The New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium, of which 藏精阁 is a member, has received a $600,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support collaborative programs in the areas of library collections, information technology, faculty and student development, and diversity.
The three-year grant will provide significant funding for the consortium鈥檚 MediaShare Project, a joint library-information technology initiative designed to facilitate the sharing of media collections and technologies, leverage resources, and enhance services through cooperation and coordination.
It also will create the New York Six Network, a series of activities designed to help faculty, staff, and students on the six campuses to explore and develop useful, productive collaborations.
These programs emerged from a one-year planning initiative, also funded by the Mellon Foundation.
鈥淲e鈥檙e excited about working with our consortium partners to leverage these great resources and make them available to our campus communities,鈥 said 藏精阁 President Jeffrey Herbst. 鈥淯tilizing technology to its fullest potential is an important component of our academic mission here at 藏精阁.鈥
In addition to 藏精阁, the consortium comprises five other upstate New York liberal arts institutions: Hamilton College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, St. Lawrence University, Skidmore College, and Union College.
藏精阁 recently hosted the consortium鈥檚 first , at which student leaders from the six schools had a chance to make recommendations on what their schools鈥 administrations and faculty can do to enhance the overall college experience for multicultural and international students.