The Philosophy Department聽received an ASSETT Development Award聽in 2014 to聽install a聽technical upgrade to their Reading Room.聽 is the CU Boulder Philosophy Department's library and is located upstairs in Hellems.
With the purchases made with ASSETT Development Award funds, the Reading Room now offers many features that CU Boulder classrooms do and more.聽 The department purchased a 70 inch screen聽TV with a mount聽that offers聽36 vertical inches of聽mobility.聽 The TV has an聽HDMI set up聽plus other auxiliary devices, including a聽blue ray player and a Mac mini. 聽This set up聽replaces the projectors聽and pull down screens that used to hang聽from the Morris Reading Room Wall.聽 Now,聽instructors can quickly project their PowerPoints or play films from USB drives or laptops on the TV.聽 On Monday nights, the聽undergraduate Philosophy Club hosts speakers in the Morris Reading Room.
Lastly, the Philosophy Department installed an聽OIT clicker station.聽 This way,聽the Reading Room offers similar capabilities as do other campus classrooms!聽 Considering the聽ongoing renovation of the聽Ketchum building, holding聽classes in the Morris Reading in Hellems is a huge help to department space requirements.
Pictured here are Sheralee Brindell's Philosophy 2260 Philosophy and Food students watching a PowerPoint in the Morris Reading Room.聽 Brindell said that she loves having the screen above her as she teaches.
