2010
Museum Studies master’s students Molly Conley and Sarah Smith spent the Summer 2010 lending skills to two museums in Alaska. The program helps small institutions by providing them with interns academically and professionally trained in museum work. Molly and Sarah were placed at the Valdez Museum & Historical Archive and the Resurrection Bay Historical Society.
The internships were valuable experiences for them as well as significant contributions to the museums and communities in which they worked. Their specialized expertise allowed them to complete projects that the small volunteer staffs had not been able to accomplish. Their work also supplemented and enriched their studies at UF, and they were able to return to the museum studies program and share their practical experiences with their colleagues.
2010
Museum Studies master’s students Molly Conley and Sarah Smith spent the Summer 2010 lending skills to two museums in Alaska. The program helps small institutions by providing them with interns academically and professionally trained in museum work. Molly and Sarah were placed at the Valdez Museum & Historical Archive and the Resurrection Bay Historical Society.
The internships were valuable experiences for them as well as significant contributions to the museums and communities in which they worked. Their specialized expertise allowed them to complete projects that the small volunteer staffs had not been able to accomplish. Their work also supplemented and enriched their studies at UF, and they were able to return to the museum studies program and share their practical experiences with their colleagues.
2010
The STEAM Learning Network seeks to explore, refine and widely distribute methods for infusing arts-based techniques into the learning and retention of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) concepts across America. By incorporating successful practices from the performing and digital arts into the K-12 classroom experience, the STEAM project aims to raise interest and achievement in the STEM areas while heightening exposure and participation in the Arts on a daily basis.
Please see the 2010 STEAM Team from PK Yonge Elementary bring the house down in performance at the University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance on the two-part series on YouTube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLwxAO913jU&feature=related
Organized by:
James C. Oliverio, Executive Director Digital Worlds Institute
2010
The STEAM Learning Network seeks to explore, refine and widely distribute methods for infusing arts-based techniques into the learning and retention of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) concepts across America. By incorporating successful practices from the performing and digital arts into the K-12 classroom experience, the STEAM project aims to raise interest and achievement in the STEM areas while heightening exposure and participation in the Arts on a daily basis.
Please see the 2010 STEAM Team from PK Yonge Elementary bring the house down in performance at the University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance on the two-part series on YouTube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLwxAO913jU&feature=related
Organized by:
James C. Oliverio, Executive Director Digital Worlds Institute
2010
Sponsored by the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, Activists Among Us (Thursday, April 8, 2010 from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Matheson Museum) will bring together local activists from the 1950s through the present to discuss the ongoing struggle for social justice, gender equality, and human rights. Moderated by Dr. Tricia Hilliard, this event will include members from Gainesville Women for Equal Rights, and interracial organization of women whose active work for civil and human rights changed the course of history in Gainesville. It will also include activists in the pivotal women’s liberation movement of the 1960s.
2010
Sponsored by the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, Activists Among Us (Thursday, April 8, 2010 from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Matheson Museum) will bring together local activists from the 1950s through the present to discuss the ongoing struggle for social justice, gender equality, and human rights. Moderated by Dr. Tricia Hilliard, this event will include members from Gainesville Women for Equal Rights, and interracial organization of women whose active work for civil and human rights changed the course of history in Gainesville. It will also include activists in the pivotal women’s liberation movement of the 1960s.
2010
In a UF campus conversation Derek Bok, president emeritus of Harvard University, addressed the decline in civic engagement and resulting apathy toward public life by students.
“Bok said colleges and universities need to play a role in reversing the trend. He proposed measures such as requiring courses in important civic issues such as economics, adding a political component to community service, encouraging participation in student government and registering students to vote.”
2010
In a UF campus conversation Derek Bok, president emeritus of Harvard University, addressed the decline in civic engagement and resulting apathy toward public life by students.
“Bok said colleges and universities need to play a role in reversing the trend. He proposed measures such as requiring courses in important civic issues such as economics, adding a political component to community service, encouraging participation in student government and registering students to vote.”
2010
Each year, UF art education students work with local elementary school children on a special project as part of their preparation as art teachers. These after-school art programs typically last seven weeks and culminate in a school exhibition of the artwork made during the project. The above photo shows a group of fourth and fifth grade students at Duval Fine Arts Academy in Gainesville working on a map of their community under the tutelage of a UF art education student.
For more information: http://www.arts.ufl.edu/programs/arteducation.aspx
Dr. Craig Roland: croland@ufl.edu
2010
Each year, UF art education students work with local elementary school children on a special project as part of their preparation as art teachers. These after-school art programs typically last seven weeks and culminate in a school exhibition of the artwork made during the project. The above photo shows a group of fourth and fifth grade students at Duval Fine Arts Academy in Gainesville working on a map of their community under the tutelage of a UF art education student.
For more information: http://www.arts.ufl.edu/programs/arteducation.aspx
Dr. Craig Roland: croland@ufl.edu
2010
The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere gathers a panel of UF faculty working in Haiti to hold a public discussion and answer questions about the obstacles to rebuilding Haiti on January 13 (4:30pm, Reitz Union 286). Rebuilding Haiti: Perspectives from the Field will address the issues involved in relief efforts and sustainable development from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
Panelists: Michael Bannister (Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences), William Tilson (College of Design, Construction and Planning), Ben Hebblethwaite (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences), Timothy Townsend (College of Engineering), Andrew Kane (College of Public Health and Health Professionals), and Bernard Okech (Emerging Pathogens Institute).
Moderator: Marilyn Swisher (Department of Family, Youth, & Community Sciences).
2010
The Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere gathers a panel of UF faculty working in Haiti to hold a public discussion and answer questions about the obstacles to rebuilding Haiti on January 13 (4:30pm, Reitz Union 286). Rebuilding Haiti: Perspectives from the Field will address the issues involved in relief efforts and sustainable development from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
Panelists: Michael Bannister (Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences), William Tilson (College of Design, Construction and Planning), Ben Hebblethwaite (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences), Timothy Townsend (College of Engineering), Andrew Kane (College of Public Health and Health Professionals), and Bernard Okech (Emerging Pathogens Institute).
Moderator: Marilyn Swisher (Department of Family, Youth, & Community Sciences).