Community Connections Events Calendar: Faculty

Community celebration of faculty, staff and student’s community involvement. Event takes place in the Green Room, Platt Campus Center, and is open to all (HMC and external community).

Conversation and information sharing.

Join us for Connection Hour, an open and unstructured gathering for faculty, staff, and students to connect and build community. This drop-in program aims to provide a welcoming space for conversation, relaxation, or simply being present with others.

Light refreshments will be provided. Stop by anytime from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Funshine Learnatorium (SHAN 2471).

If you have any questions please reach out to lmcvaugh@hmc.edu or catamayo@g.hmc.edu.

the Sprague Gallery (on the bottom floor of SHAN) will host an exhibition of Making CS students’ work from February 3 to 23.

We’re planning an opening reception with snacks on February 5, 4–6 p.m., where students will be available to talk about their work.

“Making Computer Science, a fall 2024 course taught by Professors Julie Medero and Casey Baden, explored historical and modern connections between computer science and textiles. Through 3 major projects and a few mini assignments, students participated in hands-on creativity to explore the relationships between CS ideas and textile techniques. Project 1 brought together the use of LEDS, touch sensors, Python programming, and Gemma microprocessors with sewing and embroidery. Project 2 introduced weaving as well as utilizing the laser cutter and 3D printers. Students began with basic frame loom weaving and hand-drafting techniques, then utilized the Makerspace machinery to build their own rigid heddle looms, and finally expanded to using AdaCAD for digital drafting to explore weaving on the TC2 loom. Mid-semester mini projects introduced knitting, crochet, data visualization, and soldering skills, and the semester finished with a self-directed final project. This exhibition, Making Computer Science, showcases the results of these project-based inquiries and explorations. It is our hope that this course makes visible, and tangible, the myriad crossover of these disparate fields and helps students to expand their horizons on what is considered computer science and how these concepts can have wider applications.”

Location: Shanahan 1480 (Founding Classroom)
Time: 1:30–2:30 p.m.

Dates and topics for the Community Conversations:
Friday, February 7 — Topic: Conversations in Troubled Times
Friday, February 21 — Topic: Empathy
Friday, March 7 — Topic: Calling In and Calling Out
Friday, March 21 — NO Community Conversation session due to HMC’s Spring Break.
Friday, April 4 — Topic: Bias
Friday, April 18 — Topic: Restorative Justice

Contact Information: Gabriela Gamiz at ggamiz@g.hmc.edu or 909.607.4575.

Registration

Panel event to discuss a topic related to women in STEM.

Green Room.

Conversation and information sharing.

Platt Green Room

Join us for Connection Hour, an open and unstructured gathering for faculty, staff, and students to connect and build community. This drop-in program aims to provide a welcoming space for conversation, relaxation, or simply being present with others.

Grab your Hoch lunch and join us in the Caryll Mudd Sprague Dining Hall anytime from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

If you have any questions please reach out to lmcvaugh@hmc.edu or catamayo@g.hmc.edu.

Location: Founding Classroom (Shan 1480)
Cost: NA (free event)
Registration highly recommended yet all are welcome to attend.

HMC Community Conversations* use conversation guides with a structured format to help people with different viewpoints and experiences build understanding. There will be 3-5 other people in our group. It is not a debate and the goal is not to change one another’s opinion. There are Conversation Agreements like “Listen and Be Curious” and “Show Respect and Suspend Judgement” that create the framework for diving into the questions. The questions are designed to draw out our personal experiences rather than opinions around the topic. The overall purpose is to learn more about the experiences others have around the specific topic and build a sense of community.