RESIDENTIAL CREATIVE COMMUNITY
City Heights is home to the CAM Residential Creative Community (RCC), a special residential experience for College
of Arts & Media (CAM)
students to live in a supportive environment of artists, filmmakers,
musicians, and scholars.
CAM RCC members have distinct academic and co-curricular
experiences to connect with the arts and creative industries. The CAM RCC
communal spaces are designed and equipped to foster making, creativity,
and collaboration amongst peers and classmates. Students may opt-in to participate in the RCC.
Learn More About the CAM RCC
The Residential Creative Community is a way for CAM freshmen to connect with other CAM students, faculty, and staff on campus. Any CAM freshmen who will be staying at the City Heights Residence Hall can opt-in to being a part of the CAM RCC. Here what students in the RCC receive:
- A CAM RCC roommate - Students who join the RCC by May 31, 2024 will be placed in a room at City Heights with another CAM RCC student.
- A monthly RCC Community Dinner. CAM faculty and staff will attend the meetings and community dinners to present about their areas and the college.
- Socializing and networking with other RCC students.
- A CAM faculty mentor.
- Access to a CAM music room at City Heights.
- A monthly CAM RCC newsletter highlighting arts events on and near campus.
- The opportunity to participate in an UNIV 1110 class for first semester CAM students. This class prepares students for college success.
- RCC members will have the opportunity to be a part of the RCC Leadership Group; these students serve as the voice for all RCC students.
How to Apply to the CAM RCC for Fall 2024
Incoming CAM freshman for Fall 2024 should first accept their CU Denver admission in their application portal. They can then apply to CU Denver Housing. We will then send an email out to all incoming Fall 2024 CAM students with a City Heights housing contract on file sometime in May 2024 inviting them to be in the CAM RCC. Students can also fill out the CAM RCC application form here.
Any student who has a City Heights Housing contract for the 2024-25 academic year and completes the CAM RCC application will be admitted to the RCC. Be sure to check your email regularly for information from CU Denver Housing & Dining Services and the College of Arts & Media.
The First-Year Experience
First-Year Experience (FYE) courses are designed to ease students transition to university life and guide them into this world of social, academic, and professional possibilities. Members of CAM RCC are strongly encouraged to register for one of the CAM UNIV 1110 classes. The CAM UNIV 1100 courses are tailored to the unique experience of art, film, and music students. The CAM-UNIV is a required, one-credit course for all RCC members. This is a tuition free first semester course!
RCC Faculty Mentors
Each CAM RCC student will be matched with a College of Arts & Media Faculty Mentor! Here are some of our recent RCC Faculty Mentors.
Jiayue Cecilia Wu
Assistant Professor
MSRA Graduate Program Director
- Music and Entertainment Studies (CAM)
Email Address:cecilia.wu@ucdenver.edu
Originally from Beijing, Dr. Jiayue Cecilia Wu (AKA: 武小慈) is a scholar, educator, musician, audio engineer, and technologist focusing on how music technology enhances the healing power of music. She worked as a professional musician, producer, and publishing manager at EMI Records and Universal Music Group for 10 years before she joined academia. She holds a B.S. in Design & Engineering, an M.A. in Music, Science, & Technology from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Media Arts &Technology from UCSB.
She authored the book "Sound from Within" (Springer, 2021) and is currently working on her 2nd book entitled "Reimagining the Future of Concert Music through Network Audio Technology" (Routledge). Dr. Wu's accolades include the CMS Instructional Technology Initiative Award (2022), NAMM-GenNext Faculty Award (2023), OER Research Award (CO Department of Higher Education, 2024), and CU Denver Early Career Award (2024).
Her work includes 27 peer-reviewed research articles, 3 book chapters, 2 books, and 100+ multimedia productions featured globally in prestigious venues like AES, IEEE, ICMC, NIME, ISEA, SEAMUS, international museums, and music/film festivals. She has served as a peer reviewer for ICMC and NIME since 2015 and the Journal of AES Standing Review Committee since 2020. She chairs the AES global DEI Committee and served as Editor-in-Chief of SEAMUS (2018-2024). She is the global Board Governor at AES and Director-at-Large at the International Computer Music Association.
Areas of Expertise
Electronic Music Production,
Music Technology,
Embodied Sonic Meditation
Education, Licensure & Certifications
University of California Santa Barbara
Ph.D.; Media Arts and Technology
Stanford University
MA; Music Science & Technology
Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology
BS; Design and Engineering
Technology Management Graduate Certificate
Graduate Certificate/Minor: Technology Management
Awards
2024 CU Denver Early Career Award in Creative Work, CU Denver
2024 OER Champion Award, University of Colorado System
2024 OER Research Individual Award, Colorado Department of Higher Education
2024 "Tibetan Cultural Artist-in-Residence," Tsenpo Museum, Nangqên, Tibetan autonomous prefecture, China
2023 "CCT@UVA Artist-in-Residence", University of Virginia
2023 NAMM Foundation Gen-Next Faculty Innovation Award
2023 LA International Asian Film Festival, "Best New Media" Golden Diamond Award
2023 Cuckoo International Film Festival India, "Best Experimental Short Film" and
"Best Director(s)" Awards
2023 Busan New Wave Short Film Festival, "Best Sound Design" Award
2023 Anima Cinefest International Animated Film Festival, "Prestigious Award"
2022 CMS Instructional Technology Initiative Award, College Music Society
2021-2022 Comcast Fellow at Comcast Media and Technology Center, University of Colorado
2021 Permanent Collection of Asian Art, Denver Art Museum
2021 WRPN Women's International Film Festival, Original Score Award
2021 Huntington Beach Cultural Cinema, Best Experimental/Web/New Media Award
2021 Puntoy Raya Festival, Moviment d'Alliberament Digital Award
2020 New York Animation Film Festival (NYAFA), Finalist Award
2020 University of Colorado Denver, New Faculty Research Award
2019 & 2020 New Faculty Grant Awards, Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru)
2019 International Exhibition Award, National Museum of China
2019 University of Colorado Denver, CRC Interdisciplinary Research Grant Award
2018 Sackler Graduate Research Award, National Academy of Sciences
2015 Young Alumni Arts Award, Stanford Arts Institute, Stanford University
2014-2018 University of California Central Campus Humanities Research Fellowship Award
2014, 2015 AES Graduate Student Research Grant Award, Audio Engineering Society
2014 Excellent Graduate Scholar Award, The Arts in Society Research Network
2013 California Legislature Certificate of Recognition, California State Assembly
2011-2013 "Friends of Music" Scholarship, Stanford Friends of Music Foundation
2011 Honored Musician, the 5th International Buddha's Relics Arts and Cultural Exhibition, Singapore
2010 “The Most Breathtaking Album of the Year” music award, from the most influential Chinese social network Sina.com to my spiritual music album <Clean Your Heart>.
Affiliations
Audio Engineering Society (AES)
International Computer Music Association (ICMA)
College Music Society (CMS)
Association for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI)
Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS)
The RCC CAM Staff
Jiayue Cecilia Wu
Assistant Professor
MSRA Graduate Program Director
- Music and Entertainment Studies (CAM)
Email Address:cecilia.wu@ucdenver.edu
Originally from Beijing, Dr. Jiayue Cecilia Wu (AKA: 武小慈) is a scholar, educator, musician, audio engineer, and technologist focusing on how music technology enhances the healing power of music. She worked as a professional musician, producer, and publishing manager at EMI Records and Universal Music Group for 10 years before she joined academia. She holds a B.S. in Design & Engineering, an M.A. in Music, Science, & Technology from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Media Arts &Technology from UCSB.
She authored the book "Sound from Within" (Springer, 2021) and is currently working on her 2nd book entitled "Reimagining the Future of Concert Music through Network Audio Technology" (Routledge). Dr. Wu's accolades include the CMS Instructional Technology Initiative Award (2022), NAMM-GenNext Faculty Award (2023), OER Research Award (CO Department of Higher Education, 2024), and CU Denver Early Career Award (2024).
Her work includes 27 peer-reviewed research articles, 3 book chapters, 2 books, and 100+ multimedia productions featured globally in prestigious venues like AES, IEEE, ICMC, NIME, ISEA, SEAMUS, international museums, and music/film festivals. She has served as a peer reviewer for ICMC and NIME since 2015 and the Journal of AES Standing Review Committee since 2020. She chairs the AES global DEI Committee and served as Editor-in-Chief of SEAMUS (2018-2024). She is the global Board Governor at AES and Director-at-Large at the International Computer Music Association.
Areas of Expertise
Electronic Music Production,
Music Technology,
Embodied Sonic Meditation
Education, Licensure & Certifications
University of California Santa Barbara
Ph.D.; Media Arts and Technology
Stanford University
MA; Music Science & Technology
Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology
BS; Design and Engineering
Technology Management Graduate Certificate
Graduate Certificate/Minor: Technology Management
Awards
2024 CU Denver Early Career Award in Creative Work, CU Denver
2024 OER Champion Award, University of Colorado System
2024 OER Research Individual Award, Colorado Department of Higher Education
2024 "Tibetan Cultural Artist-in-Residence," Tsenpo Museum, Nangqên, Tibetan autonomous prefecture, China
2023 "CCT@UVA Artist-in-Residence", University of Virginia
2023 NAMM Foundation Gen-Next Faculty Innovation Award
2023 LA International Asian Film Festival, "Best New Media" Golden Diamond Award
2023 Cuckoo International Film Festival India, "Best Experimental Short Film" and
"Best Director(s)" Awards
2023 Busan New Wave Short Film Festival, "Best Sound Design" Award
2023 Anima Cinefest International Animated Film Festival, "Prestigious Award"
2022 CMS Instructional Technology Initiative Award, College Music Society
2021-2022 Comcast Fellow at Comcast Media and Technology Center, University of Colorado
2021 Permanent Collection of Asian Art, Denver Art Museum
2021 WRPN Women's International Film Festival, Original Score Award
2021 Huntington Beach Cultural Cinema, Best Experimental/Web/New Media Award
2021 Puntoy Raya Festival, Moviment d'Alliberament Digital Award
2020 New York Animation Film Festival (NYAFA), Finalist Award
2020 University of Colorado Denver, New Faculty Research Award
2019 & 2020 New Faculty Grant Awards, Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru)
2019 International Exhibition Award, National Museum of China
2019 University of Colorado Denver, CRC Interdisciplinary Research Grant Award
2018 Sackler Graduate Research Award, National Academy of Sciences
2015 Young Alumni Arts Award, Stanford Arts Institute, Stanford University
2014-2018 University of California Central Campus Humanities Research Fellowship Award
2014, 2015 AES Graduate Student Research Grant Award, Audio Engineering Society
2014 Excellent Graduate Scholar Award, The Arts in Society Research Network
2013 California Legislature Certificate of Recognition, California State Assembly
2011-2013 "Friends of Music" Scholarship, Stanford Friends of Music Foundation
2011 Honored Musician, the 5th International Buddha's Relics Arts and Cultural Exhibition, Singapore
2010 “The Most Breathtaking Album of the Year” music award, from the most influential Chinese social network Sina.com to my spiritual music album <Clean Your Heart>.
Affiliations
Audio Engineering Society (AES)
International Computer Music Association (ICMA)
College Music Society (CMS)
Association for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI)
Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS)