Building the High School to College Pathway Through Scholastic Esports

The University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG) and Epic Games have been working together with Cleverlike Studios to use gaming as a catalyst to bring industry standard skills to the classroom. Several initiatives have enabled robust collaboration to bring opportunities to educators, students and university faculty. The E2 (Esports * Education) weekends bring area secondary educators together to learn to bring tools like Unreal Engine, Unreal Editor for Fortnite, and Twinmotion to the classroom through a series of workshops. The weekend event culminates with an esports tournament including high school and college students competing for a prize pool and bragging rights :). This collaboration has served as an opportunity for secondary educators to participate in professional development on the UNCG campus as well as a chance for students to experience the esports arena and see the great programs UNCG has to offer.