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Family Weekend ‘09 is October 2-4; the NCAT will have an Open House on Saturday, October 3rd from 11:00am – 2:00pm.

Drop by if you like! Current and former students can show their families the projects that they are working on (or have completed), and we’ll have some things to show, as well.

Students, Faculty, and Staff: If you’ve made something in the NCAT that you are particularly proud of, we’d like to see it. Course-related or not. Beginner or advanced. We can’t keep track of it all, so please let us know about it!

We’re pleased to be bringing back the Digital Sandbox series of workshops this semester. Each one is a short, informal workshop that combines casual training with hands-on experimentation focused on one specific technology. No prior experience is usually needed.

One thing we’re doing differently this year: the Digital Sandbox is open to faculty, staff, and students. No need to RSVP; just show up if you see something interesting on the schedule.

These are the topics we’ll be covering in the near future:

• NCAT Open House: what can I do in the NCAT? (August 28, 3-4:30pm)
• Getting started with Adobe Illustrator CS4 (September 11, 3-5pm)
• Getting started with Adobe InDesign CS4 (September 25, 3-5pm)
• iMovie ‘09: it’s not your grandfather’s iMovie (October 9, 3-5pm)
• Easy film scoring with GarageBand (October 30, 3-5pm)
• Intro to Logic Express (November 13, 3-5pm)

Watch for more dates and times to be announced soon.

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!

North 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.