Citizenship, Literacy, and Media (CLM) celebrates citizenship, literacy, and different forms of new media. With a spotlight on education, CLM invites local students, teachers, and community members to discuss global issues with award-winning international experts in documentary filmmaking, international education, and social entrepreneurship.
| September 13 Hodges Auditorium 8 p.m. | Film screening. Join us to watch Time for School, the first documentary in a WIDE ANGLE series that follows seven children as they seek their educations in seven countries worldwide. | |
| October 2 Location: TBA 7 p.m. | Film screening and guest speaker. Join producer Tamara Rosenberg to watch and discuss Back to School, the second film in WIDE ANGLE's ongoing international education documentary series. | |
| November 13 Location: The Commons (in Hodges Library) 9:30 a.m. | Participate in "Educating Global Citizens," a dialogue on twenty-first-century literacy education and social entrepreneurship with Vicky Colbert and Erin Krampetz. A public reception will follow. | |
| November 13 Location: Tyson Alumni House 4:00 p.m. | Join award-winning international educators Vicky Colbert and Erin Krampetz for "New Schools, New Media, and New Curricula," a live video conference with Cynthia de Windt and Educational Programme officers from UNICEF. | |
| November 16 Location: TBA 10:00 a.m. | Interested in internships and research opportunities in international education or social entrepreneurship? Contact Jenn Fishman for information. | |
| November 16 Location: TBA 5:00 p.m. | Celebrate the end of Vicky Colbert and Erin Krampetz's week-long residency at UTK. Jenn Fishman for event details. | |
All events will be held on campus at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. For additional event information, contact the CLM co-organizers. For UTK campus maps and public parking information, visit the university website.
CLM is co-organized by UTK faculty Jenn Fishman and Chris Holmlund with Carissa Stolting (series coordinator), Matthew Ownby (series assistant), and Ben Samples (web design). The CLM site is hosted and maintained by Chris Hodge and SunSITE.
CLM is co-sponsored by the Cinema Studies Program, the Ready for the World Initiative, and the Rhetoric, Writing, and Linguistics Division in the Department of English.
In addition, CLM is generously supported by the following university departments, programs, and schools:
