The Creative Life with Jane Hilberry Willa McLaughlin, ’27 On my first day of class at CC, I was asked to describe how I felt as a form of weather. We went around the room, one filled with art supplies and posters, and shared small details of ourselves through descriptions of rainy days or cool …
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Not Seeing Giraffes Jessica Hunter, PhD Director of Creativity & Innovation While working in Uganda in 2015, members of the Giraffe Conservation Foundation and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute encountered a Nubian giraffe that measured just nine feet, four inches tall. (For context, the average height of a fully grown giraffe is 14 – 18 …
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Introducing the Student Facilitator Development Series (SFDS) C&I has created a new program for students interested in leading creative workshops called the Student Facilitator Development Series (SFDS). If the announcement above caught your attention, read on for more about the program. We encourage you to join us! This program builds upon students’ experience in an …
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Upcoming Events, Workshops, and Opportunities We Don’t Have a River A Panel Discussion About Monument Creek Hosted by C&I Innovator in Residence, Erin Elder Thursday, November 8, at Taste in the FAC 5:30 – 7 p.m. RSVP requested Thinking About Half-Block? Take a look below… Looking for a Creative Escape? Creative Mondays Mondays, 3 – 4:30 …
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JOIN US THIS BLOCK BREAK Unlocking Creativity A Positive Turbulence Podcast with Jane Hilberry and Felicia Rose Chavez Have you ever found yourself in a rut? Do you feel like your creative spark has flickered out? Maybe you’re not even sure you have that spark. In this episode, we gage with two extraordinary minds, Jane …
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Continuing to Fund ‘What If’ with Student Seed Innovation Grants (SSIG) By Kate Carroll The Student Seed Innovation Grants (SSIG) wrapped up another successful academic year, with Creativity & Innovation awarding 16 grants to 21 students for a total of more than $95,000. Student Seed Innovation Grants are an idea accelerator; the grants push …
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From Source to Mouth: Monument Creek Thursday, April 20 (TODAY) Presentation at 4 pm, reception to follow Cornerstone Screening Room What is Monument Creek? What does it mean? Who is it for, and how was it made? Artist and writer Erin Elder has been making place-based work for 20 years and now turns attention to …
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Creativity and Doubt Jessica Hunter, PhD Associate Director of Creativity & Innovation To have doubt is to be in a vulnerable position, uncomfortable, unsafe, and potentially threatened. But for anyone trying to discover, create, imagine, or feel, doubt marks the territory of operations. It gives us access to perceptions, interactions of the senses and the …
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Creativity & Innovation’s most recent Innovator in Residence, Shodekeh Talifero, performs at New York’s Kennedy Center on Friday, February 24th at 6 pm ET. MILLENNIUM STAGE (IN-PERSON AND LIVESTREAM) Dominic Shodekeh Talifero: Ideations of Hope This 60-minute concert testimonial and master performance follow Dominic Shodekeh Talifero’s personal and professional journey through time. Friday, February 24th …
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Visual Notebooks In June, Creativity & Innovation Faculty Fellow Kris Stanec began a research project on how the use of Visual Notebooks enhances learning outcomes for students. This fall, she collaborated with faculty in eleven classes to run pilots that tested the effectiveness of Visual Notebooks. Creativity & Innovation provided faculty members and students with …
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