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After leaving her hometown of Glenwood Springs to pursue her education in Â鶹ӰԺ, senior Cera Kocher quickly realized that, while it takes courage to try something new, there’s power in the ability to feel comfortable as a beginner. After college, she’ll continue to fuel her entrepreneurial spirit by joining Â鶹ӰԺ Media House, a production company launched by fellow CMCI and CU Â鶹ӰԺ alumni. With majors in Media Production and Strategic Communication, as well as a minor in Creative Technology and Design, Kocher is the Department of Critical Media Practices’ William W. White Outstanding Senior.

Media Production students cluster around a table in CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s Museum of Natural History as Emily Braker, the museum’s collections manager, reveals their subjects: a snake in a jar, taxidermied birds, a series of skulls and an array of other specimens dating back to the early 1900s. Their task? Take advantage of 2020 technology to reanimate the objects for an assignment in their Introduction to Extended Realities course.

What do you do when you can’t decide between majors? For graduating student Sofia Noelle Peña y Lillo, the answer was simple: pursue all three.

After completing a slew of internships, senior Delaney Schoenfeldt will graduate with a career she loves and CMCI’s top honor.

Showcasing the work of media artists in the Media Production BA program at the Â鶹ӰԺ, Capstone 2020: Critical Media Showcase is a remote event created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. All artists were enrolled in the course Concepts and Practices of New Media, their final degree...