{"id":1456,"date":"2021-07-16T15:10:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T22:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/?p=1456"},"modified":"2021-07-16T15:10:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T22:10:11","slug":"the-final-frontier-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.kpu.ca\/arts\/2021\/07\/16\/the-final-frontier-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Final Frontier Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CAPTAIN\u2019S LOG – STARDATE 7.16.21<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Patrick Stewart\/Captain Picard figure at Madame Tussauds Hollywood”<\/a> by Castles, Capes & Clones<\/a> is licensed under
CC BY-ND 2.0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We have just received an important communication from Planet KPU.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All crew members are urged to click on this link<\/a> immediately<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dear Colleagues,<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recent weeks have seen the human spirit uplifted by the spectacle of the \u201c<\/em>Billionaires\u2019 Space Race<\/a>:\u201d <\/em>th<\/em>e <\/em>inspiring battle of the intrepid super-rich to hurl themselves into orbit before their peers do. A grateful humanity can only watch agog as its highest avatars<\/em>, <\/em>these veritable Overmen<\/em>, <\/em>strive, not to tackle such picayune challenges as homelessness or global warming, but rather to blaze new trails in monetizing space tourism. Perhaps the only fly in this oleaginous ointment is the <\/em>unfortunate prospect<\/a><\/em> of their successful return; <\/em>for <\/em>little did The Muppets know that their famous sketch <\/em>\u201cPigs in Space\u201d<\/a><\/em> was in fact, a documentary.<\/em> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, never fear. We in Arts may not be blasting into outer space any time soon \u2013 but to us falls the far greater challenge of traversing the infinite horizons of the mind.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ENGAGE!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Starship Enterprise” by Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m a Scholar, not a Bricklayer: <\/strong>Another reminder here about the Arts Research Courses. These represent a \u201cwin-win\u201d for faculty and students, affording students invaluable research experience, for credit, while offering faculty additional support for their scholarly work. If you have a project that might be suitable, please email anne.lin@kpu.ca<\/a> And for more info, try wade.deisman@kpu.ca<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo courtesy Tracey Kinney<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Resistance (to Brown Bags) is Futile: <\/strong>Fall may be a distant gleam on the horizon, but it\u2019s still good to plan ahead; so please consider putting yourself forward for the Arts \u201cBrown Bag Lunch\u201d series this Fall. Unlike the Arts Speaker Series and other venues in which we typically share mature research projects, the Brown Bag Lunch series is intended to provide a space for faculty to discuss provisional ideas for projects, arguments in developments, or research at its earliest stages, <\/strong>soliciting interdisciplinary feedback from colleagues in a casual, exploratory milieu. If you have a project concept, or a project in development, and are interested in participating as a \u201cBrown Bag Lunch\u201d presenter, please e-mail greg.millard@kpu.ca<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Needs of the Many<\/strong>: As we move toward the highest-pressure time of the Summer semester, it\u2019s worth re-circulating KPU\u2019s go-to resource for helping Students in Distress, a.k.a. the \u201cGreen Sheet.\u201d It\u2019s attached to this email for easy reference.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Star Trek sculpture by Devorah Sperber, Spock, Kirk and McCoy: Beaming-In (In-Between), Microsoft, Studio D, Redmond, Washington, USA https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/vohu78p3X9U<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Energize!<\/strong> Needless to say, even with the worst of the pandemic seemingly behind us, online instruction remains very much a going concern. Some time ago, CRIM assembled a list of \u201cfrequently asked questions\u201d about online delivery and Covid. Associate Dean Shelley Boyd led a collective effort to get answers. The result is attached here, as another useful reference; and we have also uploaded it to Sharepoint under \u201cTeaching Resources\u201d here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Live long and prosper<\/em>!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diane, Wade, Shelley, Greg, and the whole Bridge Crew<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.faceinhole.com\/scenario\/star-trek\/39d6024f-9abd-4231-80fb-6b163b79fc19<\/a>

Featured image (frontspiece): “Space Race”<\/a> by gideon_wright<\/a> is licensed under CC BY 2.0<\/a>
“KPU TREK” video prepared by \u00a0JOSEPHINE!<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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