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Convergence.umwhistory.edu or explorehcc.umw.edu<\/b><\/p>\n

Mission<\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n

The purpose of our project is to document the history of the Convergence Center and to bring awareness of this amazing building\u2019s features to both the UMW community and those interested in joining our community. To accomplish this goal our team intends to build a website that will serve as a repository of documents and facts about the building, and interviews (most audio, some video) with the individuals primarily responsible for its construction and development. In showcasing the building\u2019s features, the website will have pages dedicated to the various \u2018centers\u2019 and resources contained in the building (writing center, DKC, special collections archival tools). Our site will differ from the convergence.umw.edu website in that it will serve as an advertising and recruiting tool, in addition to an informative source for existing students, faculty, and community members. <\/span><\/p>\n

We have discussed opportunities for advertising the HCC\u2019s full value with Kyle Allwine of the Admissions Office, as well as options to provide for the future care of the final website. In addition to other great ideas Kyle has provided, he has discussed the likelihood of hosting the final project on the main UMW site as well as the possibility of modest funding for advertising the website, and by extension, the Convergence Center.<\/span><\/p>\n

The website, as currently pictured, will be a series of interactive pages that include video, audio, and text content. A home page will include links to secondary pages, each secondary page will be a showcase for a particular \u2018center\u2019 or aspect of the building and one secondary page will be an extensive archive of interviews and documents relating to the building\u2019s construction. Each secondary page may have, if needed, one or more tertiary pages to provide context, etc. A typical secondary page will have a video walkthrough of the \u2018center\u2019 or feature conducted by a member of that center\u2019s staff, a transcript of the video available on a tertiary page, a summary of the center\u2019s features, the names of prominent and permanent members of staff with their university emails, and a link to the center\u2019s appointment site if applicable.<\/span><\/p>\n

The archive will feature a timeline of the building\u2019s history through the various stages of development (first conception, early ideas, planning, construction, grand opening, new name, etc.). On the archive\u2019s main page will be a series of interviews (about six or seven) with faculty and staff deeply involved with the project in an effort to lay the groundwork for an oral history. Tertiary pages will include downloadable copies of physical documents related to the building, unabridged versions of any and all interviews (regardless of their use in the final project), and any other documents or data collected for the project but ultimately not used.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Provisional List of Interviewees:<\/b><\/p>\n