Performance

Design made in service of an event, a stage or a class.

Unique or unusual public or particular deeds, feats, spectacular acts, or works proceeded, having been carried out, accomplished.

Dramatic

Exciting, suspenseful, or interesting event, situation, or series of activities as contrasted with expected everyday programs, academics, entertainment, sports, musical, or community norms.

Service

Attracting audience attention, local or broad, in which the sensory levels are triggered through scripts, preplanned, staged, or enacted means, affecting a population or community as a whole.

Learning

Effect or impression of one thing on another, made by an idea, cultural movement, or social group. The phenomenon that follow a cause or specific, previous, strong influence. Noteworthy or newsworthy moments of progress or change, accomplished, measureable, useful in purpose, function, or result.

Charles Hannon

Associate Dean / Professor,
Washington & Jefferson

"Professor of Computing and Information Studies, my present focus involves teaching courses in IT & Society, Human-Computer Interaction, Project Management, and Information Visualization. I'm passionate about the history of technology, the intersections between language, technology, and culture. I began my academic career as an English professor, which lead to authoring several articles about American literature and culture, and the book, Faulkner and the Discourses of Culture (2005). I teach my department's Capstone service-learning course, CIS 400, which places our students into local community organizations to address critical IT needs. Students have volunteered to work with Washington area district teens like Barton James' Penn State YET (Youth Engaged in Technology) after-school programs."