{"id":721,"date":"2019-05-01T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/humanities\/?p=721"},"modified":"2022-10-05T19:56:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T19:56:02","slug":"why-stem-needs-the-arts-and-humanities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/humanities\/2019\/05\/01\/why-stem-needs-the-arts-and-humanities\/","title":{"rendered":"Why STEM Needs the Arts and Humanities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Education and Industry in the 21st Century<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Opens video in new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nauNOmp7yqQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View a recording of &#8220;Why STEM Needs the Arts and Humanities&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> Wednesday, May 1, 2019<br><strong>Where:<\/strong> Monroe Community College, <a title=\"Opens internal link in new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monroecc.edu\/about-mcc\/locations-maps\/brighton-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brighton Campus<\/a>\u00a0Monroe A &amp; B, in the Flynn Campus Center<br><strong>Parking:<\/strong> <a title=\"Opens internal link in new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monroecc.edu\/about-mcc\/locations-maps\/brighton-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lots M and M1<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Featured Panelists<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-155 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/humanities\/files\/2019\/01\/Berridge-1-300x263.png\" alt=\"Photograph of Eric Berridge co-founded Bluewolf\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/humanities\/files\/2019\/01\/Berridge-1-300x263.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/humanities\/files\/2019\/01\/Berridge-1.png 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong>Eric Berridge<\/strong> co-founded Bluewolf, an IBM Company, in December 2000 to re-define software consulting. Mr. Berridge has applied his passion for the humanities over the past 17 years to pioneer a cloud consulting practice with less than 10 percent of employees holding engineering or computer science degrees. He believes that as sophisticated technology becomes more accessible and easier to develop, arts and humanities education provides skills and habits of mind that are essential to the success of businesses everywhere. Mr. Berridge received his MBA in\u00a0 Entrepreneurial Finance from New York University and a BA in English from UC Berkeley.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-151 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/humanities\/files\/2019\/01\/munson-web-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of Dr. David C. Munson Jr., President of RIT\" width=\"304\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/humanities\/files\/2019\/01\/munson-web-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/humanities\/files\/2019\/01\/munson-web.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><strong>Dr. David C. Munson Jr.<\/strong> became Rochester Institute of Technology\u2019s 10th president in 2017. As RIT\u2019s president, Dr. Munson is responsible for one of the nation\u2019s leading creative and innovative universities that leverages the power of technology, the arts, and design for the greater good.\u00a0Dr. Munson has nearly 40 years of experience in higher education, which includes serving as the Robert J. Vlasic Dean of Engineering at the University of Michigan from 2006 to 2016.\u00a0Dr. Munson serves on several boards, including: The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru), Finger Lakes Regional Economic Development Council, George Eastman Museum, Greater Rochester Enterprise, Permanent.org, Rochester Area Colleges, Rochester Chamber of Commerce, Rochester Regional Health, RIT Croatia, and the Sustainable Manufacturing Innovation Alliance.<\/p>\n<h3>Discussion Moderator<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-161 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/humanities\/files\/2019\/01\/A-Roth-268x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of Dr. Amanda Roth, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Geneseo\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/humanities\/files\/2019\/01\/A-Roth-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/humanities\/files\/2019\/01\/A-Roth.jpg 717w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><strong>Dr. Amanda Roth<\/strong> is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at SUNY Geneseo. Her main academic interests include moral &amp; political philosophy, feminist philosophy, bioethics, and gender &amp; sexuality. She regularly teaches courses on ethics, political philosophy, bioethics, introduction to women&#8217;s and gender studies, gender &amp; sexuality, feminist theory. Much of her teaching emphasizes the need for deliberate and informed application of values and ethics in decision and policy-making in STEM fields.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education and Industry in the 21st Century View a recording of &#8220;Why STEM Needs the Arts and Humanities&#8221;. 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