Finals Week in the LITC

Finals Week in the Library & Instructional Technology Center

Need to de-stress? GC students are invited to the LITC to create their own stress-relieving squeeze balls. Activities begin on Tuesday, December 6^th at 10am and will continue until supplies run out.

The LITC is also offering “Food for Fines”. In this incentive, the LITC forgives $1 per can/box/package of non-perishable food item that is not expired (up to $25 per student). Promotion does not apply to lost/missing replacement fees or media equipment fines. Food for Fines begins December 6^th and continues through December 9^th. Food items will be given to a local charitable organization.

Finals Hours:

December 2       7:30am-9:00pm

December 3       10:00am-9:00pm

December 4       Noon-2:00am

December 5-8   7:30am-2:00am

Lynda.com!

The LITC, with funding from the Student Technology Fee Advisory Committee, is providing a new online training resource, lynda.com, for all Georgia College faculty, students and staff. Lynda is the leading provider of software training videos online. The Lynda Campus subscription-based Online Training Library® provides on-demand access to training videos on software, digital design, and digital media techniques.

Lynda provides straightforward training that can help you learn, master, and apply digital tools and techniques. You can search and learn topics by subject, software, vendor, and author.  Whether you want training in Microsoft Excel basics or the latest web design and development, motion graphics, you can learn software skills with access to more than 58,000 online video tutorials.  New training materials are added monthly.

All faculty, students and staff can access the service, on campus or off, by going to http://lynda.gcsu.edu and entering your MyCats password. For support contact the serve help desk at 478-445-SERV (7378).

New Activities and Exhibits in the LITC!

New Activities and Exhibits in the Library & Instructional Technology Center:

Ceramic Exhibit: Professor Sandra Trujillo’s Ceramics I class’ work is exhibited on the second floor of the LITC. The artwork incorporates the coil building technique based on the class’ study of historical ceramic forms from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.

International Center Photography Competition: The winning photographs are displayed on the second floor of the LITC. Come see beautiful images from study abroad trips and other student traveling experiences. Congratulations!

National Novel Writing Month Library Write-In (NaNoWriMo): During the month of November, Georgia College’s Library & Instructional Technology Center will host a National Novel Writing Month Library Write-In. The goal of participants is to write 50,000 words in 30 days/nights in the space provided on the first floor of the LITC. So grab your laptop, tablet or notepad and head to the LITC and write YOUR novel. Not only will you be helping yourself by interacting with other creative people and broadening your own perspective, you may also win a prize and be featured on the LITC’s webpage!

New Books: Alpha Psi Omega generously donated multiple books for the “Leave A Book, Take A Book” kiosk. Thank you for sharing!

Congratulations to Shannon Morris!

Congratulations to Shannon Morris, Georgia College Museum Curator, for being

named Museum Educator of the Year, 2011 by the Georgia Art Educators Association.

Art Class Installs 3-D Exhibit in LITC!

Art Class Installs 3-D Exhibit in Library & Instructional Technology Center

Georgia College’s Library & Instructional Technology Center (LITC) collaborates with Assistant Professor Crystal Wagner’s students to showcase their artwork in the atrium.

Assistant Professor Crystal Wagner’s 3-Dimensional Design students recently created and mounted their projects entitled, “Emphasis Cubes” in the lower level of the LITC’s atrium. Wagner states that the “project was inspired by artist Louise Nevelson, an American sculptor known for her monumental, monochromatic relief assemblage sculptures. Each student constructed two cubes, 15 inches x 15 inches x 3 inches deep. In one cube, they were confined to borders, while in the other they were encouraged to consider opportunities for breaking the square.” After creating their artwork, the students installed their work in the first alcove of the LITC’s atrium. Installation took around six hours, and Wagner stated that “during the installation process, the students worked closely together to create one large composition from their individual pieces.”