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27 November 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
Students should register as soon as possible for Winter and Spring courses (click for full descriptions). Please contact cct@umb.edu with questions.
Winter 2013:
- CRCRTH 616 Dialogue Processes, Jan. 7-25, M-Fr 6:00-8:30pm (hybrid)
Face-to-face and Hybrid courses:
- CRCRTH 601 Critical Thinking; Tuesdays 4:00-6:45pm (note: face-to-face only, no distance option)
- CRCRTH 652 Children and Science, Thursdays 4:00-6:45pm(note: face-to-face only, distance option by instructor permission)
- CRCRTH 653 Epidemiological Thinking and Population Health, Wednesdays 4:00-6:45pm (hybrid)
- CRCRTH 655 Metacognition; Mondays 4:00-6:45pm (hybrid)
- CRCRTH 688 Reflective Practice; first Monday of each month, 6:30-9:00pm (hybrid)
- CRCRTH 692 Processes of Research and Engagement, Tuesdays, 7:00-9:45pm (hybrid)
- CRCRTH 694 Synthesis, Tuesdays, time TBD (hybrid)
- WOST 597 Gender, Race, and the Complexities of Science and Technology (Thursdays at MIT, time TBD, face-to-face only, no distance option)
- CRCRTH 602 Creative Thinking
- CRCRTH 616 Dialogue Processes
- CRCRTH 618 Creative Thinking, Collaboration, and Organizational Change
- CRCRTH 693 Action Research
CCT Community
In memorial: Gregg Turpin, CCT adjunct instructor, passed away recently. Gregg co-taught the summer section of CCT 618, Creative Thinking, Collaboration, and Organizational Change with Renae Gray for several years, focusing on diversity awareness. Gregg's work as an educator included anti-racist education as well as teaching history at Boston Latin, from which he recently retired.
Professor Peter Taylor, traveling this semester in Portugal, is keeping busy with multiple workshops. See a view of his street here: travessadamatematica.jpg
CCT Events
CCT Community Open House: Student Presentations: Synthesis and Reflective Practice
Monday, December 3, 2012
4:00-7:30pm, UMB Campus Center, Third floor, room 3545.
http://www.cct.umb.edu/CCTNetwork3Dec12.html
- Program Agenda:
- 4:00 – 4:45 Laura Chiuppi: “Growing a Healthier Future: Empowering people to improve their own health through gardening and public health education projects”
- 4:45 – 5:30 Terry Smith: “A Voice on Change: When Grandparents Raise their Grandchildren”
- 5:30 – 6:15 Carol Hardick: “Creativity: The Art of Challenging My Deepest Convictions”
- 6:15 – 7:00 Cynthia Clayton: “Belief is so Last Century: How Status Quo Science is Failing Us and Solutions for Moving the Research Forward”
- 7:00 – 7:30 Danny Hogan: "A Meditative Journey?"
Alum and CCT associates Notes
Vicki de la Garza (CCT '09) started the Playhood Child Care center (http://www.playhoodchildcare.com) in September of this year. Congratulations Vicki!
Ashok Panikkar (CCT '97) and his organization, Meta-Culture, announces their new web site: www.meta-culture.in
"While this endeavor took more than a year to conceptualize and implement, the process was extraordinarily collaborative and delightful. We owe that in no small measure to our dedicated and creative graphic designer Anisha Chacko. Others who played a very important part in the project are content writer Anaheeta Pinto, illustrator and photographer, Ashish Avin, and programmer and technical whiz, Asha Thampy. Your comments and thoughts would be welcome. Cheers, Ashok"
Events
"Building the University of Massachusetts Boston: Pursuit of Excellence"
UMass Boston Chancellor’s Distinguished Faculty Lecture
December 04, 2012 - 3:00pm
Open to public
Location: Alumni Lounge, 2nd Floor, Campus Center
This annual event celebrates the four faculty award winners from commencement. Please join Chancellor Motley at this lecture featuring the Distinguished Teaching, Distinguished Service and Distinguished Scholarship award winners from the 2012 commencement. The winners of these awards are Stephanie Hartwell, Joan Liem, John Tobin and Rachel Rubin. 3:00pm, Alumni Lounge, Campus Center. Reception to follow.
Opportunities
Grant Opportunity for Master's students:
Spayne Master's Thesis/Project Grant
The Dr. Robert W. Spayne Research Grant (for work leading to a Master's thesis) is a competitive grant awarded to assist students in defraying research expenses. Up to three grants of $2000 (maximum) are awarded each fall and spring semester by a committee of UMass graduate students, faculty and staff.
Forms available from the Graduate Student Assembly. Refer to their web site: https://umb.collegiatelink.net/ (you need to sign up for the site with your student account and locate the Forms section of the Graduate Student Assembly page).
Resources
Food for Thought
John Cleese's take on creativity; and, is there a creativity crisis?
Project R&R: toward change in use of chimpanzees in research
On the current efforts to develop tidal power as a source of electricity
Humor
Tweets that defined the U.S. electionsand a few more