation expert Will Buckley.
In Maggie Bacallao’s 2D-animated short film When Rain Falls, a young girl finds herself bullied for wearing rain boots featuring frog eyes on the front. The story, produced under the guidance of TelevisaUnivision, emphasizes acts of kindness after a bully has a change of heart and apologizes.
“This experience gave me a chance to not only challenge myself as a leader, but also show support and kindness to my team,” she said.
If you’re two ants falling in love while on a picnic, the last thing you want is a hungry lizard looming over you. That’s the premise of Juliana Betances-Rendon’s 3D-animated short film romANTics. Betances-Rendon’s team is being mentored by Disney Jr.’s Drew Tolman.
“I’m grateful to be able to talk to someone who has experience in the industry,” she said.
Article published at the MDC College Forum.
The capstone projects will screen at MAGIC’s Premiere Night on April 24th at 6 PM at the Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex for guests only. General audience will be able to watch the premiere at the same day and time streaming on YouTube (link to the YouTube screening will be available on Monday, April 22 2024).

For more information about the MAGIC program at Miami Dade College, please contact us at (305) 237-3560 or magic@mdc.edu
