Write Rock & Roll Auction

Thursday, November 12, 2009
Cox Capital Theatre

To benefit the Crossroads Writers Conference, Feb. 25-27, 2010

Write Rock n Roll Auction – Letter Color

Performances Next Week

Kathy Shimeta (mezzo-soprano) and Martin Hennessy (pianist) are performing artists based in Manhattan. They will be in residence at MSC next week, on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 10-11. On Tuesday, they will present a one-act musical entitled “Life! Love! Song! A Visit with Gena Branscombe.” Gena Branscombe was a prominent woman composer and conductor in the early 20th century. She was an active member of the American Penwomen society. Ms. Shimeta is the leading scholar of Ms. Branscombe and portrays her in this one-woman show. On Wednesday, they will teach a masterclass for the music voice students. You won’t want to miss their presentation on Tuesday, and you are all invited to observe the masterclass on Wednesday.

Tuesday, November 10, 12:30-1:30, Arts Complex Rehearsal Hall: The one-act, one-woman show, “Life! Love! Song! A Visit with Gena Branscombe.”

Wednesday, November 11, 10:30-11:30, Arts Complex Rehearsal Hall: Masterclass with MSC Music Students.

Rodriguez Lecture

I would like to invite you and your students to attend the following MSC Artists and Lecturers series event on Wednesday, November 4th at 2pm in H/SS 218.

African Americans and the American Dream:
Considering the Significance of Race and Class in America Today
Dr. Tomás D. Rodríguez

Some contend that socioeconomic success and the American Dream are today determined by educational attainment rather than skin color. Others claim that Blacks continue to struggle in educational and socioeconomic achievement, emphasizing the lingering barriers of hidden prejudice and discrimination. We ask then: Is the American Dream really within reach of Black America? What evidence do we have that the dream is here, near, or still far? What do figures on educational attainment, income levels, and political participation tell us? What can Obama’s Administration do to advance Dr. King’s agenda of racial equity and social justice? How can our educational system serve that goal?

Prufer Poetry Reading

Kevin Prufer Poetry Reading

Spanish Conversation Class

Foreign Languages is offering a Conversation Class (SPAN 3003) in Spring 2010 on T/Th from 11:00am to 12:15pm.  We encourage English and History majors to join.  Students will have to have completed up to Spanish 2002 to be able to take this class. 

For further questions, please contact Dr Bell-Corrales at maritza.bellcorrales@maconstate.edu or call 471-5767

Macon State Celebrating Black History Month

The Black History Month Committee is sponsoring a poetry reading by Affrilachian Poets as part of Black History Month. This year’s theme is Finding, Loving and Respecting Self. Poets Ricardo Nazario-Colon, Bianca Spriggs-Floyd and Keith Wilson will be reading Feb. 16, 2010, in the Arts Complex Theatre at the 11 a.m.

The Black History Month committee is also sponsoring a student poetry contest to be judged by the Affrilachian Poets, who will announce the winners Feb. 16, 2010. The student poetry contest is open to all current Macon State students. Poems should address some part of the theme: Finding, Loving and Respecting Self. Any poetic form is acceptable and the poem must be less than two single-spaced pages including the title.

Poems should be sent in the body of an e-mail (no attachments will be accepted) from a campus e-mail account to sharon.colley@maconstate.edu. No identification should be attached to the submission as judges will not see the names of authors until after the judging. All participants must comply with ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION IN STUDENT LIFE ACTIVITIES POLICY, from Student Handbook.

The deadline for submissions, limit one per student, is Dec. 18. Winners will be notified through campus e-mail in late January. First prize is $100, with two runners-up getting $50 each. Prizes are provided by Redbone Chapbooks.

WSA Donation Drive

The Macon State College’s Women’s Studies Association is having a “Does Your Closet Scare You?” donation drive for the Crisis Line and Safe House and the Macon Rescue Mission. Bring us any of your unwanted clothing, bedding, household appliances, children’s toys or videos. Both agencies always need toiletries and personal items: toothbrushes, hairbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, deodorant, etc. If you’ve hit a sale and bought too much, we can always find a home for it. Please bring any donations to Dr. Monica Young-Zook, Room 141, 478-471-5735.

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Required IT Courses in CIT

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT Courses required in the CIT Program…..

 (ITEC 2215 is the prerequisite class for all upper division IT classes)

ITEC 2215- Introduction to Information Technology

Credit: 3 hours
Description: This course uses short projects to introduce the student to the major information technologies of hardware, systems software, networking, web development, software and applications development, systems analysis, digital media, and database. Security and ethical issues as they affect the use of technologies are also discussed.

 (ITEC 3235, 3236, and 4230 are required in the CIT Program)

ITEC 3235 – Human Computer Interaction

Credit: 3 hours
Prerequisites: At least a “C” in ITEC 2215
Description: This course covers the scientific principles, HCI design methodology, and the user-interface technology that are used in the HCI implementation. Topics include human cognition, HCI theories, user observation, task analysis, prototyping, evaluation techniques, user interface modalities, graphical user interface components, and accessibility.

ITEC 3236 – Interactive Digital Media

Credit: 3 hours
Prerequisites: At least a “C” in ITEC 2215
Description: This course covers audio, graphic, and instructional video theory and creation. The student is taught how to develop the interactive product as a communication tool by incorporating various media, communication principles, user interfaces, and interactive designs. Principles and applications of color theory, spatial placement, product planning, testing, and implementation are also discussed.

ITEC 4230 – Graphic Imaging

Prerequisites: At least a “C” in ITEC 3236
Description: This course will examine industry techniques for providing an effective presentation of graphic images. The students will also survey tools that are used for production. Students will be provided with the necessary background to pursue a course of study in graphic design and digital media development. Completed projects can be used for desktop publishing projects, authoring, and web-based delivery applications.

(The following IT classes are electives; you will need 3 of these, or with permission of your CIT advisor, you may select others of interest to you at the 3000 or 4000 level, as long as you have met necessary prerequisites)

ITEC 4231 – Designing Content for Technology Applications

Prerequisites: At least a “C” in ITEC 2215
Description: This course provides a study of the principles of designing and developing informative content to communicate technical information for the Web and other environments for both technical and non-technical users. Topics include audience assessment, IT documentation design, and help application development.

ITEC 4232 – Desktop Publishing and Graphic Design

Prerequisites: At least a “C” in ITEC 3236
Description: This is a study of the processes and tools involved in designing for print media. This course covers design theory, image, text, and page preparation, and management of desktop publishing processes and tools. Topics may include design constraints and limitations, preparing graphics for print, and pre-press management.

ITEC 4236 – Digital Video and Streaming Video

Prerequisites or Corequisites: ITEC 4230
Description: The course will examine the processes of digital capture and non-linear editing techniques for both audio and video. Topics include encoding and packaging digital media for use in multiple applications including streaming. 

ITEC 4238 – 2D Computer Animation

Prerequisites: At least a “C” in ITEC 3236
Description: This course will examine 2D computer animation techniques using a popular industry-standard tool such as Flash.  Emphasis will be on developing animations for use in interactive environments and the Web.  Other topics include storyboarding, deconstruction, and vector graphic design.

Honors Program Poetry Reading

Critically acclaimed poets Sabrina Orah Mark and Michael Dumanis will read from and discuss their works at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 2, in the Macon State College Auditorium in the Learning Support Building off Ivey Drive. This event is free and open to the public. Call Dr. Amy Berke at (478) 471-5788 for more information.

Brooklyn native Sabrina Orah Mark now lives in Athens, GA, where she teaches at Agnes Scott College and the University of Georgia. Her first book of poetry, The Babies, has earned much acclaim and won the 2004 Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize. Mark’s work has also appeared in American Poet, The Canary, Conduit, The Indiana Review, and other journals. Mark currently is working on her second book, Tsim Tsum, which will be published by Saturnalia Books later this year.

Michael Dumanis, who was born in the Soviet Union and lived there until 1981 when his parents were granted political asylum in the U.S., now lives in Cleveland, Ohio. He teaches at Cleveland State University and serves as the director of the Cleveland State University Poetry Center. Dumanis’ first book, Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century, was co-written with fellow poet Cate Marvin. His second book, My Soviet Union: Poems, won the 2006 Juniper Prize for Poetry.