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BSU's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Laboratory
Featured on WBZ-TV Boston
"AI" is a term we're now all familiar with and Bridgewater State University has taken a giant leap forward in helping its students understand and utilize its remarkable - and revolutionary - features.
Last week WBZ-TV Boston reporter Paul Burton came to the campus and produced a profile of the university's Center for Artificial Intelligence, which was launched last summer.
The center serves students across multiple disciplines (not just computer science) as AI is, as we're all aware, being used more and more in many different fields, including business, media, education and healthcare.
Among those interviewed by Mr. Burton are Mr. Eric LePage, assistant vice president of AI and EdTech Innovation, and Dr. Anne Hird, a faculty member in secondary education and instructor in educational technology.
According to the story, a knowledge of AI is - for education students specifically - critical since school administrators will soon be looking for AI skills, and future teachers need to understand how to incorporate AI into their assignments rather than assuming students are cheating when they use it.
Please click on the link below to see the video:
A Look Ahead to the University in the Future
In this view, the Kelly Gym is at left, the Library upper right and the Student Union lower right
A feature story recently in BSU's student newspaper, The Comment, featured the image above along with this report by Mr. Zachary Sarkarati:
"Last year, BSU’s Campus Master Plan outlined a number of changes to the face of the college over the next nine years.
"Some of the plans, created by the design firm behind the East Campus Commons and Stonehouse Hall, Goody Clancy, revolve around 'Park Square,' a proposed circulation hub at the center of BSU’s main street aimed at 'making Park Avenue itself part of BSU’s campus landscape.'
"Car traffic will be discouraged on the road through the creation of two traffic tables, both approximately 200 feet long, along with a series of traffic bollards.
"Renditions of the site also show bricks being laid, as well as new greenery around the street," he wrote.
"Plans also reference an outdoor classroom space and seating that 'transforms a busy circulation area into a place to hang out and engage with the campus community.'
"In a section of the plan labeled 'Maxwell Reimagined,' the firm proposes the Starbucks cafe being relocated to the corner facing Park Square with outdoor seating installed, along with a new staircase in the center of the first floor, connecting to the new Starbucks.
"The plan also explains that the Kelly Gymnasium will be made ADA accessible by a new entrance expanding off the building’s northwestern corner that will be accessible by Park Square. Inside there will be a lounge for students and an elevator, downsizing the closest classroom to the current entrance.
"Outside the Rondileau Student Union, the doors, ramp, and porch leading to the auditorium entrance will be rebuilt for ADA compliance. On the inside, a new elevator will be made in the room next to the student government office, connecting all four levels of the building."
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Memory Lane: In April, 2016 - 10 Years Ago -
The Retired Faculty Club Welcomed President Clark at the
Conclusion of His First Year as President
Next month, President Clark is scheduled to be the featured speaker at the monthly meeting of the Retired Faculty Club (full details coming in next week's edition).
He will begin his 12th year as President this summer.
We reached back in our archives to April 6, 2016 - as his first year as president was concluding - and we share with you the video we recorded at that event.
Above Dr. Stephen Smalley, professor of art emeritus, and then chairman of what was at the time called the Emerita Faculty Club, prepares to introduce the president.
Please click on the link below to see the video:
Hmm, this building looks familiar . . .
If you take a good look, you could easily mistake this for Boyden Hall.
But it's not.
This is the main administration building at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, which has been described as the best private high school in America.
Coincidentally, it opened the exact same year as Boyden Hall - 1925.
We're searching now to see who designed it in order to determine if it was the same architect who designed Boyden Hall.
Addressing Digital Divides in International Higher Education
In March a new book was published by IGI Global authored by Dr. Jabbar A. Al-Obaidi, professor of communication studies at Bridgewater State University (photo upper left), and Dr. Madhusudana N. Rao, professor of geography at Bridgewater State University (photo upper right) and Dr. Imane Elimadi of Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.
The book explores how the digital divide shapes who can benefit from global academic opportunities. The authors consider differences between institutions and students in high- and low-resource contexts and how that affects academic success, cross-border collaboration and educational equity.
Coming May 1st: Generations of Service, #93
We're finishing work on the next edition of Generations of Service and it will be in the mail on May 1st, filled with the latest news about BSU,
including the university's new partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital which allows Bridgewater State graduates "with a streamlined path" to pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in nursing,