Middlesex Community College
Saturday Enrichment Academy, Meriden Center
55 West Main Street, Meriden, 06451 203-608-3050
The Middlesex Community College Saturday Enrichment Academy is pleased to present its fall programs: 3D Printing; Forensics and
Fingerprinting; and the Film, Art, and Architecture package. The Academy is designed for high achieving middle school students (6th-8th grade
level) and meets for 5 Saturdays from 9:00am-12:30pm. Students choose one of the 3 programs listed above. The session dates are: 9/26, 10/3, 10/10,
10/17, and 10/24. Please contact Tami Christopher, Director of the Meriden Center, to register for this Academy: 203-608-3019 or
tchristopher@mxcc.edu. The cost is $200.00 per student. Seats are limited.
3D Printing
9:00-12:30, Room 407
Welcome to the world of 3D printing. This is a hands-on program in which students will learn how 3D printing and scanning work and gain an
understanding of the various applications of this technology around the world. Students will learn about the wide variety of 3D printers and
different printing materials being used, such as sugar, metal, plastic, and organic matter. They will be taught to use Tinkercad software and they
will create and print a digital 3D object of their own design.
Instructor: Yvonne Rubin. Instructor Rubin holds a degree in Information Systems and currently works for Middlesex Community College. She has
over 20 years of experience in system installation and support in both the corporate and educational arenas and a strong background in user,
troubleshooting, network administration, and operating hardware and software.
Forensics and Fingerprinting
9:00-12:30, Room 507
Are you interested in seeing the tools and techniques of real life CSI's? This hands-on fingerprinting course will allow students to develop latent
fingerprints with the authentic tools used in the field of crime scene processing. Participants will be exposed to the various types of fingerprint
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powders and reagents as well as learn how to develop latent fingerprints on different surfaces. Students will create a display and description of
their work to showcase.
Instructor: Rebecca Rist-Brown. University of New Haven, Ph.D candidate, Department of Criminal Justice. Professor Rist-Brown holds Master’s
degrees in both Forensic Science and Education and is currently the coordinator of Middlesex College’s Criminal Justice program. She has extensive
experience in both college and high school teaching and is a certified State of Connecticut secondary science teacher. In addition, Professor RistBrown has worked in law enforcement and crime scene investigation in several police departments including Madison and South Windsor
Connecticut.
Film, Art, and Architecture: Program Package
9:00-12:30, Room 406
Program I:
Lights, Camera, Action!: From Script to Big Screen
9:00-10:30, Room 406
If you're a movie buff or aspiring screenwriter, cinematographer, or director, this program is for you! Learn the language of film to enhance your
appreciation of the "moving picture." Students will investigate the history of early cinema and special effects. They will view and analyze clips from
recent films to appreciate how camera distance and angle, movement, and editing work together to create the magic that is cinema. Students will
create a final showcase project that demonstrates their understanding of film history and design techniques.
Instructor: Lisa Giancola. 6th Year Educational Leadership, UConn; M.A. English, Trinity College; J.D. NY University School of Law. Instructor
Giancola has extensive secondary teaching experience including Advanced Placement Literature and Film courses. She is active in curriculum
development and extra-curriculum academic programming designed to promote success as students enter college study.
Program II: CityScapes in Print
11:00-12:30, room 406
Are you curious about architecture, history, and art? Students in the CityScapes in Print program explore all of these areas. Students will take miniwalking tours (with the instructor and additional classroom assistant) in downtown Meriden focusing on various types of buildings including:
churches, municipal buildings, factories, and more. The geometry, materials, styles and histories of the buildings will be explored and students will
make sketches of the features. In the classroom, students will create buildings inspired by what they have seen, cut plates and print these designs to
create a poster cityscape. Students may share print blocks to create a more populated city.
Instructor: Amy Prescher, M.Phil., Department of the History of Art, Yale; M.A., Historic Preservation, University of Bamberg, Germany. Her
research interests include European and American architecture, early art and architectural treatises, and the material culture of religious
women. She has taught for several colleges and has additional career experience as a historic preservation consultant, field archeologist, and
architectural historian. She frequently volunteers in the community giving lectures and workshops in her field of expertise.