2019 Community Engagement Celebration Day

Award Winner

Recipient of the 2019 Community Engagement Celebration Day Social Justice Award.

Type of Presentation

Poster

Presentation Type

Open Access Poster

Project Summary

RodCon, Rod Library’s annual free comic-con, aims to provide an engaging, dynamic event that celebrates comic books, pop culture, and their contributions to academia and literacy. RodCon creates a welcoming forum where the community and visitors to our community can discuss and celebrate issues of race, gender, sexuality, and equality as they pertain to popular culture, all while creating a fun and engaging space for children of all ages. Through campus partnerships, RodCon provides a platform for UNI students to apply what they are learning in the classroom and engage with the community in ways that they can’t within the classroom. This free and family-friendly event brought over 3,000 people to the UNI campus and Rod Library in 2017 and 2018.

Start Date

19-4-2019 9:00 AM

End Date

19-4-2019 10:30 AM

Event Host

UNI Office of Undergraduate Studies

Department/Center/Organization

Rod Library

Award Category

Social Justice Award (Theme-Based)

File Format

application/pdf

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Apr 19th, 9:00 AM Apr 19th, 10:30 AM

RodCon: Bringing the Community Together with Comics

RodCon, Rod Library’s annual free comic-con, aims to provide an engaging, dynamic event that celebrates comic books, pop culture, and their contributions to academia and literacy. RodCon creates a welcoming forum where the community and visitors to our community can discuss and celebrate issues of race, gender, sexuality, and equality as they pertain to popular culture, all while creating a fun and engaging space for children of all ages. Through campus partnerships, RodCon provides a platform for UNI students to apply what they are learning in the classroom and engage with the community in ways that they can’t within the classroom. This free and family-friendly event brought over 3,000 people to the UNI campus and Rod Library in 2017 and 2018.