Thursday, February 2
9:00pm Armor Tanking 101

Saturday, February 4
2:00pm Fleets 101 and 102
6:30pm Solo PvP 301: Advanced PvP

Sunday, February 5
4:30am [CLASSIFIED]
3:00pm [CLASSIFIED]

Sunday, February 19
8:00pm EVENT: Battlecruiser Blowout

For more information about individual events see the EVE University forums or for actual class sylabus and or audio of past classes visit our UniWiki

If you find yourself wanting to attend a class, see the UniWiki for information on how to join the Eve University

The most notable addition with this expansion will be the beautiful new NEOCOM:

We have a fantastic video on how to use the new NEOCOM:

Upgrades to the NEOCOM will include:

• New Item Grouping
• Chat Groups
• Skill Training Progress Bar

The changes to the NEOCOM are already available on SiSi for you to check out!

See the Patch Notes Page for full details on this release.

From Kelduum Revaan

WAR IS COMING!!!

‘EVE University’ vs ‘Red vs Blue’ (aka ‘Purple’)

From Downtime on January 26th, Until downtime on January 29th.

We’ve been speaking with RvB about some more PvP practice, as the last war was a load of fun (mostly) for both sides, with RvB being a great match for the Uni, so E-UNI will be declaring war on them for a short war, from 11:00 EVE time on Thursday 26th until 11:00 EVE time on Sunday 29th.

While there are some restrictions applied beyond the normal Wartime SOP, this is sure to be an entertaining few days.

See the forum post from Kelduum for more information!

“At 14:52 I witnessed a fleet of Reds and Blues come out of warp and destroy a Raven-class E-UNI battleship. In less than a minute an E-UNI fleet arrived and engaged, and there was heavy combat for at least the next couple of minutes, but I didn’t stick around to see how it turned out.”

Battle outside Pator Tech School, Aldrat IX

CONCORD reports that the Ivy League alliance has declared war on The 0rphanage, BLUE Republic, and RED Federation, and has received declarations of war from Kill It With Fire, Sleeper Social Club, The Devil’s Warrior Alliance, Skunk Works., and others. This sudden increase in hostilities is believed to be a result of E-UNI’s recent suspension of its WSOP.

E-UNI CEO Kelduum Revaan has promised medals of recognition to all students who remain in the University through this time of turbulence, but it remains to be seen how the membership numbers will change even as perennial adversaries Human After All and Veldspar Defence Force have announced they are stepping up recruitment of E-UNI capsuleers who wish to turn against their alma mater.

“It’s time to make a point and for everyone to see how bad it used to be,” declared Kelduum Revaan, CEO of EVE University.  Revaan was referring to the third quarter of YC 108, when two months of war following E-UNI’s evacuation of the Geminate region spurred university leadership to charter the Ivy League alliance and reconsider its response to declarations of war.

Thinking of that time, Revaan recalled, “There were next to no rules, certainly no SOP, and the killboard outside our corporate offices was covered with four to five pages of ship losses per day from a couple of hundred E-UNI members.”

E-UNI Fleet Admiral Silentbrick claimed responsibility for proposing the change in policy. “I believed that too many generations had passed since there had been no SOP, and while many of our students can intellectually understand [the reasoning behind the SOP], they don’t truly know what it’s like otherwise.”

Irdalth Delrar, E-UNI Director of Public Relations, expressed concern with the effect of the policy change on student retention. “The SOP was created because we found that capsuleers were more likely to complete their training when in a controlled environment. Before we had the SOP, wars made our retention rate drop significantly.”

In his announcement, Revaan indicated that the suspension of the WSOP was temporary and that if over 50% of the university membership were to sign a petition for its immediate reinstatement, he would consider complying. Otherwise, the WSOP will remain suspended through October 16.

Chribba, The Man Himself

E-UNI is hosting a special event: an interview and Q&A session with EVE’s most famous personality: Chribba!

How many EVE players do you know with their own entry in the official EVElopedia? Chribba has one: http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Chribba

One of the longest tenured players in EVE, Chribba is renowned for his “carebear” prowress, and can often be seen flying The Veldnaught in Amarr. Chribba’s celebrity also springs from the multitude of services he has provided EVE Online’s playerbase over the years, all completely free of charge. The most famous of these is EVE Files, a dedicated file hosting service for videos and screenshots of the game.

The event will be open to E-UNI members and alumni, so come prepared with your questions!

• Date/Time: 2011.08.12 @ 18:00 EVE time
• Duration: About 90 minutes, depending on how many good questions we get
• Location: Docked up safely in a station anywhere

Attendee requirements:

• Mumble registration and access – make sure you have Mumble sorted out and operational well before the class begins.
• Access to the Lecture.E-UNI in-game chat channel

Questions? Ask them in this forum thread.

EVE University is proud to host a Question and Answers session with Ian Chisholm, the creator of Clear Skies and the man behind Captain John Rourke.

John Rourke, Captain of Clear Skies

Ian Chisholm is most prominently known in the EVE community as being the creator of the (to date) three Clear Skies short films – a machinima series based in the EVE Universe starring John Rourke and his crew.

The event will be held on Monday, 27th June 2011, at 19:00 UTC on the EVE University Mumble server. All Alumni and current students are cordially invited to attend and show your support for the series, and to pose any burning questions you may have for Mr. Chisholm.

For further details, see here.

Information on Clear Skies can be found here.

Kelduum expressed excitement about coming changes in the University, including the much anticipated revision to the Ivy League Navy. “I’m looking forward to seeing the results of the changes to the ILN, which should allow it to scale along with the University.”

Many changes are already underway, including much needed expansions to some of the reimbursement programs – which while may not be much for the experienced player, can offer to be a veritable lifeline for the new one.

Kelduum was confident about the University’s growth, despite growing concerns of recruitment problems caused by the new, intended Incarna interface. “Assuming we can keep the recruiting numbers up, we should be able to challenge both Dreddit and GoonWaffe for their titles as the largest single corporations in EVE,” he said with a wry smile.

It is expected that following the immense success of EVE University as a learning institute, many of our corporate ideals and goals will be carried forward across platforms. It is an exciting new venture, and presents a new avenue for the University to continue it’s excellence in the training of players – now only pilots, but soon, mercenaries and warriors also.

DUST University information will be periodically updated in the run up to the launch of DUST 514.

For further information about DUST 514: www.dust514.com

The E3 2011 Trailer for DUST 514 can be viewed here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw0gOjOWDuI&hd=1

This 46-part series, encompassing over seven hours of content, can be found at http://tinyurl.com/SurviveEVE, or by searching for “How to Survive EVE Online” on YouTube. Each video runs from 6 to 14 minutes in length.

“I like explaining things,” said Seamus Donohue, “so when I saw ‘How to Survive Minecraft’ by ‘paulsoaresjr’ on YouTube, I decided it would be a good idea to create a similar series for EVE Online. In my case, I had watched the entire Minecraft series before actually buying Minecraft.”

Professor Seamus Donohue

“We are delighted with the excellent work that Seamus Donohue has done,” said Neville Smit, EVE University’s Director of Education. “The quality and usefulness of these tutorial videos are excellent. Anyone joining EVE who wants some practical advice about how to get through those critical first steps in New Eden will find these video lessons to be a life-saver – perhaps literally!”

Conservative estimate suggest that the collection of videos will both help the successful rate of attraction of new players, and will addtionally assist in the retention of players who have already signed on to the game, but are not quite sure where to start. It has always been the goal of EVE University to help these individuals, and it is fully expected in the coming months that the rising popularity of these videos will result in rising rates of admissions.

EVE University recently recognized Seamus Donohue’s long list of contributions as an Instructor and Mentor by awarding him the EVE University Professor Medal – one of only four Capsuleers to have earned this high honor.

The complete playlist can be found embedded here: