The Quotidian Apocalypse and the Quixotic Cause

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Highby ◽  
Jay Trask ◽  
Katherine Shull
Keyword(s):  
Science Fiction ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Public Intellectual ◽  
Time Travel ◽  
Northern Colorado ◽  
Great Relevance ◽  
University Of Northern Colorado ◽  
The University

The writer Connie Willis lives in Greeley, Colorado, home to the University of Northern Colorado (UNC). She is an alumna of UNC and has chosen to deposit her papers in its archives. A pre-eminent science fiction author, her clock- and calendar-defying tales of time travel have transported many fans and won numerous awards. Her stellar reputation in fandom and among librarians as a mentor, peer, and public intellectual is well-deserved and hard-earned. She gives generously of her time at conventions, conferences, and community events. We finally caught up with her in the latter days of Summer 2018, after the Locus Awards and the Westercon science fiction and fantasy convention, and interviewed her about her recent novella “I Met a Traveler in an Antique Land” (first appearing in Asimov’s Science Fiction in 2017 and later published by Subterranean Press in 2018). It concerns a disappearing Manhattan bookshop that may also be a harbor for endangered books. The story’s subject matter is of great relevance for archivists and librarians of the Anthropocene—as is the content of our conversation with Ms. Willis, which ranges from the insidious nature of censorship to the nobility of fighting for lost causes.

scholarly journals High Altitude Makes for High Energy

2018 ◽  
Vol XII (1) ◽  
pp. 99-101
Author(s):  
Tin Wegel
Keyword(s):  
High Energy ◽  
Indiana University ◽  
Lifelong Learners ◽  
Conference Room ◽  
Northern Colorado ◽  
The Us ◽  
Language Classrooms ◽  
University Of Northern Colorado ◽  
Performative Pedagogy ◽  
The University

On January 19, 2018 about 80 people sat in an unassuming conference room on the campus of the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, chatting and signing away cheerfully with their seat neighbors in anticipation of the keynote address by Susanne Even from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. The lively crowd of students and faculty members from across the country was clearly already in a chatty mood before the official introduction by Erin Noelliste, the lead organizer of the 5th Scenario Symposium on Performative Pedagogy, kicked off an engaging and interactive evening and day ahead. The idea behind this particular symposium was to focus on the use of drama to enhance learning in education and foreign languages, as the program stated. It was the second of its kind held in the US and thus aimed at broadening readership and scope of the Scenario Journal, with the goal of inspiring creativity and improvisation in foreign language classrooms. The keynote speaker Susanne Even took the podium and I dare say she could not have hoped for a more involved group of lifelong learners. Her keynote talk, made accessible to all participants by sign language interpreters, was the first presentation in the 2018 ...

Building a Computer

2015 ◽  
pp. 312-325
Author(s):  
Andrew Liccardo ◽  
Cameron Grimes
Keyword(s):  
Computer Graphics ◽  
Northern Colorado ◽  
University Of Northern Colorado ◽  
The University ◽  
Structure And Functions

This chapter describes the reasons and the task of building a computer, which might provide students with the understanding of the structure and functions involved in computing. The process of planning, acquiring, and building a computer is discussed as a cognitive way of learning and sharing information. This project was funded by the Art Director at the University of Northern Colorado. The process of building the computer was done by Sean Flannery, a student in Computer graphics, and recorded by a camera operator. The footage was edited into a video by a Computer Graphics and Marketing student. The final video can be seen at the following URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m28186QIsqM.

Restructuring Educational Leadership Preparation: Identifying Needed Conditions

1994 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Daresh
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Leadership Preparation ◽  
Preparation Program ◽  
Northern Colorado ◽  
University Of Northern Colorado ◽  
The University ◽  
Educational Leadership Preparation ◽  
Linkage Relationships

In this article, a description is presented of the strategy and steps that were followed at the University of Northern Colorado in restructuring its educational leadership preparation program. Details are provided concerning the ways in which changes were made, and how these changes were supported through attention to personnel issues, linkage relationships within the university, and linkages outside the university.

scholarly journals Beyond the research paper: First-generation students and the Framework in everyday contexts

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 (6) ◽  
pp. 285
Author(s):  
Darren Ilett
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
New World ◽  
First Generation ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Generation Students ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Northern Colorado ◽  
University Of Northern Colorado ◽  
The University ◽  
Incoming Students

Being first gen, it’s hard, like, the library information is not in us ’cause we are learning this by ourselves.” This sentiment, expressed by Vanessa, a first-year, first-generation student, is a common one. The unspoken norms, procedures, and genres that incoming students are expected to grasp—both in higher education generally and in information literacy and academic libraries specifically—often make college an unfamiliar, confusing, and unwelcoming new world for first-generation students (FGS). Yet in my work as a liaison librarian for TRIO and other support programs at the University of Northern Colorado, I constantly wonder at the highly developed and varied knowledge and skills FGS bring with them from their homes, workplaces, communities, and previous education.

Teacher Preparation in the Education of Visually Impaired Children: A Multi-Competency Approach

1985 ◽  
Vol 79 (7) ◽  
pp. 306-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmella Gates ◽  
David I. Kappan
Keyword(s):  
Great Plains ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Rocky Mountain ◽  
Northern Colorado ◽  
Competency Area ◽  
University Of Northern Colorado ◽  
The University ◽  
Impaired Children ◽  
Visually Impaired Children

For more than a decade, the University of Northern Colorado has been preparing teachers of visually impaired children with full and equal competencies in both academic instruction and orientation and mobility. This dual competency approach was developed in response to needs in the sparsely populated states of the Rocky Mountain/Great Plains region. Increased emphasis on services for the deaf-blind and other multiply handicapped visually impaired children resulted in the development of an additional component of teacher training. In 1978, UNC's graduate program expanded to include a third competency with severely/profoundly handicapped blind children. This article discusses the rationale and development of each competency area, follow-up studies of effectiveness, and program options.

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