He’s a passionate artist, a professional problem solver, and the oldest 12-year-old you’ll ever meet. Sam Lanier graduated cum laude from East Carolina University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, specializing in Animation and Interactive Design. He dedicated much of his spare time to research, delivering both solo and cross-disciplinary undergraduate presentations on topics such as adapting classic children’s literature, utilizing 3D printers in medical education, and the history of real-time computer graphics. As President of ECU’s Animation Guild, he was also responsible for multiple guerrilla art installations, some of which can still be found around campus today.