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CCT News

10 June 2011

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Contents: Student matters, CCT community, CCT events, alums, other events, opportunities, resources, food for thought, humor

Student Matters

Congratulations to May/June M.A. graduates: Nancy Baccari, Marie Celestin, Renessa Ciampa-Brewer, Ann Leary, Mary McGurn, Sheila O'Shea-Resto.

Registration continues for CCT Summer courses and CCT Fall courses.
CRCRTH 655 "Metacognition," M-Th 1:00pm-4:00pm, June 27-July 14, Class #1853 (students can be brought in from a distance)
CRCRTH 601 "Critical Thinking," M-Th 5:00pm-8:00pm, June 27-July 14, Class #1607
CRCRTH 618 "Creative Thinking, Collaboration and Organizational Change," Fr, Sa July 8-23, 9:00am-4:15pm, Class #1048
CRCRTH 688 "Reflective Practice" Fr, Sa, July 15-16, 9:00am-4:15pm (students can be brought in from a distance)
Online:
CRCRTH 619 ONLINE "Biomedical Ethics," online, July 18-Aug 25, Class #1575

For all admissions and advising inquiries, email cctcoordinator@umb.edu. While Peter Taylor and Arthur Millman are on sabbatical (during the summer and fall), emails to this address will be answered by the Assistant Coordinator of the Program, Jeremy Szteiter.

Fall semester starts September 6th.

CCT Community

Peter Taylor was interviewed a year or so ago for a 3-part BBC documentary series on ideas about ecology, computers, equilibrium, and networks in the twentieth century and appears for a brief period in one episode. (P.S. Peter doesn't really agree with the documentary's themes.)

Peter Taylor organized two four-day workshops this May, the first in Woods Hole, the second in Portugal. Felicia Sullivan, the assistant coordinator for the Science in a Changing World track, participated in both and assisted in running them. Luke Eglington, an undergraduate from the Honors program and an alum of two CCT courses (Nina's on invention and Peter's on environment & society), participated, thanks to support from the University's Office of International and Transnational Affairs. (See Peter's blog for some entries related to the workshops.)

The following CCT students received Spring 2011 Convocation Awards:
Renessa Ciampa Brewer: The Delores Gallo Award for Creative Development and Outreach
Julie Johnstone: The Critical and Creative Thinking Award for Personal and Professional Development
In addition, Shelia O'Shea-Resto received a Delores Gallo award and Mike Johns was nominated as convocation speaker.

PBL-style inter-campus course this spring on "Gender, Race, and the Complexities of Science & Technology" again received appreciative evaluations. (Three CCT students took the course.)

CCT Events


CCT Open Houses will be scheduled for the following dates in fall 2011: September 12 (includes new student orientation), October 3, November 7, and December 5. Additional details will be announced as they develop.

Alum and CCT associates Notes


Jeremy Szteiter (alum '09) and now prog. assistant coordinator recently spent a week at the Highlander Research and Education Center in a workshop about social change education and spent much time enjoying this view from "the hill".

Events


Thursday, October 20th, 2011: The IDEAS Conference is now hosted by UMass Boston. Leaders across many fields will speak about innovation and idea development over several sessions throughout the course of a day. Look for more details from the university as they are announced.

Opportunities



Resources

RSA Animates that are especially intriguing (from Meghan Callaghan, CCT student):

Food for Thought


Apparently, it's true: we CAN increase our creativity!

On downtime and sacred spaces...

More about collaboration as a tool for innovation

Humor


Need a nap at work?