Where will you be for the Great American Eclipse? Students in the Total Solar Eclipse course taught by Joseph Ribaudo, Ph.D., of the Department of Engineering and Physics, have been preparing for Monday’s celestial event all semester. The class is a Humanities practicum, a one-credit course that combines humanistic study with a learned practical skill. As Ribaudo explains, it offers students an opportunity to examine how solar eclipses have shaped civilizations and challenged our fundamental understanding of the natural world. The students learned about solar observing, explored the history of eclipses and their impact on society and science, and during a recent class, constructed pinhole viewers to watch safely as the moon blocks the sun’s light. Some of members of the class will also travel with Ribaudo to the path of totality to view the eclipse. Others will be watching in Friartown, where NASA estimates there will be 91 percent coverage. If you’ll be on campus Monday afterno...