Northfield News: CAMS Students Give Back to Local Non-Profits
Carleton students in Paul Hager’s cinema and media studies class last winter shot, edited and produced short videos for local non-profit organizations, and the project has caught the eye of the Northfield News in its May 25 edition. Hager and the class worked with Adrienne Falcon, director of academic civic engagement at Carleton, to identify potential clients, and the students then shot, edited and produced pieces for such places like the TORCH program at the Northfield High School, Northfield Historical Society, the Cannon River Sportsmen Club, the Community Action Center Food Shelf and Thursday’s Table. Libbie Weimer ’10 of Williamstown, Mass., produced a video about Growing Up Healthy, a Rice County nonprofit aimed at improving the lives of area youth, and said civic engagement was a great component of the class. “There are certain challenges that come with doing something outside of Carleton,” Weimer said. “It adds a lot to an academic experience.” The videos are used on organizations’ websites and in fund-raising activities to help the non-profit tell its particular story. You can view all the videos on Hager’s YouTube channel.
Carleton students in Paul Hager’s cinema and media studies class last winter shot, edited and produced short videos for local non-profit organizations, and the project has caught the eye of the Northfield News in its May 25 edition. Hager and the class worked with Adrienne Falcon, director of academic civic engagement at Carleton, to identify potential clients, and the students then shot, edited and produced pieces for such places like the TORCH program at the Northfield High School, Northfield Historical Society, the Cannon River Sportsmen Club, the Community Action Center Food Shelf and Thursday’s Table. Libbie Weimer ’10 of Williamstown, Mass., produced a video about Growing Up Healthy, a Rice County nonprofit aimed at improving the lives of area youth, and said civic engagement was a great component of the class. “There are certain challenges that come with doing something outside of Carleton,” Weimer said. “It adds a lot to an academic experience.” The videos are used on organizations’ websites and in fund-raising activities to help the non-profit tell its particular story. You can view all the videos on Hager’s YouTube channel.