The discussion of Closing Time, a Faculty Development Book Talk, will be Thursday, Feb. 18 at 12:30 p.m. in CMU 207. Presenters include Theresa Hest, Communication Studies; Jason Anderson, Communication Studies; Jennifer Tuttle, Theater Arts; and Belle Nelson, LLL. Everyone is invited; students are welcome. Click headline to read more about ‘Closing Time.’
Upcoming February Faculty Development Committee Book Talk Events will feature memoirs providing insight into the rat race of higher education. Please join us on 2-18-10 at 12:30 in CMU 207 (Closing Time) and/or 2-23-10 at 12:00 in CMU 227 (Lost in Meritocracy) for some interesting conversation.
Looking for an interesting book? Check out Thomas Friedman’s Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why we need a green revolution and how it can renew America and then join us for discussion at noon Thursday, Jan. 21 in CMU 227. Denny Jacobs and Tim Decker, Corrick Center, and Brian Smith, School for Teaching and Learning, will lead the discussion about Friedman’s provocative look at American society. Click headline for more information.
Looking for an interesting book to read over break? Try Thomas Friedman’s Hot, Flat and Crowded. In his book, Friedman asserts that artificially triggered climate change is a deadly threat to society. Rising global population, accompanied by rising rates of resource and energy consumption as the developing world grows affluent, may overwhelm both the Earth and the marketplace. Only fundamental change in energy production and use—”a whole new system for powering our economy”—can stave off disaster. Yet there’s an upside. Hot, Flat, and Crowded contends: Radical change in energy use represents an opportunity for the United States to preserve its global economic leadership, by beating the world to clean-energy ideas that will sell. Click headline to read more.
One of the most popular Fortune articles in many years was a cover story called “What It Takes to Be Great.” Geoff Colvin offered new evidence that top performers in any field—from Tiger Woods and Winston Churchill to Warren Buffett and Jack Welch—are not determined by their inborn talents. Greatness doesn’t come from DNA but from practice and perseverance honed over decades. Read more about the upcoming book talk by clicking on the headline.