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beginning of semester announcements

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

The NCAT will open for classes on Wednesday, August 26th. The Lab (NC 003) will also be open for general use in the evenings during open hours.

Anyone with a valid SLU ID card can use the lab during open hours; you don’t have to be enrolled in a class. However, these are the ONLY times that the NCAT is open for general use, so please plan accordingly.

If you have a class in the NCAT this semester, the doors will automatically unlock at your class time.

Please note that the NCAT does not provide headphones for class sessions; students are responsible for bringing their own headphones to class when needed.

Best wishes for a great fall semester!

common wealth, common wisdom wrapping up

Friday, August 14th, 2009

bannerNorth Country Public Radio’s Common Wealth, Common Wisdom project is finishing up after an impressive run.

Follow the link above to the project’s great site, which richly documents the work that independent producers Gregory Warner and Laura Starecheski did with a great pool of local talent. Area teens teamed up with elders who lived through the Great Depression to produce a variety of stories about entrepreneurship in difficult times.

NCAT is proud to have played host for this project. A special thanks to NCAT Assistant Director Josephine Skiff and NCPR’s Michael Sauter for all they did to make the project run smoothly.

ncat welcomes josephine skiff

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

skiffWe’re very pleased to welcome Ms. Josephine Skiff, M.S., who joins the NCAT staff today as Assistant Director. Jo comes to us with over fifteen years of experience as an instructional technologist in K-12, and is ready to put the resources of the NCAT to work in St. Lawrence classes.

Please join us in welcoming her!

ncat hosts intergenerational media project

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

ncprNorth Country Public Radio and independent producers Laura Starecheski and Gregory Warner have received a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to undertake an intergenerational media project here in the North Country.

The project is titled “Common Wealth, Common Wisdom.” Local teens will team up with local survivors of the Great Depression to produce multimedia pieces and radio stories about ingenuity in times of hardship.

The Newell Center for Arts Technology is very pleased to play host to this project, which will take place July-August 2009 here on the St. Lawrence campus. Click here for more.

new information for visitors

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

visitorspageThe Info for Visitors page has been updated with new information, including an FAQ that prospectives and their families may find especially useful. (Feedback welcome on this.)

Visitors are always welcome in the NCAT; please let us know you’re coming so that we can be ready to meet with you, show you around, and answer your questions.

If you are a prospective student and are planning a visit to campus, please let the Admissions staff know that you’re interested in the NCAT – they will help us get a visit to the NCAT into your itinerary that includes a chance to talk with a member of our staff. We look forward to meeting with you!