Written By: Gillianne Ross ‘22 & Preston Banas ‘24 The Emergent Media Center’s (EMC) faculty fellowship program is in its third semester of operation. The fellowship was developed out of feedback from professors wanting to make space for project based learning for their students outside of the classroom. In turn, the fellowship offers opportunities for students to integrate experiential learning into their academic careers. Both faculty and students benefit by bridging course… Read More

by Gillianne Ross '22 With the remainder of the Spring semester in front of us, the Emergent Media Center (EMC) wants to give an overview regarding our latest projects and an update for those continuing from past semesters. Roughly a year into remote work, the EMC team has adapted and redefined our community structure to enable us to actively collaborate and work within a virtual format. We have eight teams working at the EMC this semester. The following are highlights from a few of them.&nb… Read More

Written by: Carly Freeman '20 I am the Graphic Designer and Installation Artist here at the Emergent Media Center (EMC). I’ve created a lot of fun projects throughout my year at the EMC, but the one that represents the spirit of the EMC most is the Flower Mobile Sculpture. This project has been a great representation of the Emergent Media Center because of the iterative process we use to innovate with.  The project began in the Fall of 2019 with an idea that transferred into a sk… Read More

Written by: Gillianne Ross ‘22 It has been a busy summer here at the Emergent Media Center (EMC). While our summer group worked remotely this session, the twenty students who participated in select projects continued to put forth equal effort and enthusiasm for their work. Projects and design challenge teams for this summer session took part in creating a virtual fish tank community, Tank It Easy, for Champlain College, while another proposed ways to share information and news in a post Covi… Read More

Written by: Gillianne Ross '22 Even in these unordinary times people continue to innovate ways to enhance our future and positively impact the lives of those both near and far. The Emergent Media Center (EMC) recently conducted a brainstorming session in collaboration with UVM professor Dr. Leon Wells to uncover the potential of creating a tool that would measure implicit bias as it relates to the identification of scientists. While traditionally held in person over one afternoon, this brain… Read More

Written by: Gillianne Ross ‘22 With the Spring semester coming to a close, the Emergent Media Center (EMC) is reflecting back on its progress over the past few months. We have continued to push forward and look with an eye toward future endeavors despite the change in circumstances due to Covid-19. EMC staff, student workers, and interns have been working from home since mid-March, but that has not stopped us from producing some wonderful projects. As we wrap things up for this semester and… Read More

Written by: Reagan Lee, '22 Edited by: Gillianne Ross, '22 Shamanism is an ancient practice, meant to take the practitioner out of a stressful mindset by introducing them to a meditative state of consciousness. Traditional Shamanism practiced by indigenous people for thousands of years, is a form of meditation used to alter one’s consciousness to commune with a symbolic realm by entering a trance-like state. Using the Shamanistic technique, the hope is for the subject to experience emotional… Read More