They write us and say,
what a great job the students did.
So it allows us to
connect with people in a way
that we couldn't ordinarily.
Welcome to the Art
History Forum for 2020.
Obviously we had anticipated we would
all be in a room, but
we're very glad to have everyone together.
The Art History Forum is our annual
student research colloquium
and we select our top
three student research papers.
We help them to fine tune their papers,
bring it up standards. Something that can
go, actually, to any conference.
We had to cross-check with them
if the were OK with it, you know,
for us to do the online
presentation and they said that
it'll be fun to see how it comes out.
It's a tremendous pleasure as a faculty member
to watch that transformation
because they're already advanced students,
and because there's this sort of
high pressure moment,
a tremendous amount happens in a short
amount of time.
So these are really, really strong.
It's one thing if you're live
in front of people, reading,
and then you have the screen behind you,
and it's like
this big setting with the audience, but,
I mean I definitely think it was very beneficial
and I'm glad that it was still
able to happen.
I certainly think that we have
brought the forum's attention to our
alums. They always say, "Oh, I wish I could
come this year. I can't make it."
But the fact that they could just tune in and
watch it, you know, is just so gratifying.
It's been exciting, it's been
challenging, but of course, it's been a
very, very fruitful experience.
Not everybody can always attend live,
even when we're on campus together, so,
a hybrid model is probably something we're
going to be more and more comfortable
with and will allow us to collaborate
with people across the state, across the
nation, you know, across the world and
I think that will be one of
the great benefits.
