Montclair State Partners With Sony To Bring Hollywood Tech To Students

Hollywood is coming to Montclair State.

On Tuesday, Montclair State University administrators announced that the school has entered into a “strategic alliance” with Sony Electronics.

The agreement establishes a long-term plan that will enable the university’s communication and media students to “gain real-world experience and get a high-tech preview of their future careers,” school administrators stated in a news release.

The university’s new School of Communication and Media building, currently under construction on the 252-acre, suburban New Jersey campus, will provide a facility where Sony will offer industry professional training similar to what is offered at its Digital Motion Picture Center (DMPC) on the lot of Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California.

“Through our strategic alliance with Sony, Montclair State will have the most technologically advanced broadcast and media production facility at any university in North America,” said College of the Arts Dean Daniel Gurskis.

Read the full release here.

Photo: Mike Peters/Montclair State University

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