I’m a big fan of our Institutional Repository, ScholarSpace. A repository, set up to gather all of the publishings coming from our campus, has really exposed some of our works to the greater academic arena, but there’s been a glaring issue: there has been a horrible lack of student-created material. And certainly one of the most glaring issues has been my lack of advertising to get students more involved.
UNTIL NOW. I’m proud to announce that with the support and hard work of Patricia Decker, we’ve been able to launch the Johnson County Community College Honors Journal. Students who have completed their Honors contracts for courses at JCCC can now submit their final projects for inclusion in our entirely digital journal. There are some great advantages to this journal being all digital:
- Obviously it is more green
- Digital publishing allows the article to be included in larger academic online communities
- We can incorporate alternative projects, such as video, images, powerpoint presentations, or a combination of many of these
We’re very proud to be showcasing the work of our students, and hope to receive many more submissions in the coming semesters. Thanks to everyone who helped get this off the ground, especially the contributing students:
- Christina Turner
- Courtney Masterson
- William Sherrill
- William Bettes
- Belinda Peister
Seriously: without students willing to share their fantastic work, we wouldn’t be able to show the rest of the world what our students are capable of. I hope this gets students (Honors or not!) interested in submitting their work. Thanks again!