Lots of students from my University ended up working for the US government at the National Laboratories. I don't know if that's a viable path where you're located, but they have a number of IT Security related positions, of course. The best I know about is Sandia National Labs, which has a specific group of student interns in ITS training. (Called, unfortunately, "Junior Cybercorps" or something).
The government always needs security, and they're often willing to accept and train student interns.
The serious award for games is the GDC Award. It's given each year at the Game Developers' Conference, and the decision is made by people actually within the industry - respectful recognition from one professional to another. They give awards for all aspects of game development, as well as things like innovation. They also recognize independent games.
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Lots of students from my University ended up working for the US government at the National Laboratories. I don't know if that's a viable path where you're located, but they have a number of IT Security related positions, of course. The best I know about is Sandia National Labs, which has a specific group of student interns in ITS training. (Called, unfortunately, "Junior Cybercorps" or something).
The government always needs security, and they're often willing to accept and train student interns.
The serious award for games is the GDC Award. It's given each year at the Game Developers' Conference, and the decision is made by people actually within the industry - respectful recognition from one professional to another. They give awards for all aspects of game development, as well as things like innovation. They also recognize independent games.
Here's a http://www.igda.org/awards/link