Digital Technology and Culture

A blog for students and friends of Washington State University Vancouver's Digital Technology and Culture Program

DTC FACULTY WILL MENTOR VISITING FULBRIGHT RESEARCHER

Dr. John F. Barber, faculty member of the Digital Technology and Culture program at Washington State University Vancouver, will mentor and supervise a visiting international Fulbright researcher beginning Fall 2008.

Nataliya Shpylova, a Ukrainian graduate student, will work with Barber to pursue research regarding American author Richard Brautigan and the literature of the 1960s.

Shyplova's arrival was announced by the Institute of International Education (IIE), the world's largest independent international educational organization. Among its 200 programs, IIE handles visiting international Fulbright Scholars and Researchers.

According to Zammy Díaz Lebrón, IIE Placement Officer for the Humanities and Anthropology, Shplova specifically requested to focus her research on Richard Brautigan, an American author generally recognized as the writer most successful at capturing the spirit of the counterculture movement in San Francisco during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Barber is recognized as the leading authority on Brautigan and was chosen by the IIE to mentor and supervise Shyplova's research.

"All our efforts to locate an expert on Richard Brautigan led to Dr. Barber at Washington State University Vancouver," said Lebrón. "His research website, his publications, and conference presentations position him as the leading international research authority on Richard Brautigan. We are quite pleased he has accepted our offer and with this association."

Barber's research website, "Brautigan Bibliography and Archive" (www.brautigan.net) is recognized as the world's leading resource for information about Richard Brautigan, his life, and writings. Within the website, Barber has gathered and categorized far-flung, unavailable, and often previously unknown research and ethnographical materials. The website, built and maintained by Barber, experiments with the immediate publication of scholarly research as well as ergonomic usability and interface designs for multiple overlays of information sources.

Richard Gary Brautigan (1935-1984) was born in Tacoma, Washington, and grew up in the Pacific Northwest. Brautigan's earliest publications were in the Portland, Oregon, newspapers. His grandmother lived in St. Helens, Oregon. He moved to San Francisco, where, during the 1960s, he achieved international fame with publication of his best-known novel, Trout Fishing in America. Brautigan wrote nine other novels, ten collections of poetry, two collections of short stories, and recorded a record album of him reading his poems, short stories, and selections from his novels.

"Researchers always wonder whether their work will be noticed, and if it is, whether it will be found worthy," said Barber. "I am quite pleased and honored to be selected as a research mentor and supervisor for Ms. Shyplova. I believe this is the first ever association between WSUV and the Fulbright Scholar program and I am especially pleased that this new connection speaks so well to the striving by the DTC program for greater diversity on this campus."

Barber has worked previously with several other international researchers and translators focusing on Brautigan. "I have relationships with scholars, researchers, and translators in the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Germany, Romania, Sweden, Spain, Japan, and Iran," said Barber. "As more research interest is focused on the literary, cultural, and social movements of the 1960s, Brautigan is increasingly of interest," said Barber.

Shpylova will arrive at WSUV in September and begin her research with Barber.

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Mentoring Fresh-People and Getting Paid for It

DTC students interested in mentoring fresh -men and -women are invited to apply for Summer 2008, Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 mentoring opportunities.

Requirements include:

3.0 GPA
Enrolled through 2009
Some experience with mentoring/tutoring, or related experience
Available up to 15 hrs. a week through May 2009
Strong interpersonal skills

Pay: $11/hr. for 10-15 hrs. a week

The program, which essentially is a training program aimed at getting you ready for Fall and Spring mentoring, begins this summer and requires only 40 hrs. of your time.

How to apply: Send resume and statement of interest to src@vancouver.wsu.edu by Wednesday, April 16, 2008. You are asked to "explain your interest in the position and describe your communication style" in your "interest sttaement."

Personally, I think DTC students are perfect for this kind of position. You guys learn how to communicate effectively, serve as leaders and guides for one another in your various projects, and are interested in the human aspect of technology.

If you would like to try for one of the these jobs and want help with your resume or interest statement, let me know. I will be glad to give you a hand.

--Dene

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Graphic Design Job

I received this today. See attached.



--Dene

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Internship Opportunity

Marketing Web Content Intern
Location: Portland (downtown)
Start Date: Position open part time during spring!

myRegence.com is designed to advise members on health care and lifestyle options, navigate them through the health care system, and reward those who make healthy choices. With myRegence.com, members can find all their health-related resources in one place. They can check their claims; get fitness and nutrition tips; learn about medical conditions, medications and formulary information; search for doctors; and research cost and care options. They can even earn Regence Rewards points-redeemable for gift certificates at dozens of restaurants, retailers, movie theaters and more-just for actively taking care of their health.

Project:
* Write short editorial descriptions of health and wellness events
happening locally and regionally
* Contact local and regional sponsors/venues to get on PR
distribution lists
* Work with organizations to promote particular events
* Will have opportunity to edit and or write health and wellness
articles
* Will use news judgment to select wire stories for publication
* Will assist editors with planning and publishing new web content

Qualifications
* Journalism, marketing or English majors
* Excellent writing skills (this will be part of the interview
process)
* MS Office
* Positive Attitude
* Interest in health and wellness
* Familiarity with AP Stylebook
* Web Savvy
* Adaptability
* Independent worker
* Creative

Preferred Qualifications
* Writing experience such as school newspapers, previous
internships

To Apply:

Regence.com/careers

collegerelations@regence.com

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Pirate's College--PHP

Pirate's College continues on Thursday, March 20 with a PHP workshop taught by Maria Schenk. Those of you who plan to work in web design need this workshop! So make plans to be there:

VMMC 111
10-noon
Thursday, March 20

--Dene

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Second Annual Etiquette Dinner

Want to learn how to entertain at a business dinner? How to host your own dinner party for business associates?

Well, you are in luck. The Student Resource Center is hosting its Second Annual Etiquette Dinner on Thursday, April 3rd, at 4:30pm in the Firstenburg Student Commons.

This event is an opportunity for you to learn about proper etiquette for a
variety of settings that mix business with dining. We will have
etiquette expert Lori Hennessy present some of the topics and
guidelines, and will then serve you a catered, four course dinner for
you to practice eating and drinking in a formal environment. You will
learn all of the do's and don'ts of dining with prospective or current
employers, and will walk away with a packet of networking and
professional protocol resources.

Professional dress is encouraged. The event should last until around 7:00pm, and is available to all students for $5.00.

To reserve one of the 60 seats at this event, you will need to stop by
the Student Resource Center (downstairs in the Student Services Center)
by Friday, March 28th, with a $5.00 check. Cash or credit card payments
will need to be taken to the Cashier's Office, and the receipt must be
brought down to the SRC.

If you have any questions, please give us a call at 546-9155, or email src@vancouver.wsu.edu. We look forward to hosting a great event and meal for you. Special thanks to ASWSUV for sponsorship.

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Congratulations Paul Tanner

Paul Tanner (DTC graduate, "Informatics" concentration, 2007) was accepted into Carnegie Mellon's Masters of Human-Computer Interaction Program (http://www.hcii.cs.cmu.edu/index.html). This program, located in the School of Computer Science is one of the finest programs of this type in the world. We congratulate Paul for this achievement!

--Dene Grigar

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