CAM LIVING LEARNING COMMUNITIES

The College of Arts & Media (CAM) offers two Living Learning Communities (LLC's) at the CU Denver City Heights residence hall for the 2025-26 academic year. The LLC's are for first year students majoring in a program in either our Music & Entertainment Industry Studies (MEIS) Department or our Visual Arts Department.

CAM LLC members have distinct academic, residential, and co-curricular experiences to enhance community and connections for first year students. The CAM LLC students take two first semester courses together and have rooms that are clustered together at the City Heights Residence Hall. Incoming freshmen for the 2025-26 academic year may opt-in to applying for one of the CAM LLC's through when completing the 2025-26 CU Denver Housing Contract. We anticipate having about 30 students in each of the CAM LLC's.

Learn More About the CAM LLC's

The Learning Learning Community is a way for CAM freshmen in Music & Entertainment Industry Studies (MEIS) and Visual Arts (VA) programs to connect with other CAM students, faculty, and staff on campus. Any CAM freshmen studying in MEIS or VA programs who will be staying at the City Heights Residence Hall for the 2025-26 academic year can opt-in to applying for the CAM LLC. Students who are selected for one of the LLC's receive:

A CAM LLC roommate - Most students selected for one of the 2025-26 LLC's will be paired with a roommate(s) who is also in their LLC. While the vast majority of LLC students will receive a roommate(s) in the LLC, it's possible that not everyone will due to room type selections.
A room at City Heights that is clustered near the rooms of the other LLC students.
Socializing and networking with other LLC students.
Specific LLC events.
A faculty mentor from their department of study.
Students in the MEIS LLC will have access to a CAM music room at City Heights.
A monthly LLC newsletter highlighting arts and music events on and near campus.
A specific UNIV 1110 class for only first semester students in their LLC. This tuition-free one credit hour class prepares students for college success.
Students will take a major specific first semester course with their LLC cohort; MEIS LLC students will take Introduction to Music Business and VA LLC students will take Art History I.

How to Apply to a CAM LLC for the 2025-26 Academic Year

Incoming CAM freshman for Fall 2025 should first accept their CU Denver admission in their application portal. They can then apply to CU Denver Housing. On the housing contract, students can opt-in to applying for one of our CAM LLC's. Applicants will write a short statement describing why they'd like to be in a LLC. Students will be selected for a LLC and notified on a rolling basis beginning in April.

Once students have completed the housing contract and applied for a LLC, they should check their email regularly for information from CU Denver Housing & Dining Services and the College of Arts & Media. If an incoming student did not initially indicate that they'd like to join a CAM LLC when they completed their Housing contract, they can still apply to join a LLC by applying here. Interested students are encouraged to apply by May 15th.

The First-Year Experience

First-Year Experience (FYE) courses are designed to ease students transition to university life and guide them towards college success. Members of CAM LLC are required to register for a CAM UNIV 1110 classes specific to their LLC. Admitted LLC students will be notified about how to register for their specific CAM UNIV 1100 course section. The CAM-UNIV is a required, one-credit course for all LLC members. This is a tuition free first semester, one credit hour course!

LLC Faculty Mentors

Each CAM LLC student will be matched with a College of Arts & Media Faculty Mentor from the MEIS or VA departments. The faculty mentors are additional resources for students entering their first year of college. Students in the LLCs are encouraged to meet with their faculty mentor once a month to check-in. Our faculty mentors regularly reach out to their LLC students with on and off campus happenings, ways to get involved, and more.

The CAM LLC Staff

Jiayue Cecilia Wu

Assistant Professor MSRA Graduate Program Director

Music and Entertainment Studies (CAM)

Email Address:cecilia.wu@ucdenver.edu

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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)

Publications and Presentations

Peer-reviewed Book
Wu, J.C. 2024. Reimagining the Future of Concert Music through Network Audio Technology. Routledge Press. (Forthcoming)
Chagas, P.C. and Wu, J.C. eds., 2021. Sounds from Within Phenomenology and Practice. Springer Nature Press.

Peer-reviewed Book Chapters
Wu, J. C., 2021. “Experiencing Embodied Sonic Meditation through Body, Voice, and Multimedia Arts.” Sounds from Within: Phenomenology and Practice. Springer Nature Press.
Wu, J. C., and Chagas, Paulo C., 2021. “Introduction.” Sounds from Within: Phenomenology and Practice. Springer Nature Press.
Wu, J. C., 2021. “An Outlook on Future Digital Musical Instruments.” The Art of Digital
Orchestration. Routledge Press.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Wu, J. C., 2021. “An Innovative Mindset: Teaching Embodied Sonic Meditation in Higher Education.” Audio Engineering Society (AES) E-library collection
Wu, J. C., 2020. “From Physical to Spiritual: Defining the Practice of Embodied Sonic Meditation.” Organised Sound. Cambridge University Press.
Wu, J. C., 2019. “Promoting Contemplative Culture through Media Arts.” MDPI Journal of Multimodal Technologies and Interaction.
Wu, J. C., Smith, J.O., Zhou Y. and Wright M., 2017. “Embodied Sonic Meditation and Its Proof-of-Concept: Resonance of the Heart." Ann Arbor MI: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan.
Wu, J. C., 2015. “The Expressionist: A Gestural Mapping Instrument for Voice and Multimedia Enrichment.” The International Journal of New Media, Technology and the Arts, 10(1), pp.11-19.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings:
Wu, J. C., and Nie, R., 2023, “Heart Sutra: A Network Audio Technology-Assisted Visual Music Composition,” In the 48th International Computer Music Conference (ICMC).
Wu, J. C., et al, 2023, “Advancing DEI in AES: A Pilot Analysis of AES Convention Participants Data,” In Audio Engineering Society (AES) 155th Convention.
Wu, J. C., 2022, “Today and Yesterday: Two Case Studies of China’s NIME Community.” In the 22nd International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME).
Wu, J. C., and Nie, R., 2022, “Heart Sutra: Reflections and Meditation of Cultural-Wisdom Heritage and the Contemporary World through NFT and Augmented Reality.” In the 7th Computer Art Congress.
Wu, J. C., and Miller, S. L., 2022, “Recording Arts and Studio Engineering for High-fidelity Multitrack Network Music Production” In Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention 152.
Fox, A., and Wu, J. C., 2021. “Teaching Modular Synth and Sound Design Online During COVID-19: Maximizing Learning Outcomes Through Open-Source Software and Student-Centered Pedagogy.” In Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention 151.
Wu, J. C., 2021. “Designing and Practicing Embodied Sonic Meditation.” In the 46th International Computer Music Conference (ICMC).
Wu, J. C., Das, O. and DiPasquale, V., 2019. “A Comparative Pilot Study and Analysis of Audio Mixing Using Logic Pro X and GarageBand for iOS.” In Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention 147.
Wu, J. C., 2019. “Resonance of the Heart: A Direct Experience of Embodied Sonic Meditation.” In the 25th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), pp.247-253.
Wu, J. C., 2018. “Promoting Underrepresented Cultures through Media Arts Collaboration,” In the 24th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA), pp.33-37.
Wu, J. C., Smith, J.O., Zhou Y. and Wright, M., 2017. “Embodied Sonic Meditation and Its Proof-of-Concept: Resonance of the Heart.” In the 43rd International Computer Music Conference (ICMC).

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