To:  UMW Faculty and Staff

From: Jeff McClurken, on behalf of the Information and Technology Convergence Center User’s Group

Subject: Update on the Convergence Center

The Convergence Center has been open for two months now and hundreds of students (& faculty and staff) have already taken (or taught) classes there, walked across the bridge to the library, had coffee at Blackstone’s, charged devices while sitting on the powered lobby furniture, taken a spin in the famous red chairs on the 4th floor, held meetings in one of the conference rooms, reserved a collaboration space or room online, tried out the computers in the training lab or in the lobby, visited one of the many studentsupportcenters, and studied in the numerous niches around the ITCC.  Last week the new Digital Knowledge Center (like the Writing and Speaking Centers, but for digital class projects) began accepting appointments with its student tutors. [For those who are interested, Director Martha Burtis recently wrote about the creation of the Center.]   

Starting today the multimedia editing room with vocal recording booth opens on the first floor (accessible to all students via the EagleOne card).  In the weeks and months to come, the building will offer new opportunities, from checking out digital equipment at the Information Desk, to the opening of an Advanced Media Production Studio and the Digital Auditorium, to the unveiling of the Library’s Digital Archiving Lab and Digital Gallery on the third floor near the bridge.  Keep an eye as well on the Digital Media Wall in the lobby of the ITCC as we begin to display more student-created digital media projects.

If you have any questions about the Convergence Center’s resources, policies, hours, options, and opportunities for students, faculty, and staff, or simply want to keep up to date on what’s new in the building, check out the newly launched website, http://convergence.umw.edu.  You can also ask any of the student aides who work in the building about what is here and how to use it, especially those staffing the Information Desk found as you enter the building from Campus Walk.

See you soon!

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Jeffrey W. McClurken

Professor of History & American Studies

Special Assistant to the Provost for Teaching, Technology, and Innovation

University of Mary Washington

540-654-1475

http://mcclurken.org/

The following message is from Facilities Services:    

Construction congestion can be expected at the access road behind Lee Hall and Trinkle Hall until Friday, Nov. 7. The road and parking area will continue to be accessible for deliveries and parking, but users are asked to be aware of the work and follow instructions from construction personnel.  If you have questions, please contact UMW Project Manager Les Johnson at ext. 2100.