b'museumsconcentration:senior capstone projects For Museums Concentration students,the 20192020 academic year was proceeding as usual. They had been participating in workshops to connect with each other and continue their work Mobilities: How People, Goods and Information Crosson their digital portfolios, completing coursework Borders. As a Calderwood Seminar in Public Writing,and internships. Our six seniors were only part- this course for juniors and seniors had an intensiveway through the spring capstone seminar when writing-based, intimate workshop format that providedthe college decided that the semester would be a learning environment to develop critical skills and fully remote. The students had to quickly adapt to build upon knowledge derived from previouswork on their capstone projectssome having to coursework and experiential learning. Students pivot and make substantial changes. Providing explored the topic of globalization, relative to theguidance throughout were Jessica Nicoll, SCMA circulation of people, objects and ideas across space,director and Museums Concentration director, and the tension between forms of cultural resistanceand Charlene Shang Miller, Educator for Academ-and homogenization. One assignment requiredic Programs, with critical support from instruc-students to write interpretive labels for SCMA objectstional technologists Travis Grandy and Mario they selected and researched. Over four museum-ledValdebenito Rodas. The students completed sessions, this project challenged students to learntheir projects, appropriately rendered in digital how a 150-word museum label must be attentivelyformats, with aplomb and determination. The constructed and to practice intense editing whiledeep thinking and critical analyses of museum engaging with a culture of personal interest and study.work in which they engaged provided impressive, In recent years, faculty interest in opportunities forreal-world solutions and thinking to questions students to learn about public-facing writing in theabout collections, exhibitions, education and museum context has been steadily increasing. interpretation. These classes are only two of many examplesBecca Angstadt 20CrashFlashPush:that demonstrate the museums dedication to provid- Digital Exploration Beyond the Museuming opportunities for students to gain fluencies in bothvisual and museum literacy by igniting curiosity andMaija Brennan 20Intaglio Through the Ages:empowering them as critical viewers and thinkers.A Digital Exploration of Prints at SCMARose Hatem 20The Classical World in ColorRiley Kolsto 20Clothing History and Smith CollegeSophie Xiaofei Lei 20Redefining the Ancient:A Digital Interpretation of the Reinstalled Ancient Gallery at SCMAYasmine Vera 20Zooming: Queer Digitalconnecting people to ideasSpaces in Quarantine (and After)left and above:Visitors to a Student Picks exhibition curated byClaire Rand 20, Moments of Being 39'