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Digital Media Services:  About Us

Ray Nardelli, Managing Director
Rich Grant, Technical Director
Sarah Kunze, Academic Liaison
Joe Eakin, Ho Tung Visualization Lab Technician
Sam Ward, Communications Liaison
Nancy Miner, Administrative Coordinator

Services Offered
The DMS team will provide expertise, training, consultation and equipment/facilities to support Colgate programs, including but not limited to those programs listed below. Specific services (e.g. filming, editing, streaming, etc) will be performed by either DMS team members or dedicated liaisons funded by specific programs (e.g. Athletics).

Academics 
  • support student curricular assignments by offering in-class workshops and faculty support in assignment development and assessment 
  • digitize and deliver movies and films shown to classes 
  • process classroom media (conversion, duplication, troubleshooting) 
  • capture classroom lectures with video or audio only 
  • produce video-tutorials for curricular use 
  • film/edit/distribute special guest lectures 
  • film/edit/distribute classroom demonstrations 
  • produce faculty and student features highlighting pedagogical best practices 
  • create and provide support for VisLab productions 
  • support special departmental projects (e.g. English dept.-Living Writers, Biology dept.-Greenhouse tour)
Communications 
  • coordinate the video journalism program which employs student workers to produce 2-3 minute campus features to tell Colgate’s story on the web - Open Video Console
  • record and deliver podcasts (search Colgate in iTunes)
  • produce the annual senior profiles video project
Alumni Affairs (Alumni website
  • film/edit/distribute reunion events
  • provide video journalism support to produce 2-3 minute campus features to tell Colgate’s stories
  • coordinate with the editors of the Scene to link videos on the Colgate website to written articles in the alumni publication
  • support special events like the filming and producing of Rebecca Chopp’s farewell interview 
Admissions 
  • produce video and audio content designed to attract prospective students and their parents
  • commercials
  • online virtual tour
  • VisLab show
  • Advice piece that featured current students and alumni 
Advancement 
  • produce video and audio content designed to help connect Colgate alumni back to campus news and events
  • Ho Science Center opening
  • Picker Art events
  • Case Library Kindler Music Room
  • Donovan’s Pub opening
  • Dalai Lama features
  • Interviews with Board of Trustees members 
ITS 
  • produce faculty and student features highlighting pedagogical best practices
  • produce video training tutorials for general campus viewing
  • film/edit/distribute ITS events 
Dean of the College 
  • produce video and audio content and support for special events and projects
  • annually produce the first-year orientation video
  • environmental video contest
  • graduation filming and delivery 
Upstate Institute 
  • produce video and audio content for special events 
Athletics 
  • film and stream athletic contests
  • produce special features highlighting coaches and athletes
  • produce highlight reels
  • record and deliver podcasts
  • film and produce training videos
  • assist individual team efforts (e.g. banquet videos, web video)