2019 Community Engagement Celebration Day
Project Title
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)
Copyright
©2019 Angie Cox, Melinda Beland, and RodCon Committee
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Cox, Angela and Beland, Melinda, "RodCon: Bringing the Community Together with Comics" (2019). Community Engagement Celebration Day. 6.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/communityday/2019/all/6
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.
