Hampton University Student Ambassador Update
This week has been slower than usual as Hampton has been busy with Springfest festivities and a high school day. Other student organizations booked all 4-6 table slots in advance, so we had to focus on creating social media content. I created nicely made content that needs to be brought onto our Instagram. I was creating post content but needed to figure out when to post it. Since our time as ambassadors are coming to a close, I want to leave our Instagram with some eye-catching celebratory posts honoring our incredible team, our ambassadors, and all of the work we have completed during our time in this program. I want to post more about what we did to get students to see all we have been doing behind the scenes. Instagram was created so we could be more interactive with our fellow students and faculty members.
What kind of posts are coming to our Instagram? We want to explore black art. Painters, poets, sculptors, and multi-medium artists. Many students on our campus are familiar with History Maker Elizabeth Catlett, but I was to expand their knowledge about her and more artists. For one of our tables, I wanted to challenge students who came to the table to match the art with the artist. It would be fun while inspiring our students to embrace their creative sides, as those who came before we did just that, creating pieces that we can see in our on-campus museum.
The next set of Instagram posts will also show what we have done, including articles and behind-the-scenes work. Our articles have seen growth; in content and image quality throughout this program; I want students to see what amazing things we have accomplished. When you think about it, students saw the posts, and some came to the event, but many still need to understand what kind of outreach we have completed. Simone and I have articles with so much information that students should be able to access, so we want to bring those stories to our Instagram. So much more is coming, and I am excited to share this with our followers.
For my strong clip, I chose Julian White reflects upon the importance of preserving history. This clip resonates with me due to the content he shares, encouraging the need to preserve images and pieces of family history. I am seeing this issue within my own family, as we need to host a family reunion to gather mages of elders and piece together stories from images we have. Exploring family memories through imagery is fun and essential; you are piecing together your timeline. In the clip, he tells viewers that for a person to shape their future, they must know their roots. As a historian, preservation and linking stories together to construct timelines helps me teach others about history from a wider lens and how we can connect ourselves to it. The beauty in the first assignment given within this program, the find yourself assignment, helped us research within the archive and find ourselves. This can be done by many, study the rich history of your community, and you never know what kind of impact your family had on history.
We were told to choose a topic for our last assignment, so I chose ghost stories. As horror is my favorite genre of movies, I thought it was only fitting I chose something spooky to end with. I hope readers enjoy this article as much as I enjoy it. I even started drawing some of my favorite icons from the horror genre, starting with one from numerous childhoods and another recently featured in a remake of the horror classic. Here is a sneak peek of the images used to create my final article. I am so happy that this wonderful opportunity for the history makers has been made available to us as ambassadors.
