{"id":132952,"date":"2022-12-15T08:58:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T13:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132952///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132952//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132952//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132952//?p=132952"},"modified":"2023-11-21T12:58:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T17:58:31","slug":"ucf-student-animation-alum-credited-for-work-on-avatar-the-way-of-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132952///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132952//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132952//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132952//ucf-student-animation-alum-credited-for-work-on-avatar-the-way-of-water/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132952//","title":{"rendered":"UCF Student, Animation Alum Credited for Work on /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132952/u2018Avatar: The Way of Water/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132952/u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like many students, Tal Minks /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132952/u201918 can/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132952/u2019t wait to watch Avatar: The Way of Water when it releases on Dec. 16. But for him, the movie represents more than a return to the world of Pandora /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132952/u2014 it’s a culmination of his hard work as a lead animator at Steamroller Animation, where he helped work on the film. This semester, Minks will be graduating with his second degree from UCF the same day the movie comes to theatres./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132952/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132952/u201cIt has been difficult keeping up with both work and school, but I believe it will be worth it in the long run,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132952/u201d Minks says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132952/u201cI can/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132952/u2019t wait to watch Avatar: (The Way of Water) and graduate on the same day. It will be a nice reward after all the time and effort that was put into both./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132952/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/132952/n