ICAT Playdate: The Beat Goes On
Ended Mar 29, 2024
1 credit
Full course description
Term: Spring 2024
Date: March 29th, 2024
Time: 8:30am - 9:30am
Location: Community Assembly in the Creativity + Innovation District Living-Learning Community
Instructor: Phyllis Newbill
Presented By: Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT)
Description:
Blacksburg boasts the first dementia-friendly business in the Commonwealth and is regularly cited as one of the best places to retire. The Beat Goes On from the Engagement Center for Creative Aging brings together college students, persons experiencing dementia, and their caregivers to benefit from singing together in a group, while breaking down stereotypes and stigmas associated with aging and dementia. Further, The Beat Goes On, aims to continue to support and grow the Town-Gown relationship between the Virginia Tech student community and our older adult population, with a choir project of our own, with a big data twist.
Speakers:
1. Joanna Culligan, HDFS;
2. Trish Winter, Carilion Clinic;
3. Tanner Upthegrove, ICAT;
4. Tianyu Ge, CS;
5. Violet Zaleski, HNFE