Rockstar Dene Grigar, Director and Associate Professor at WSUV asked Tribe2 to join the advisory committee for the Creative Media & Digital Culture Program (CMDC) at WSUV. This is soo freeekin cool!
Think about the direction the world is heading - A half a billion people use Facebook on a daily basis; there are more Tweeters online than songbirds in North America; 42% of Americans regularly use a smart phone app; and, everyone... and their mother...are blogging, using websites, building websites, searching websites, or are generally online doing something. And, you know what? It's not going away.
The Creative Media and Digital Culture program (CMDC) at Washington State University Vancouver (WSUV) is ahead of the curve and helping students imagine, create and get out there, get involved and make real positive changes in the world in the world of digital technology.
Here's how...
The CMDC, home of the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Digital Technology and Culture (DTC), integrates critical thinking, creativity, and computing skills with course work in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, MIS, and Computer Science to offer a broad-based, interdisciplinary degree that prepares students for a culturally-diverse, technologically-complex 21st century.
It's HUGE!
Dene's not turning out robots here. In addition to CMDC courses, students also study Anthropology, MIS, Computer Science, English, Fine Arts, History, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology. She's helping students see the roll they play in a larger realm and longer time-frame. CMDC gives them the opportunity to effect change in the real world and the ethics to do it for the right reasons.
Directed studies and internships encourage students to gain real world experience and engage in projects aimed at serving the community, both of which help students with professional career networking and developing a commitment to public service.
Along the way, the CMDC provides an intellectual environment comprised of some really sweet events like: lectures, residency programs, performances by internationally known artists, and field trips to media arts shows and exhibits. And, the program offers its students state-of-the-art computer labs and studios to work and learn.
To learn more about the CMDC Program, visit their website or contact Dr. Dene Grigar, dgrigar@vancouver.wsu.edu, or call 360-546-9487.
This is going to sound like the intro of a paid for infomercial, but this program CHANGED MY LIFE!
ReplyDeleteI returned to school as a "non-traditional" student. And before I returned to school, I was a neanderthal beer-truck driver. No offense to my former truck driving colleagues. But, anyway, I'm the last generation to NOT grow up in a world with digital technologies as we all know them today. Meaning, no Internet! What kind of world would that be?
Dr. Grigar's CMDC program opened my mind to an education that I had never been privy to before. I've learned how to function in a digital world that was previously foreign to me.
So what? Well, the fact is, like it or not, we are living in a digital culture now, and it's best to assimilate oneself in this culture to remain competitive in the market place. Or, just learn how to drive a semi-trailer truck. Once again, no offense to my truck driving brethren, but the hours suck.
Having gone through the rigors of CMDC, I'm now positioning myself currently as a freelance web content developer. I work with web designers, computer science technicians, graphic artists and small businesses, who want to create or enhance their presence online.
I aspire to become a project manager and/or partner (co-owner) of a creative design firm. But right now I'm having a great time gaining the real world experience, and resume, to achieve my goal. And, I'm working for myself. That's a dream come true for me for sure!
Like I said, this probably sounds like an informercial for CMDC, but check out the link to this WSUV program (in this blog) and you'll be amazed what Dr. Grigar and her students are doing.
And shout out to Tribe 2! They've inspired me to take chances and pursue work I would never have thought to be possible.