Senior Citizens Featured in Colgate Students' Video Projects

RFH 2010, Cover Stories, Colgate News

Fri, Dec 24, 2010

Colgate sociology professor Meika Loe (in photo at right) and her students continue to explore the issue of aging as they collaborate with local elders on poignant digital stories. Thirteen students in Loe's Sociology of Age, Aging, and the Lifecourse class worked closely with area residents in creating three-minute films about the residents' lives.

This is the second year in which Loe had students work on the digital projects.

"After last year's successful pilot, the word was out in Hamilton and on campus, and all participants really understood the goals of the project," Loe said. "Elders worked with students on every aspect of production, from scripting to archival research."

For the lab component of the course, each student was matched with an elder learning partner and tasked with compiling a life history and creating a digital story.

You can watch the senior citizens' stories by clicking on the links:

Chandran Kaimal by Erin Knauer;

Nancy Roberts by Veronica Genco;

Sister Mary Canavan by Kerry McGrath;

Vernon Ross by Sam Radoccia;

Trevor and Chendra Johnson by Caroline Anderson;

Trudy Bach by Jessica Planamento;

Mary Backman by Jenna Gregory;

Tom Brackett by Julia Clark;

Liz Brackett by Amy Cymore;

Debbie Kliman by Cat Toner;

Helen Keever by Casey Schmidt;