Changes

**The Humanities, especially the students of the humanities, are typically distanced from conversations of innovation, and carry a stereotype depicting them as disconnected from the real world, or without job applicable skills.SIU has always provided hands on learning experiences for its students. As we move further into the digital age, it is important we continue to explore new research opportunities for our students and faculty.

*<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-3ad67ebd-7fff-147e-cedc-43aea3774088"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">How do we know it’s a problem?</span></span></span></span><ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">

<li>Students in the humanities, English, history, anthropology, language studies, and the arts find an increasing number of challenges when it comes to sharing their research and its importance with a wider audience. Meanwhile, new platorms, such as podcasting, create opportunities to distribute accessible and quality works. Our time on campus students are aware of these changes and eager to explore them, and our faculty seeks to take a leadership role in guiding them.</li>

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-3ad67ebd-7fff-147e-cedc-43aea3774088"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">--- How might we inform new students about existing opportunities? ---</span></span></span></span></p><ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">

<li><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap"><u>The Digital Humanities Lab</u></span></font><ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">