Geography and Environmental Sciences Associate Professor C/T Rudi Hartmann presented a paper at an International Geographical Union Symposium in Nanjing, China on "Virtual Reality Tours: New Directions for a Changing Tourism Landscape." The presentation showed examples of tourist destinations with more frequent uses of virtual reality tours available on their web sites including sites such as the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, the Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota, the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and the Berlin Wall in Europe. Hartmann discussed some of the implications for heritage tourism and how these virtual reality tours may affect visits to 'brick and mortar' sites.
Canvas Outage
Canvas access has been restored for our users, but the service reliability remains uncertain. Due to recent events, Canvas has had intermittent outages which are at the discretion of the vendor and may occur during a final exam. Faculty and staff may continue to use Canvas, but we strongly advise faculty and students to prepare a contingency plan for turning in assignments and final exams in the event Canvas access becomes unavailable again.
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