Fund for Innovation Festival

Fund for Innovation Festival
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Educational Innovation Mini Panel - Innovation is one of the most commonly used buzzwords today. But what is innovation, and what does it mean to be innovative? Come listen to and question our panelists as they grapple with these questions and recount their own experiences with innovation. Panelists include:
• Jessica Teets, Associate Professor, Political Science, project lead for China Field Research
• Scotty Hardwig, Visiting Assistant Professor, Dance, project lead for Motion Capture Lab
• David Helfand, Colombia University & former president, Quest University Canada

9:15 - 10:30 a.m. Fund for Innovation: Project Showcase - From Computer Science to Paleography, our various FFI projects span the academic realm here at Middlebury. We invite you to experience these innovations first hand.
• Arts in the World: Student trek to Los Angeles
• China Field Research
• Heritage Language
• Motion Capture Lab
• Oratory Now
• Paleography
• PopMuse
• Prison Education Program