By Keeshawn Nicholson On Monday, there came heavy snow but that was not the only storm that approached us that day. The February 2, 2015 brainstorming session hosted by the Emergent Media Center & Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry took place at Champlain College’s Lakeside Campus. The event called for business leaders, management professors, and students. Altogether, the attendees’ objectives were […]
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On January 16th Terry and the Sandbox Team made their debut at the Helen Day Art Center’s exhibit “Play”. The Helen Day Art Center is a non-profit organization in Stowe Vermont whose mission is to “Enhance the human experience through the visual arts.” The Sandbox team is a group of Champlain College students, led by […]
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By Hannah Wood Get to know the students that are the driving force of the Emergent Media Center. Student Spotlight features one of our current students, highlights what they’re doing here, and some fun facts about them. Meet Hannah Marchitell. Hannah is a first year MFA student and holds a bachelor’s degree in social documentation […]
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By Kyle Patterson For this throwback Thursday post we are focusing on the Wealth Builders game created by Champlain College’s Emergent Media Center with the Ford Foundation Project and Yellow Wood Associates. You can play Wealth Builders at this link. From the Emergent Media Center’s Gallery: Background: In the summer of 2011 the Emergent Media Center began working on […]
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By Gabe Carey It’s hard to believe how quickly Thanksgiving Break is approaching us. Just last week we were gaming away at the first-ever EMC Gaming Event, celebrating the recently released Halo: The Master Chief Collection and promoting our social justice-centric game projects to an assortment of new faces. There was pizza to be eaten, […]
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By Kyle Patterson A student-team worked with IBM Fellow, John Cohn, to create an interactive multimedia companion piece for an electronic game that IBM developed for Engineering Week 2008. The educational product is delivered in a multimedia of ways that kids relate to and it illuminates what makes up an electronic game and what courses […]
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By Kyle Patterson Back in 2008 during the Summer and Fall Semesters, The Emergent Media Center at Champlain College participated in a friendly competition between two teams of Champlain students. Two teams of Champlain students were challenged to create a polished, playable mission level under the guidance of AA’s development team. The Mission Editor, a […]
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By Gabe Carey While Xbox One owners are currently rejoicing in response to the imminent release of Halo: The Master Chief Collection, the EMC is preparing for a celebration of its own. Next week, on November 14th, 2014 from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m., we’ll be hosting a gaming event on our premises at Lakeside campus. […]
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By Keeshawn Nicholson STOP!!! I smell children… On the 29th of October the Emergent Media Center cast a spell on everyone who entered their doors with a double feature of Hocus Pocus and The night of the living dead. The event started at 5:00 pm with Hocus Pocus, a movie enjoyed by everyone, followed by […]
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By Kyle Patterson The 2014 Vermont Tech Jam was held at the Memorial Auditorium right on Main Street in Burlington, Vermont from Friday the 24th to Saturday the 25th! For those that don’t know, it is a two-day job fair and tech expo where dozens of Vermont’s innovative companies and organizations gather and anyone had the […]
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