Digital Technology and Culture

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

Congratulations

Congratulations to the students in DTC 476 (Senior Seminar). As most of you know, a requirement of the DTC Program is this course aimed at transitioning you from student to a professional in the field of digital media. Students in this course demonstrate that they have met the 10 Program Goals and have attained the four Skillsets identified as necessary for success––and they do these two things by engaging in a digital media project needed by a non-profit organization or undertaking a professional internship.

Past projects undertaken by DTC students in the senior capstone course include a video for the Council of the Homeless and animations for the Clark Country Fire District. This summer students made a video for Vida's Ark, an organization that provides shelter to pregnant women, and a website for At Home At School, an organization that works with children living in poverty. One of the students interned at New Edge, an internet provider purchased recently by Earthlink and worked to change data formats for the company's database.

In terms of the projects made for the non-profits, we believe that teaching future creators of technology to use their talent and skills for helping those in the community who help others is an essential focus of the Digital Technology and Culture Program.

We are very proud of these students and the work that they did for the Southwest Washington community. Of the nine, seven graduate this summer, and two will finish in the fall.

--Dene

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