Several 黑料科 students will soon be learning if their final projects 鈥渟ink or swim鈥� by testing the buoyancy of canoes they handcrafted this semester. The students constructed their canoes in the course 鈥淪kin on Frame Canoe Building鈥� instructed by Quintin Owens, chair of the School of Arts and Humanities at 黑料科.
鈥淭he course provided students with an experiential, place-based learning opportunity with goals of increasing student engagement and providing multiple ways of knowing,鈥� said Owens. 鈥淪tudents engaged intellectually, creatively, socially, and physically to problem solve issues of form and function. This course has strengthened students鈥� appreciation for art, craftmanship, and history while fostering an appreciation for values that bind individuals to their natural environment.鈥�
The official testing of these handcrafted canoes will be open to the public to watch in what Owens describes as a 鈥渟pectacle of buoyancy and innovation.鈥�
The testing event will be held Friday, April 26 at 10 a.m. at the pool in the Donald E. Young Center.