The Department of Visual Arts and the Imaging Research Center designed the IRC Fellows Program to be a premiere educational opportunity for third and fourth year undergraduate students with exceptional talent and promise in the digital arts. Fellows receive high level instruction, pursue personal projects and experience a close working relationship with faculty and visiting artists in an experimental laboratory setting.

The educational collaboration between Visual Arts and the IRC is viewed as a meaningful way of providing advanced students with a competitive opportunity to excel. The IRC Fellows Program seeks to provide students with key experiences that enable personal creative paths in the fields of digital art, animation, and interactivity.