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User Experience Workshop Sponsored by MARCH & the Digital Studies Center

User Experience for Public Historians
May 12, 2016, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Rutgers University-Camden
Fine Arts 217 (CoLab), Digital Studies Center

For questions, contact Tamara Gaskell, tamara.gaskell@rutgers.edu or 856-225-6878.

Sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center for the Humanities and the Digital Studies Center, Rutgers University-Camden
Registration required, register by May 1
This workshop will cover the fundamentals of UX, why it matters, and ways to convince others in your organization to invest in this process. We’ll detail a typical UX journey and common methodologies that are useful for museum professionals, from user research and analysis to rapid prototyping and testing—including lean UX techniques you can use with limited time and money. In addition to practicing hands-on skills as a group through a series of practical activities, workshop participants will receive recommendations for books, articles, and other resources to explore further.

The Upcoming UnConference: Telling UnTold Histories

Telling Untold Histories is New Jersey’s annual unconference on public history, museums, cultural heritage and education. It will be held at Rutgers Newark on May 13, 2016. For more information go to https://untoldhistories.wordpress.com/

Job Opportunity

A Rutgers student is needed to work at the Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs: Position information:

Looking for an Undergraduate or Graduate Student to update/edit Walter Rand Institute (WRI) website content.Student will work with Administrative Coordinator to keep current the WRI website and edit content as needed.
Student will be responsible for creating WRI newsletter and writing/editing articles which would be linked to the website
Student will be responsible for contacting past student employees to find out what they are currently doing and adding this information to the website
Student will also submit applications for fundraiser sponsorships
Students will help out with events and other projects as needed.
10-20 hours per week

Who may apply:

Rutgers Undergraduate or Graduate student
Able to work during the summer and during the school year
Detail oriented person with knowledge of Microsoft Word and Word Press mandatory
Knowledge of Adobe Photoshop a plus

If interested, please send resume to msk62@camden.rutgers.edu. Additional questions may be sent to Monica Rears (856) 225-6566.

Great Opportunity for Public History Graduate Students

Temple University’s public history graduate students, along with other students in the area, are hosting a networking event (PubComm) for students, interns, and others interested in next steps toward work in public history. Please consider joining us next Friday at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

If you are not familiar with PubComm, it stands for Public History Community Forum, and typically involves a half day of dialogue and camaraderie among fellow travelers from the region’s many educational programs that support public historical work (e.g. museum studies, history, archives, etc.). The idea is to figure out what everyone’s working on, talk about hot issues in the field, and more-or-less have a good time.

PubComm 2016 will be held from 9am-12pm on Friday, April 15th, at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Light refreshments will be served.

Please browse the website, share our flyer, and sign up for this fun, FREE event!

Fall Course Registration

Course registration for the fall 2016 semester begins next week. I invite all of you to make an appointment to see me if you have questions about the courses and your schedule for completing your degree. If you plan to take the graduate internship course you must meet with me to get a special permission number and to review your internship plans.

The course schedule for fall is:

Monday: Readings in US History 1945-Present (N.B. This course counts for the Global track and requirement), Professor Kapur

Tuesday: Craft of History, Professor Thomas

Wednesday: Readings in American History, 1820-1898, Professor Shankman

Thursday: Research in American History, 1898-1945 (N.B. To register for this course you must have taken the Readings in American History, 1898-1945), Professor Epstein

Issues in Public History, Professor Mires