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26 July 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
All students, alums, and others in the CCT community: please use our main contact form for all inquiries, notice of events, contact updates, career updates, web/wiki glitches, suggestions, resources for us to put in news/calendar, etc. Any items of interest to be shared with the wider community will be posted in the upcoming month's CCT Newsletter and Calendar.
Student Matters
Fall 2012 courses (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 694 Synthesis of Theory and Practice (Tuesdays, 4:00-6:45pm)
- CRCRTH 601 Critical Thinking
- CRCRTH 618 Creative Thinking, Collaboration, and Organizational Change
- CRCRTH 670 Thinking, Learning, and Computers
- CRCRTH 692 Processes of Research and Engagement
CCT Community
All students, alums, and others in the CCT community are asked to 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, etc. Any items of interest to be shared with the wider community will be posted in the upcoming month's CCT Newsletter and Calendar.
The 2012 Annual Report from UMB's College of Education and Human Development has now been released.
CCT Events
CCT Community Open House: Welcome Event for the CCT Program into University College
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. All are welcome, including students new to the program, guests, and others interested in CCT.
Other fall open houses are scheduled for the following Monday evenings:
October 1, November 5, December 3
Themes to be announced.
Alum and CCT associates Notes
Barbara Cohen retired from the City of Boston, Boston Public Schools as the Health Education Program Director this June after many years in the district. She is now taking her passion for Sexuality Education world wide "where I can touch more lives of people to normalize Sex Ed. I am happy to start SexEdConsultants where I plan to educate children through adults in Sexuality Education and make systems changes in many cities throughout the world."
Climb
"a site-specific, evolving installation employing the organic and inorganic to focus on light, reflection, and place" created by Linda Leslie Brown and CCT alum/instructor Luanne E Witkowski ('03)
Art Market Provincetown, 148 Commercial St., Provincetown, MA
for more information: http://www.artmarketprovincetown.com/outdoor/
Nancy Baccari ('11):
"I am happy to say that I relinquished the department chair position last year and am very happy to be working with students again.
I continually use and reflect upon CCT skills in my personal and professional life and so appreciate how it has moved my thinking."
Joel Rubin ('88):
"Since graduating, I ran Teacher Services for the New England Aquarium for 16 years (1990-2006)
Earned my doctorate from Harvard University Graduate School of Education (2006, Thesis: "Teachers at the Boundary Between Schools and Museums.")
Earned multiple teacher licensures (General Science K-8, Earth Science, Engineering/Technology, Biology)
becoming a high school science teacher (2006-present: Engineering, Environmental Science, Green Engineering and Astronomy, Stoughton High School Science Department)
and a senior instructor for Cambridge College (2004-present: Teaching Project-Based Science, Aquatic Ecology, and Science and Technology for the Elementary Classroom Teacher)
Married (2005: Netta Davis, culinary historian), and am raising 2 children, Max (12) and Leah (15) in Arlington, MA.
Personal interests additional to family include making art, music and handicrafts, reading, writing, vegetable gardening, cooking, and getting out in the woods on foot or by canoe as much as possible."
Alums are invited to submit digital copies of their CCT theses and capstone syntheses to be published at http://scholarworks.umb.edu/cct_capstone/.The program archives only include printed, bound copies of projects more than a few years old, so alums who agree to share the full text of their work can send these as attachments to cct@umb.edu
Events
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
UMass Boston has launched a new online community for all alums, http://www.NetworkUMass.com/Boston
All alums are invited to request a login ID to access areas where you can connect with others online and keep in touch with ongoing university opportunities for alums (including gatherings of alums outside of the Boston area).
Resources
Educating the Next Generation of Massachusetts Teachers: Building Effective Partnerships in Preparation and Support , a new report recently released from the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy
Several workshops covering many topics of teaching technologies are open to the university community throughout the summer. See the full schedule.
Graduate students seeking employment on campus might start with the university's web site for Employment Opportunities.
Food for Thought
The sound of the Higgs boson, if it's behavior was translated into musical notes. (possible prerequisite: What is the Higgs boson?)
Annie Leonard's newest video The Story of Change, challenging conventional views of what really works in changing our consumer habits for the better (a continuation of the Story of Stuff project).
A dissenting view in Texas on the value of teaching of critical thinking.
Three Things to Unlearn About Learning
Humor
"A Higgs boson walks into a church. The priest orders it to leave immediately. The boson protests: 'But how can you have mass without me?'"