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About Creative & Academic Technology<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Creative & Academic Technology is a teamwork and technology hub. We inspire collaborative innovation through support for challenge-based projects and other social ventures. CAT empowers the ACU community in leveraging technology to solve real-world problems and to equip them with digital skills for the future. We can help you discover data, design solutions, and deploy web-based content. CAT seeks to increase the reach and resilience of our partners’ research and creative inquiry.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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What We Do<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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DISCOVER<\/strong> new ways to support ideas, data, and problems with the use of technology, information resources, and team dynamics theory.<\/p>\n

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  • Research Support<\/li>\n
  • Data Analysis<\/li>\n
  • Survey Creation and Administration<\/li>\n
  • Data Collection<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      DESIGN<\/strong> real-world application for students and faculty.<\/p>\n

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      • Experience-based Learning<\/li>\n
      • Adobe Solutions<\/li>\n
      • Data Visualization<\/li>\n
      • Presentation Design<\/li>\n
      • Web-based Training<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        DEPLOY\u00a0<\/strong>the curation of your created solutions through web-based innovation.<\/p>\n

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        • Web Development<\/li>\n
        • Institutional Repository<\/li>\n
        • Digital Publishing Support<\/li>\n
        • ePortfolio Creation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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          CAT Staff<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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          Dr. Marisa Beard<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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          Associate Dean of Educational Technology and Creative & Academic Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n

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          Lyndsey Steffek<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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          Assistant Director of Creative & Academic Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n

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          Micah Heatwole<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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          Creative & Academic Technology Specialist<\/strong><\/p>\n

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          Our Space<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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          Our office is located on the top floor of the ACU Brown Library (LIB 326).<\/p>\n

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