How Faculty Innovations are Changing the Student Experience in the Liberal Arts

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences faculty members and students discuss how the academic experience is enhanced and supported by the Center for Innovation in the Liberal and Creative Arts (CILCA). This panel is moderated by Derigan Silver, CILCA director and associate professor of Media, Film & Journalism Studies. Learn more about CILCA at liberalarts.du....
Featured projects include:
Center for International Mountain Area Studies (CIMAS)
CIMAS focuses on supporting students and faculty who are passionate about advancing social science, humanities-focused research or creative ventures related to mountain cultures, geographies, communities, histories and ecologies. CIMAS will promote and advance the creation of high-impact experiential learning and research opportunities on issues specific to mountainous spaces and the people who inhabit them in highland communities across the globe.
Faculty Panelist: Alison Krögel
Student Panelist: Keelan Vargas
Documenting Colorado’s Hidden Voices
Documenting Colorado’s Hidden Voices provides training and support for DU students to conduct and collect oral histories from Coloradans across the state. The project focuses on “unheard voices of Colorado,” which includes collections focused on: farmers, day laborers, domestic workers, unemployed workers, people experiencing homelessness, people who were incarcerated and people who are undocumented. To reach Spanish-speaking communities, bilingual and heritage-Spanish speaking students are offered paid internships to further integrate into the community and to bolster oral history collection.
Faculty Panelists: Carlos Jimenez Jr., Alejandro Cerón and Lina Reznicek-Parrado
Student Panelist: Antonia Vélez
DU Media
DU Media is a collaborative project that brings Media, Film & Journalism Studies faculty and students together to publicize students’ work and help them with experiential learning. In addition to valuable learning experiences, DU Media provides students with a career-building platform for their work. Students produce projects in their classes and beyond, and DU Media credits that work and provides students with links to add to their resumes and portfolios before they go on the job market.
Faculty Panelists: Kareem El Damanhoury and Christoph Demont-Heinrich
Student Panelist: Grace Ganz