Eagle's Eye

Pure Ski Experience Student: business plan takes first place at Jâlé and Warren Trepp competition

March 14, 2013

Three teams competed in the annual business plan competition now called the Jâlé and Warren Trepp Business Plan competition.

Northern Nevada Studios to compete for cash

February 28, 2013

Twice each week, a team of driven students meets to discuss, update and improve their business plan for Northern Nevada Studios, a company that would bring the film-makingindustry to Nevada.

SNC partners with Middlebury for summer program

January 31, 2013

This summer Sierra Nevada College is hosting for the first time, Middlebury MiddCORE, an intense month long program for students interested in building leadership and communication skills and developing an entrepreneurial mindset.

South African students arrive at SNC

April 19, 2012

Sierra Nevada College is currently hosting eight exchange students from South Africa for a total of six weeks through the Young Entrepreneurs Program.
There are 20,000 applicants that apply for the program. The ones chosen take an online class from South Africa taught by Chair of the Business Department, Rick Normington. After passing the course, they come to the U.S. and are set up with internships based on their entrepreneurial field of interest.

Copter Kids: An innovative movie production tool

March 22, 2012

Imagine having an out-of-body experience, watching yourself from a third person perspective while being filmed by a mini remote-controlled helicopter flying around you. Copter Kids, a two-man operation freelance aerial cinematography company hit the video production scene two years ago when Trent Palmer, Truckee native, saw an online video of someone with a camera attached to a remote control helicopter.
Palmer created a homemade remote control helicopter to accommodate a Canon 7D or 5D DSLR camera to shoot aerial video footage. The custom-built chopper can fly up to 80 mph and soar up to 400 feet high, according to the Copter Kids website. It runs off of 50v lithium batteries and can fly for about eight minutes per battery pack.

MHMM Productions: A new up-and-coming media company

March 22, 2012

MHMM Productions, a film and editing company started by Juniors Nick Cahill and Trevor B. Jackson has grown rapidly since it in Summer 2011.
Started by two students with similar interests in digital arts, MHMM Productions, not an acronym but the affirmative sound, is a collaborative project that has began to turn into a legitimate company.
“Trevor and I met in our Design class at Sierra Nevada College and quickly realized we both shared similar interests, the main one being our passion for filming and producing video works,” said co-founder of MHMM Productions Nick Cahill. “A huge motivator for us starting MHMM productions was a desire to bring unique cinematography, a higher production value and an overall higher quality of web-based marketing videos.”