Category Archives: Events

Breakaway Game

BREAKAWAY fundraising campaign is underway!

By Kyle Patterson The game BREAKAWAY, created at the Emergent Media Center at Champlain College, is currently raising funds to sponsor a trip to El Salvador to continue the BREAKAWAY initiative! By donating to BREAKAWAY our team can establish a self-sustaining BREAKAWAY camp model in El Salvador in 2014 that will continue to create change […]

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Al Larsen presents video installation at SLINGSHOT Festival

Emergent Media MFA Faculty Al Larsen presents at SLINGSHOT festival (Athens, GA) March 21st & 22nd, 2014. Now in its second year, the SLINGSHOT festival of art, music and technology in Athens, Georgia, “spotlights international, national, and local acts on stage, boundary pushing artworks throughout the urban environment, and a tech conference with leading innovators.” […]

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MS Shanghai Students Get an Inside Look at French Innovation

By Dr. William F. Smith (Photo caption: Champlain College MS-EM Shanghai students at UbiFrance Event from Left: Jin Liu, Vera Sun, Kiki Jing, and Ming Hu. November 6, 2013) News from Champlain College’s Master of Science in Emergent Media Shanghai campus: We had a successful month settling in and getting the program up and running, […]

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SorrySpace Provides a Platform for Bullies to Own Up

By Erin Barnaby, MFA candidate ’14 Four MFA in Emergent Media students – Jessica Martin, Becky Colley, Jeffrey Turner, and Erin Barnaby – along with fifth member Emily McManamy, participated in the 24-hour Storyhack Vermont competition on October 19th.  The competition began at 10am on Saturday morning when we met at 242 Main Street to […]

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Master of Science program launches in Shanghai, China

By Dr. William F. Smith & Ann DeMarle It is with great pleasure and excitement that we share the proceedings of the recent launch of our newest Master’s degree and international program! On Thursday, October 24th, 2013 at 7pm, Champlain College officially opened its Master of Science in Emergent Media program in Shanghai, China. The […]

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The Champlain Mini Maker Faire Lights Up Shelburne Farms

By Ken Howell The second annual Champlain Mini Maker Faire was a huge success. Champlain College was out in force with booths for both the EMC and MFA. The Mini Maker Faire is a smaller regional version of its New York and San Francisco area counterparts. At these fairs, people engaged in a wide array of do-it-yourself projects, […]

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Champlainers chat with Bina48, humanoid robot

By Kevin Murakami Bruce Duncan and his colleague Bina48 recently visited Champlain College for an interesting presentation and lively discussion. Bruce is the Managing Director of the Terasem Movement Foundation Inc. He is also the Principal Investigator of the Lifenaut Project, a long-term research project exploring the capture and transfer of human consciousness to new […]

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