Mason Trumble of Alliance, a first-year student who graduated from Alliance High School, is among 40 students who have been selected to join the latest cohort of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts.
This is the sixth cohort for the center, which opened in fall 2019. There will be 146 emerging media arts majors this fall.
While 31 of the 40 students hail from Nebraska, the 2024-25 cohort also includes students from Alabama, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, South Dakota and India.
“I continue to be impressed with the students who apply to our program,” said Megan Elliott, Johnny Carson Endowed Director in Emerging Media Arts. “I’m excited for the year ahead to see how this incoming class will thrive.”
The Carson Center is part of the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film in the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts. A crucial part of the program curriculum focuses on equipping students to navigate the transformative impacts of artificial intelligence and virtual production that have changed the face of several industries, including film.