I am working with the Humanities department with Dr. Newmark. Before she came to NMT she was with Wayne State University. There she worked on an American Studies online journal. This journal was called Xchanges and was run by undergraduate and graduate students.

Currently, myself and Dr. Newmark are bringing down the journal to NMT for the Humanities/TC department. The first couple tasks we both had to complete were administrative. We had to open an account much like our student accounts with the TCC, then we had to transfer files from the current website to our own directory with our new account. We had a bit of outside help moving these files with her husband guiding us through tackling the files as a group instead of one by one, which I would probably still be working on. I learned that I have much more to learn!

My first assignments are a few research type papers about other TC programs and the publications that are produced from those programs. I also have to write a few memos about my experience with the TC program at NMT, and some of the skills I have learned and what type of skills I still need to learn.

After the above papers are completed I am sure I will get into the nuts and bolts of working with the website, using skills I learned in TC 251 Web Practicum, as well as using skills learned through trial and error experience with Dreamweaver, and the TCC. I still have a great deal to learn, and hopefully we can get the website completed and ready for viewing by the end of the summer.

Patrick Smith