Welcome to Hype-the-Humanities 2021!
We are kicking off a full week celebration of New Hampshire Humanities in higher education! Featuring student work from the University of New Hampshire as well as the Community College System of UNH, we will be posting, tweeting, and sharing on the UNH College of Liberal social media streams. If you have ever wondered what the liberal arts really do, then follow UNH COLA and find out!
We'll also be featuring student work right here on the HUGEmanities website - so you can come here to see additional work that's too big to share anywhere else!
On Friday of Hype-the-Humanities Week we feature the winners of the BIG Contest!
"Making Sense of Covid Symposium" Community College System of NH
The "Making Sense of COVID" symposium started out as an opportunity for CCSNH students in biological sciences to teach the broader community about COVID.... but as it developed, they realized that if they were really going to make sense of COVID, they needed the tools of the humanities as well! Learn about NH Transfer Pathways and see how NH Community Colleges work with UNH by following the "see more" link.
“The Applications of 3D Printing in Theatre and Entertainment” by Tyler DiGregorio-Aubin
The Naked Arts! showcases the creative process of student artists' works. This year the Theatre and Dance students presented their works in Directing, Dance, and Design and Theatre Technology. “The Applications of 3D Printing in Theatre and Entertainment” is by Tyler DiGregorio-Aubin ents a
The Eye NHTI's student journal: Indigenous Issues in Society and Education
The student editors of The Eye, NHTI's student journal, collaborated to create a special online edition focusing on indigenous issues in society and education. The site features a video edited from a panel discussion with indigenous residents of NH and members of the Indigenous New Hampshire Collaborative
Josie Collins '22, Gianna Koning '22, and Melanie Tymn '21: UNH Improv Club
Josie Collins '22, Gianna Koning '22, and Melanie Tymn '21 for English 712 Multimedia Storytelling produced this video about the Improv Club, UNH's one and only Improv Comedy Troupe, which has not been able to perform live this year due to coronavirus pandemic restrictions, they have still found creative ways to keep the spirit alive. Johanna Rewucki '21, the producer and member of the club, talks about what the group is doing differently amid the pandemic.
Kenley Stevenson '22: Multimedia Storytelling
Kenley Stevenson '22 produced this video for her final project in English 712 Multimedia Storytelling. She describes the video “When University of New Hampshire senior Hannah Grich isn't working as the lead photographer for Paul College, she's busy running her own photography business, Hannah Grich Photography. Join Hannah on a graduation photoshoot and check out some content from a variety of her senior photos
Lucas Booth: Advanced Drawing
This art series is made by UNH student Lucas Booth. It is based on a deck of cards. Lucas asked family and friends to give him a noun and an adjective. Each suit is based on an assigned noun and an adjective. The Jokers are self-portraits. This was the final project for Advanced Drawing with Professor Jennifer Moses
Iain Connor, Film, Manchester Community College
Professor Lanier's Shakespeare class produced several student performances of scenes from Shakespeare using smartphones, found settings, and student ingenuity. Here's an example - Henry V 1.2, in which King Henry resolves to go to war to claim the throne of France.
Manchester Community College Lykoudi Paraskevi “Who am I?”
From our 2x2 Transfer Pathways partners at Manchester Community College Lykoudi Paraskevi –Lykoudi explores the question, “Who am I” in a Public Speaking course https://youtu.be/lIvPunltTAk
"Mini-Dorms Commercial" by student Allison Musitano (UNH), Digital Literacies with Professor Alecia Magnifico
This year Allison Musitano (UNH) used her project in Professor Alecia Magnifico’s Digital Literacies Class to
Celebrate the Mini Dorms. Stylistically based on infomercials from the late 2000s along with 1950s advertisements, she describes this video as “serving as both a lighthearted tribute to the dorms I’ve called home for 5 years and my love letter to such a weird and wonderful community.”
MANTO Greek Myth Database
MANTO is an international collaboration to create a comprehensive Greek Myth database with visualization tools. The team includes faculty and students. The principal contributing students are: Ari Toumpas (Classics 2019), Kennis Barker (PSYC and CLAS 2021), Audrey Coleman (Astrophysics 2021).
“My Body is My Home: Self Image and Dance” by Clare Terrio
“The Naked Arts” showcases the creative process of student artists' works. This year the Theatre and Dance students presented their works in Directing, Dance, and Design and Theatre Technology. Enjoy “My Body is My Home: Self Image and Dance” by Clare Terrio
Website by Hannah Karampatsos
Check out this Website by Hannah Karampatsos! Great Bay Community College students in Professor Steve Bargdill’s Society & Technological Change Sociology class, were asked to choose a literary movement and to showcase how that literary movement reacted to the technology of the particular historical movement. You can learn about Pathways from NH community colleges to UNH on the HUGEmanities website!
Angela Hur “Evolution of a Drawing"
In the department of UNH Art & Art History, from Professor Jennifer Moses’ Advanced Drawing class, student Angela Hur presents “Evolution of a Drawing” A 2-minute video that documents the progression of a drawing.
Hayley Barnhard "Alligator Extinction Plan at the Freedom Cafe"
Hayley Barnhard'22 produced this video for her final project for English 712 Video Storytelling with Professor Scott Ripley. The Durham NH band, Alligator Extinction Plan, plays at the Freedom Cafe's soft opening at their new location
Assaf Benchetrito The 2020-2021 UNH Dance Company
Presenting Assaf Benchetrito The 2020-2021 UNH Dance Company annual production: Dance is deep in human nature and, therefore, it is here to stay! Covid is not! Although it was a very challenging year, together we found our creative way to keep dancing, performing and choreographing!
Podcast by Deluna Darmawan
Check out this podcast by Deluna Darmawan! Great Bay Community College students in Professor Steve Bargdill’s Society & Technological Change Sociology class, were asked to choose a literary movement and to showcase how that literary movement reacted to the technology of the particular historical movement. You can learn about Pathways from NH community colleges to UNH on the HUGEmanities website!
Cassidy Mottola "Dudley Dudley"
This final from our 2x2 Pathways partner at Manchester Community College was made by Cassidy Mottola, about the remarkable Dudley Dudley
UNH Grad Student Via D’Agostino
UNH Grad Student Via D’Agostino / MFA Fiction Writing presents a thesis for the Three-Minute Thesis competition at UNH.
UNH Department of Art & Art History
UNHThis exhibition is a celebration of the graduating students from the Department of Art and Art History. It is a showcase for the culmination of accomplished work completed during intensive and engaging study
UNH Spanish with Professor Mario Pulicio
Professor Mario Pulicio’s Spanish class: Student videos from this class analyze films to discuss social and cultural issues from countries such as Mexico, Colombia, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela. Also, students analyze art design, symbolism, historic background, and acting while practicing their Spanish.
Manchester Community College with Professor Tom Dunn
Madeline Oliver has composed this video for 7-minute storytelling assignment from a Film and American Culture class, showcasing the history of animation from WWII to the present day.
Classics with Professor Scott Smith
A featured podcast on Greek Myth, written and produced by the Classics Program and their crack team of UNH undergraduate students!
"I am a dancer" choreographic meaning by Emily Wozer
The Naked Arts showcases the creative process of student artists' works. This year the Theatre and Dance students presented their works in Directing, Dance, and Design and Theatre Technology
Drew Crowley, final project English 712
UNH English with Professor Scott Ripley. This is a story that Drew Crowley '22 produced as his final project for English 712 Multimedia Storytelling. Here is his description of it: For some of us, our goals define who we are. Patrick Mulready is one of those people. His quest to hike the 48 4,000 footers in the state of New Hampshire has given him a new perspective on himself and given him experiences he will never forget
Dance/Movement Therapy in a Psychotherapy Culture, by Alise Shuten
The Naked Arts showcases the creative process of student artists' works. This year the Theatre and Dance students presented their works in Directing, Dance, and Design and Theatre Technology.
UNH Italian Studies with Professor Anna Marra
12 students pursued passion projects exploring diverse and underrepresented facets of Italian-American identity in New England, to create a multi-media e-magazine “Italian American Roots”
NHTI Arts with Professor Paula DelBonis-Platt
12 students pursued passion projects exploring diverse and underrepresented facets of Italian-American identity in New England, to create a multi-media e-magazine “Italian American Roots”
UNH Art & Art History with Professor Jennifer Moses; Megan Wilson's BFA Senior Seminar
This three-part event exposes the inner creative process of artists working in various disciplines. The presenters describe the process, research, and other creative aspects undertaken to bring an artistic creation from initial inspiration to the stage or gallery.
UNH Spanish with Mauricio Pulecio
In UNH Spanish with Professor Mauricio Pulecio, students designed presentations on Hispanic film productions. Check out this one from Joseph Stark and Mina O’Reilly: