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28 August 2012See also previous news and alum news and exchanges. Please use this form for all inquiries, notice of events, contact updates, career updates, web/wiki glitches, suggestions, resources for us to put in news/calendar, request to be emailed when there's a new monthly news compilation, or request to be removed from such mailings.
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Contents: Student matters, CCT community, CCT events, alums, other events, opportunities, resources, food for thought, humor
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Student Matters
Graduate Student Orientation
Week of September 4th and beyond, open to all new and returning graduate students, with several workshops and other opportunities for graduate students. See the program flyer for full details on all sessions and events: flyer
Summary:
Graduate Studies office open house: Tues. 9/4 4:00-6:00pm Campus Center 2115
Graduate Student Reception: Wed. 9/5, 3:00-6:00pm, Campus Center Ballroom
Welcome Desk - Q&A about all things related to graduate study at UMass Boston: Thurs. 9/6, Campus Center 2nd floor catwalk
Library workshops on research, writing, and using library resources: various days and times (see flyer)
Several fall 2012 courses are still open for registration (see full descriptions):
Face to face:
- CRCRTH 627 Antiracist and Multicultural Education (Wednesdays 4:00-6:45pm)
- PHIL 501 Foundations of Philosophical Thought (Tuesdays, 4:00-6:45pm)
- CRCRTH 645 Biology in Society: Critical Thinking (Thursdays 4:00-6:45pm)
- CRCRTH 688 Reflective Practice (6:30-9:00pm on the following Mondays: 9/10, 10/1, 11/5, 12/3 + one date TBA)
- CRCRTH 601 Critical Thinking
- CRCRTH 618 Creative Thinking, Collaboration, and Organizational Change
- CRCRTH 670 Thinking, Learning, and Computers
CCT Community
After 9/23, Peter Taylor will be teaching his fall courses from a distance, but still at the normal times. He will be at the Center for Social Studies at University of Coimbra in Portugal under a Fulbright fellowship, but continuing his teaching and administration for UMass at the same time.
Felicia Sullivan (SICW '11 and Assistant coordinator for the SICW track) starts a job as Senior Researcher at The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University. She will continue at 25% time for SICW through this fall.
CCT Events
CCT Community Open House: Reflecting and Connecting for Lifelong Learning
http://www.cct.umb.edu/CCTNetwork10Sep12.html
topics: CCT program move into University College, Reflective Practice introduction and activities, new student orientation
Monday, September 10, 2012
UMB Campus Center, Third floor, room 3545.
Starting this fall, the CCT program moves from the College of Ed. and Human Development to University College. Join us at our first fall open house, a launch party to celebrate this move and learn more about University College, and participate an exploration of "Reflective Practice" through discussion and activities. All are welcome, including students new to the program, guests, and others interested in CCT.
On Tuesday 9/18 at 2.30-4:00pm, Peter Taylor & Jeremy Szteiter will lead a session for the Center for Innovative Teaching on their book, Taking Yourself Seriously (http://bit.ly/TYS2012).
Alum and CCT associates Notes
Renessa Ciampa Brewer ('11) will be moving her design firm, Ciampa Creative, from a home office to the creative coop space Make/Shift, at 549 Columbus Ave. in the South End (the old Lucy Parsons Center bookstore). She feels "honored to have been invited to join 13 other awesome creative professionals in sharing the space." http://southend.patch.com/articles/columbus-avenue-co-op-workspace-hosts-grand-opening and http://www.facebook.com/549Columbus
Marie Kenerson ('97), works for http://colleaguesincare.net/ --"physicians and healthcare workers wishing to answer a call to serve the destitute poor" and tweets at https://twitter.com/MarieKenerson?uid=38897257&iid=am-156194753213457933014060179&nid=23+112
Events
UMass Boston Film Series, free and open to the public, http://www.umb.edu/filmseries/
IDEAS Boston 2012
Wednesday, October 24th at UMass Boston
A full day of presentations of big ideas by noted thinkers in many areas of interest.
Check out this year's speakers and registration information.
Fall 2012 Conflict Studies Conference
October 19-20, 2012, locations throughout UMass Boston campus.
See the conference web site for more information and registration details.
Opportunities
2012-2013 Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies courses, open to graduate students across disciplines, http://web.mit.edu/gcws.
Resources
Searching the UMB website: Instead of using the search box on http://www.umb.edu, use google and put site:umb.edu after your search terms. The results are much more useful.
The Right Question Institute, Cambridge, MA: An organization seeking to educate individuals and communities to more effectively advocate for themselves and engage with organizations who are trying to influence change on their behalf.
Food for Thought
The world's scariest swimming pool?
Are you concerned about the world's dwindling helium supply?
Film: The Curators of the Dixon School - connecting elementary school students, artwork, and personal expression.
On the melting of polar ice and the impact of the the release of those thawed ancient microbes...
The move toward studying philosophy in support of increased civic engagement in Brazil's public schools.
Ten of the world's cities that are disrupting the education system.
The Sketchbook Project: a crowdsourced traveling sketch exhibit
Humor
Salvador Dali's game show appearance
Funny but true questionable repair strategies...
This Month's Challenge
This month's challenge is to submit an original (clean!) limerick that reflects the following photo. Submit your limerick to cctcoordinator@umb.edu by September 15th. Selected entries will be published in next month's newsletter.
photo source: The Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2184123/London-Olympics-2012-NBC-fails-Usain-Bolt-win-mens-100m-final-live.html