USC Games and San Mateo-based Sony Interactive Entertainment announced a multi-year partnership last week starting with a $3 million contribution to support the USC Games Gerald A. Lawson Fund with backing from the PlayStation Career Pathways Program. The partnership solidifies Sony as a major partner of USC Games’ efforts to provide support for Black and Indigenous students studying game development and design.
The Gerald A. Lawson Fund provides support for students who wish to pursue undergraduate or graduate degrees in game design or computer science.
“The USC Games’ Lawson Fund is more than a scholarship,” Tiffany Johnson, senior director and global head of diversity, equity and inclusion at Sony Interactive Entertainment, said in a release. “It’s our commitment to creating opportunities for Black and other unrepresented talent that want to enter the gaming industry.
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