Hey everyone! I want to get the word out on a conference coming up that may be of interest to you, our globally-minded followers.
On May 1st, the University of Maryland's Honors Humanities Program is holding its annual research symposium. This year's theme is "Human Rights in the Global Age." I just found out that my paper was accepted, so I'll be presenting myself! The topic of my presentation? BLOGGING and combining online communication tools to approach global health issues in the future. I started exploring online tools in a Digital Communication class I'm taking right now on campus. My midterm paper was basically a tutorial on building a student global health research blog in WordPress, and the blog it's posted on is a perfect example! For this presentation, I want to cover a little bit more ground, drawing from my experiences trying to navigate the web for Team FRESH as well as other projects I have done in the past and am currently working towards. I want to cover what worked, what didn't work, and what may emerge in the future.
Our involvement in online communities has led us to some amazing experts like Dr. Yarrow-- just imagine if this became a widespread resource that anyone with a bit of passion could turn to. Just imagine how many projects people could collaborate on across borders! More Team FRESH projects would certainly be good additions to the world! :)
This conference is free and open to the public-- feel free to stop by Sunday, May 1st, from 9-4:30. I will be presenting my paper during Session 4, which starts at 3pm.
~Veena
On May 1st, the University of Maryland's Honors Humanities Program is holding its annual research symposium. This year's theme is "Human Rights in the Global Age." I just found out that my paper was accepted, so I'll be presenting myself! The topic of my presentation? BLOGGING and combining online communication tools to approach global health issues in the future. I started exploring online tools in a Digital Communication class I'm taking right now on campus. My midterm paper was basically a tutorial on building a student global health research blog in WordPress, and the blog it's posted on is a perfect example! For this presentation, I want to cover a little bit more ground, drawing from my experiences trying to navigate the web for Team FRESH as well as other projects I have done in the past and am currently working towards. I want to cover what worked, what didn't work, and what may emerge in the future.
Our involvement in online communities has led us to some amazing experts like Dr. Yarrow-- just imagine if this became a widespread resource that anyone with a bit of passion could turn to. Just imagine how many projects people could collaborate on across borders! More Team FRESH projects would certainly be good additions to the world! :)
This conference is free and open to the public-- feel free to stop by Sunday, May 1st, from 9-4:30. I will be presenting my paper during Session 4, which starts at 3pm.
~Veena
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