Liaison International Sponsors Champlain College Students

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Emergent Media Center students working on the UN Breakaway game at Champlain College,

• A collage of photos related to Breakaway and the developers of the game at Champlain College's Emergent Media Center.

BURLINGTON, VT (09/07/2010)(readMedia)-- A team of Champlain College students and Prof. Ann DeMarle have been invited to attend and speak at the Images & Voices of Hope World Summit "Inspiring Media in an Open Source World," Sept. 23-26 in Haines Falls, NY.

Images & Voices of Hope is a global dialogue dedicated to strengthening the role of media as agents of world benefit. Its mission is to expand awareness of the choices those in media make that raise public trust, generate constructive meaning, and amplify human hope, enhancing humanity's capacity for life-promoting action. For more information on the Images and Voices of Hope, see www.ivoh.org

The Champlain team, students Steven Beaulieu, Maureen Bonsignore, Norman Connor, Heather Conover, Jovan Ellis, and Deanna Vaida, along with Project Manager Lauren Nishikawa, are all part of the larger Emergent Media Center team creating "Breakaway." The online game designed in collaboration with Population Media Center is sponsored by the United Nations to address the UN Millennium goals to end poverty. The game has been designed to provide alternatives for youth to violent behavior against women. It is available online at http://www.breakawaygame.com

Liaison International, a provider of software for the health care industry and higher education in Watertown, Mass., is sponsoring the EMC student team. Liaison President and CEO George Haddad explained, "We at Liaison have been a proponent of diversity and social awareness through our practices. We are pleased to support a model project that combines technology with such an important social issue as Violence against Women."

"Stated simply, my words cannot express how thankful and excited we are about being part of this inspiring summit! We are looking forward to sharing and learning from the other "media makers" assembled. Likewise we hope they can add to the conversation about the global "Breakaway" project we are working on," said DeMarle, who is director of the Emergent Media Center at Champlain College.

The Champlain College Emergent Media Center is an academic center whose mission is to educate and inspire next generation media creators and leaders by addressing and creating solutions to the "wicked problems" facing our collective future. Through a collaborative, exploratory design cycle, the EMC transforms education, processes, and media while enlightening our college community, our partners, and our global community. For more information on the Emergent Media Center, see: http://www.champlain.edu/Emergent-Media-Center.html

Champlain College, founded in 1878 in Burlington, Vt., offers a distinctive educational approach to professionally focused majors, developing life skills and leadership based on critical and creative thinking. To learn more about Champlain College and to get information about applying, visit go.champlain.edu/admission or call 800-570-5858 or visit www.champlain.edu.