Annual Report 2013-14
2013 Outstanding STAR Mentor of the Year
Dr. Glen Muschio Digital Media Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Dr. Glen Muschio is an Associate Professor in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design who has inspired students to take the next step in their education through interdisciplinary studies and research. Dr. Muschio served as the only non-engineering STAR Mentor in the Program’s first cohort in Summer 2003; since then, he has mentored a total of 17 STAR Scholars during each summer but one. Under Dr. Muschio’s tutelage, students have created virtual representations of historical sites and artifacts throughout Philadelphia and beyond; they have also had the opportunity to present their research at various conferences and professional meetings, including in one in Vienna, Austria. One of his first STAR Scholars, Jim Malazita, is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Culture & Communication and served as a STAR Mentor himself in Summer 2013. Dr. Muschio, Mr. Malazita, and Mr. Mark Petrovich (another Digital Media graduate student and STAR alumnus) collaborated with the Office of Undergraduate Research staff to publish an article in CUR Quarterly on the STAR Scholars Program and Digital Cultural Heritage.
We thank Dr. Muschio for his service and his suppo rt of under graduate research!
The Outstanding STAR Mentor of the Year Award was established in Summer 2011 to recognize the faculty members’ contribution to our students’ experiences in the STAR Scholars Program. All STAR Scholars have the opportunity to nominate their faculty mentors for this award by submitting a nomination form and writing a nomination letter. Their words are then incorporated into a personalized letter, signed by Provost Mark Greenberg, thanking the Mentors for their service.
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