University Museum's Campus Community Contributor Program Open

Meredith Swartwout

Porcupinefish featured in Meredith Swartwout's Under the Sea Exhibition.

The U of A Museum has established a new initiative — the Campus Community Contributor program!

The program serves as an interdisciplinary hub for sharing your research, passions and perspectives on the U of A Museum's website.

Students, staff, faculty and alumni are encouraged to partner with the museum to create new and unexpected connections in the community, as well as foster research and creative endeavors.

Some of the first contributions so far include:

• Meredith Swartwout's Under the Sea exhibition,
• Alison Fong's Chinese New Year blog series,
• Emily Snyder's Decolonizing Museums book review,
• Andrea Anderson and Mariah McElroy's historical recipe recreation video,
• Cheri Ottaviano's ancient Roman class project,
• Morgan Walker's Centennial Commemoration blog post, and
• blog features about Arkansas bats and fish by Simon Tye and Zach Zbinden, respectively.

Submitted contributions must be directly or indirectly associated with the museum's collections. With a highly varied collection that covers both the cultural and natural history of Earth, the museum is open to contributions from any discipline or topic that manages to connect accordingly.

Whether it is something entirely new based on the museum's collections or an old class paper you are especially proud of, we want to provide a space to highlight your voice and interests. OK

Content can be presented in a variety of formats, such as blog posts, videos, podcasts and online exhibitions, and will be hosted on the museum's website.

Contact Laurel Lamb at lalamb@uark.edu to learn more and become a contributor!