On Wednesday, November 18, we will hold our first-ever GIS Day at Connecticut College to celebrate all the ways mapping technologies and spatial analysis are being used by students, faculty, and staff. Across the afternoon Professor Beverly Chomiak will discuss GIS courses and the history of GIS projects at Conn, alumnus Zach Wheat ’26 will…
Author: Lyndsay Bratton
Integrating Wikipedia Assignments into your Courses with the Support of Wiki Education
Wiki Education is a nonprofit organization that provides free assignment support to hundreds of instructors in higher education every semester. They have designed a scaffolded and customizable Wikipedia Assignment for students to research a topic related to your course and find gaps in existing Wikipedia coverage, then write text and add citations to fill those…
Conn Hosts Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon
On October 12, librarians Ashley Hanson, Andrew Lopez, and Lyndsay Bratton, and Professors Ari Rotramel (GSIS) and Kris Klein Hernández (History) camped out all day in Humphrey’s to host a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon for the campus community. The event date saw the overlap of LGBTQ History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, and Indigenous People’s Day, and is…
Profiles in Open: Ross Morin
Filmmaking Unpacked: A Guide to Navigating Creative Dilemmas is a podcast/audiobook written, narrated, and produced by Professor Ross Morin (Department of Film Studies). Season 2 was released as weekly episodes across the spring semester, and all 26 episodes from both seasons are available wherever you get your podcasts. Professor Morin describes Filmmaking Unpacked as “a free,…
Spring Semester Digital Project Round-Up
The Digital Scholarship & Curriculum Center helped support two course digital projects this semester in Kris Klein Hernández’s Settler Colonialisms (History) and Rachel Spicer’s Plants, Protists, and Fungi (Botany). As alternatives to more traditional research paper and lab assignments, these projects gave students the opportunity to work collaboratively to make “hidden” collections more visible and…
Meet Gohar Shahinyan, GIS Specialist
We are excited to welcome Gohar Shahinyan to our team as the new GIS Specialist! Gohar brings extensive experience in using spatial thinking and mapping technologies within institutions of higher education, government, and non-profit organizations. She most recently worked in Yerevan, Armenia developing and leading training in GIS as part of an EU-funded research project…
Recording Studio Drop-in Training Hours
Are you interested in creating or assigning podcasts or other audio and video production? Did you know that Shain Library has a Recording Studio on the 3rd floor? Recording Studio Assistant, Ellie Traan ’28, will be holding open hours this semester for drop-in training for anyone who is curious about what can be done in…
CFP: Connecticut Digital Humanities Conference at CCSU, March 19-20, 2026
The fourth Connecticut Digital Humanities Conference (CTDH) will take place March 19-20, 2026 at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain. We seek participation from a broad range of digital humanities practitioners, including participants from higher education, community and cultural organizations, K-12 education, state and local government, and the general public. CTDH endeavors to bring together a…
ArcGIS / Mapping Support Available
All Connecticut College students, staff, and faculty now have access to ArcGIS Online, a leading platform for building interactive maps. To activate your license, simply sign in at conncoll.maps.arcgis.com using your CAS login. We are also excited to introduce the Digital Scholarship & Curriculum Center‘s GIS & Spatial Analysis Student Assistant, Zach Wheat ’26, who is available to…
Mike Dreimiller Retiring after 20+ Years
After more than 20 years at Connecticut College, Mike Dreimiller is retiring from his role as Digital Media Specialist at the end of August. While we are excited for him to have more time to devote to his many interests, we know that he and his expertise will be deeply missed. Mike joined Conn in 2003 as a computer support…
