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Boise State News May 4, 2021
Boise State commencement speaker Olivia Thomas, Albertsons Library. Thomas shared advice for students just beginning their college careers at Boise State. “There’s so much opportunity here. I did a lot, but think even I didn’t realize the possibilities. We’re large enough that you can find a group, a research project that interests you. But we’re small enough that it’s all accessible.” John Kelly photo.
From the time she was a young student at the Idaho Virtual Academy, Olivia Thomas knew she wanted to invent video games – in particular, games with an educational focus. She read her first book on coding when she was 10. Her interest in technology only grew through high school. In her senior year at the academy, she searched the country for video game design programs. It happened that Boise State’s Games, Interactive Media and Mobile program (GIMM) had welcomed its first class the year before.