Thursday, May 3, 2012

CMCL AI Teaching Awards for the 2011-1012 Academic Year

Congratulations to those students who won AI Teaching Awards for the this past year. You all are awesome!

First Year Teacher - David Maxson

C103 - Josh Vasquez

C121 - Bridget Sutherland

C122 - Julie Johnson Searcy

C190 - Julie Lavelle

C205 - Jeremy Gordon

C205 - Bryan Walsh

C228 - Chris Gilbert

C292 - Will Scheibel

C335 - Laura Ivins-Hulley

C360 - Michael Lahey

2011-12 Academic Year Robert Gunderson Award Winner Announced

Congratulations to Mark Nagle who won this year's Robert Gunderson Award.

2011-2012 Virginia LaFollette Gunderson Award Winner Announced

Congratulations to Christopher Gilbert, who won the Virginia Gunderson award for this past academic year.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

From the Chair: Matt in Palin Country!

What do you think of when you think about Alaska? The 49th State? Melting icecaps? Below-zero temperatures? Oil companies drilling and messing with the ecosystem? Tourists on cruises messing with the ecosystem? La Palin? Well, now when we think "Alaska," we can think "Matt Guschwan", who has accepted a tenure-track position at the University of Alaska--Southeast in Juneau. Nice job helping CMCL at IU become even more far-flung in its reach, Matt!

Alex

Internship - Social Media Specialist / Web Developer Internship

Position description
We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled individual to work with a small team that manages the labels’ web and social media channels including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Spotify. Specifically, this individual will explore new opportunities in leveraging our digital and social media outlets in order to promote our labels and artists in the digital world.

Key responsibilities
•Designing creative strategies for leveraging our current fan base while also increasing visibility, fans, and traffic across our three labels
•Experimenting with new and alternative ways to interact with our fan base and promote new artists, album releases, or special events
•Designing and developing unique applications for our social media platforms
•Monitoring trends in social media use and applications
•Measuring the impact of our social media activity through analytics

Experience
Think of this position as a cross between social media marketing and web development, with a ton of music mixed in. Experience working with HTML, Wordpress and social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter is a must.

Additionally, any knowledge of Photoshop, CSS, PHP, MySQL, Javascript (jquery) or social media APIs is a huge plus (and strongly desired).

About the company
Founded in 1996, Secretly Canadian is an independent record label based right here in Bloomington, IN. The label operates alongside two others, Jagjaguwar and Dead Oceans, and share staff and offices. Some of our artists across the three labels include Antony and the Johnsons, Yeasayer, Bon Iver, Sharon Von Etten, Bear In Heaven and The Tallest Man on Earth.

Contact
Please send your resume to Ben Swanson at ben@secretlycanadian.com

The Dhar India Studies Program and Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies

cordially invite you to a lecture on

“Ambedkar's Idea of nation and nation building”

By Prof. Vivek Kumar
Visiting Associate Professor, Sociology Department at Columbia University
Fulbright Teaching Fellow in residence at the South Asia Institute
Associate Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Date: Thursday, April 26th
Time: 4 pm
Venue: India House, 825 East 8th Street Bloomington, IN 47408-3842


About Dr. Vivek Kumar:

During the Spring 2012 semester, Vivek Kumar (Ph.D.) is a Visiting Associate Professor in the Sociology Department at Columbia, and a Fulbright Teaching Fellow in residence at the South Asia Institute. Vivek Kumar is appointed as an Associate Professor at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, in the School of Social Sciences, at Jawaharlal Nehru University, where he earned his Ph.D. His major area of interest is in issues of Dalits, marginalized section in India and global African community struggles. He has been engaged in comparative issues of Dalits and African American. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Pune, Jammu, and Mumbai. His recent publications include the Co-edited volume Dynamics of Change and Continuity in the Age of Globalization: Voices from the Margins (2009), and the monographs Dalit Society: Old Problems and New Aspirations (2007), and India's Roaring Revolution: Dalit Assertion and New Horizons (2006). Kumar is currently involved in an ongoing research project, "Social Status and Social Attitudes in India: A Study of Indian College Students," with Professor Jim Sidanius (Harvard) and Arjun Bharadwaj (University of British Columbia). He was also called by the Planning Commission of India and Empowerment and Social Justice Ministry of India for the formulation of upcoming 12th five year plan of India. His areas of specialization are Social Stratification in India, Indian Diaspora and Social Movements of Dalits.


For more information, please contact: Prof. Kevin Brown : brownkd@indiana.edu

Film Showing: Race to Nowhere


Where: IUB School of Education Auditorium, 201 N. Rose Ave.

When: Saturday, May 19th at 6pm

Cost: Free

~Discussion will follow the film~

Race to Nowhere is an award-winning documentary that highlights the unintended consequences of our pressure-cooker culture and education system. An eye-opening call to action, the film challenges current assumptions about how to best prepare young people for the future.