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New Art and IMM Building Opening Soon
The new Art and Interactive Multimedia building is on schedule to open for the Spring 2010 semester. In addition to housing faculty and administrative offices for the Art department and Interactive Multimedia program, the 70,000 square foot building features a range of state-of-the-art facilities, including computer labs, a recording studio, student studios and exhibition space, classrooms, seminar rooms, the College’s art gallery, and specialized studios for sculpture, print-making, photography and more.
TCNJ Students & Alumni Win Prize Package at Philly Game Jam
Three teams of current and former TNCJ students recently participated in the Philly Game Jam competition, a game development contest held in October. Ten teams were each challenged with designing and developing an original computer game in only 48 hours. Prizes were awarded for “Most Innovative Game” and “Best Adherence to Contest Theme,” the latter of which was awarded to TCNJ’s “Yellow” team, earning them a prize package valued at over $9,000.
IJIMS Introduces Web-Based Journalism to Local Middle Schoolers
Supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Broadening Participation in Computing program, the Interactive Journalism Institute for Middle Schoolers (IJIMS) introduces kids to the world of web-based reporting. Through a variety of summer and after school programs led by TCNJ faculty and students, the children and their teachers work together to create and maintain an online magazine incorporating digital media, interactive graphics and video. IJIMS works to develop not only computer and writing skills, but also confidence and creativity in young kids from underrepresented populations. To learn more about the project, visit: http://www.tcnj.edu/~ijims/
Professors Awarded $360,000 Grant for Multidisciplinary Course
The National Science Foundation recently awarded a $360,000 grant to a team of four TCNJ professors: Andrea Salgian, Assistant Professor of Computer Science; Teresa Nakra, Assistant Professor of Music; Christopher Ault, Assistant Professor of Interactive Multimedia; and Jennifer Wang, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. The grant is part of the NSF’s CreativeIT program, intended to foster creative thinking in technical fields. As part of the grant, the four professors have implemented a multidisciplinary course, bringing together students from their respective majors with the goal of designing and building a non-human conductor capable of leading an orchestra, using a combination of robotics and screen-based interfaces.
Professor Awarded COAHSI Premiere Grant
IMM Professor Phillip Sanders has been awarded Premiere Grant from the Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island, for the project “Interactive Panoramas at the Tibetan Museum”, funded by the New York State Council on the Arts. Sanders plans to use the grant to lead public workshops on digital photography at the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art, demonstrating how to create digital panoramas using the museum’s gardens and exteriors as inspiration.
Conductor Hero
Guitar heroes, lay down your axes. The Virtual Maestro Interactive Conducting Kiosk lets you conduct an entire orchestra using a Nintendo Wii-mote. Designed and built by a team that included Teresa Nakra, Assistant Professor of Music, and Chris Ault, Assistant Professor of Interactive Multimedia, the kiosk has appeared in prominent concert halls across the U.S.and will soon head to Europe. Watch the video to see it in action.
IMM Student Helps TCNJ Win Sigma Tau Delta Award
The web site for TCNJ’s chapter of the Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society — developed by IMM student Christy Hartigan — won the award for best chapter web site at the organization’s 2008 convention in Louisville.
IMM Student Receives NYWICI Scholarship
IMM student Kelli Plasket received a “Women in New Media” scholarship from the New York Women in Communications Foundation. Kelli was honored on stage at the organization’s Matrix Awards Luncheon on Monday, April 7, 2008 in New York City. She and the other winners also appeared on the Today Show.
IMM Class Live-Blogs Presidential Candidates in Washington, D.C.
Members of IMM’s Interactive Journalism class were among the bloggers covering speeches by Senators McCain and Clinton at the Associated Press annual meeting on April 14, 2007, and the Newspaper Association of America’s annual convention on April 15.
