News2013October

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28 October 2013
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Contents: Student matters, CCT community, CCT events, alums, other events, opportunities, resources, food for thought, humor

Student Matters

The application deadline for Spring 2014 admission is November 1, 2013

CCT courses offered Spring 2014: registration begins on November 4, 2013. See http://caps-courses.umb.edu/courses/spring/cr/gr/crcrth/

Face-to-face:
CRCRTH 651L Advanced Cognitive Psychology (#6997)
Online:
CRCRTH 602 Creative Thinking (#6990)
CRCRTH 616 Dialogue Processes (#6991)
CRCRTH 618 Creative Thinking, Collaboration, and Organizational Change (#6992)
CRCRTH 693 Action Research for Educational, Professional & Personal change (#6995)
Hybrid:
CRCRTH 649L Scientific & Political Change (distance students register for class #6994, on-campus students register for #6999)
CRCRTH 688 Reflective Practice (distance students register for class #6996, on-campus students register for #6998)

CCT Community
Upcoming Collaborative Exploration (CE) and Optional Preview Event:
The next in the fall 2013 series of free, online Collaboration Explorations (CE) begins the first week of November and will explore the theme Young People Designing Their Own Lives (full description here).
Schedule of November online meetings in Google+ Hangout: 4 consecutive Mondays in November from 5:00-6:00pm Eastern time: November 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th.
Please register (http://bit.ly/CEApply) to confirm your interest and get access to the Google+ community. All who can commit to attending at least 3 of the 4 online meetings are welcome to register.

The theme for December 2013 will be Manifestos for Creative Thinking and Problem-Solving (please see http://collabex.wikispaces.com/ for details).
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CCT Events
CCT Community Virtual Open House: Teaching and Learning in the Key of CCT
Monday, November 4th 7:00-8:30pm Eastern Time, on Skype. Respond to cct@umb.edu with your Skype name by Monday, November 4th at 12:00noon ET.
During this session, we will explore issues related to what it means to teach and learn about critical and creative thinking in a graduate program.
http://www.cct.umb.edu/CCTNetwork4Nov13

The next CCT Community Open House will be on campus on the evening of Monday, December 6th. Please look for additional announcements with further details. Participation at a distance possible (via Google Hangout or Skype).

2013 Fall Graduate Showcase
Come and visit us at the Critical and Creative Thinking table during the fall Graduate Showcase, where all UMass Boston graduate programs will be represented and provide an opportunity to speak directly with faculty, students, and program staff about the program. A number of general workshops will also be offered to prospective graduate students and cover issues such how the admissions process works, and how to apply for financial aid. For more information and to register, please see http://www.umb.edu/admissions/visit/graduate_studies_showcase

Alum and CCT associates Notes
Caitlin Rufo-McCormick (CCT '12) has begun a new project: The Spark Collaborative, a small collective of youth educators / out-of-school-time professionals. We are working together as consultants for the OST field, running workshops on leadership and program management, and more!
Please visit us at http://www.thesparkcollaborative.com

Events
2013 Fall Graduate Studies Showcase
Wednesday, November 13th, from 4:00-7:30pm at UMass Boston, Campus Center Ballroom.
Come and visit us at the Critical and Creative Thinking table during the fall Graduate Showcase, where all UMass Boston graduate programs will be represented and provide an opportunity to speak directly with faculty, students, and program staff about the program. A number of general workshops will also be offered to prospective graduate students and cover issues such how the admissions process works, and how to apply for financial aid. For more information and to register, please see http://www.umb.edu/admissions/visit/graduate_studies_showcase
Refreshments will be served.

IDEAS Boston 2013
Annual conference that showcases some of the most cutting-edge thinkers in the region from every conceivable discipline. Moderated by Tom Ashbrook, host of NPR’s On Point on WBUR, the event features 12 innovators from medicine, finance, the arts, science, education, business, and more.
Wednesday, October 30th, 2013, 8:00am-3:30pm
UMass Boston, Campus Center Ballroom
For more information and to register: http://www.umb.edu/ideasboston

Opportunities
Call for Papers for Trans-Scripts, the interdisciplinary journal in the Humanities and Social Sciences at UC Irvine. Please distribute this CFP to your graduate students at your earliest convenience. The deadline for submissions is January 10, 2014. See this file for full details.
The theme of the fourth volume of Trans-Scripts is "Constructing(Dis)Ability." We welcome a wide range of submissions from a variety of disciplines. Founded in 2010, Trans-Scripts is a student-run and edited interdisciplinary journal, and the editorial collective of graduate students come from diverse academic fields, including English, History, Culture & Theory, Psychology and Social Behavior, Anthropology, Philosophy, Women's Studies, and African-American Studies. Faculty advisors represent an even more varied range of disciplines. All submissions will be reviewed by both students and faculty to ensure the highest quality of work. Though primarily a forum for student work, faculty are welcome to contribute as well. We also publish editorials by renowned experts on each theme covered.
For more information, the Trans-Scripts journal can be accessed at the following website: http://www.humanities.uci.edu/collective/hctr/trans-scripts/ Please direct all general inquiries about the journal or any comments on published pieces to our 2013-2014 volume's Editor-in-Chief, Andrea Milne, at milnea@uci.edu

Resources
Writing Support: Stories & Angles, from CCT Program Director Peter Taylor:
(video recording and notes from past session):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gy-4UStKaQ
and
http://www.faculty.umb.edu/pjt/writingsupport

Food for Thought
Creativity, play & imagination are vital to personal and social transformation
The play deficit: Children today are cossetted and pressured in equal measure. Without the freedom to play they will never grow up
How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses
America’s Mood Map: An Interactive Guide to the United States of Attitude
Seek Your Passion: How Finding Creative Confidence Can Change Your Path
Banksy’s Biggest Trick Yet: Selling His Art on the Street for $60
"What life advice would you have for the 20 year old version of yourself?"
Why We're Building a Creative Tool Lending Library
Fabian Oefner: Psychedelic science
Jim Henson's Lasting Legacy

HumorKid Snippets: "Star Wars - The Rescue" (Imagined by Kids)
Half-Chewed Cole Haan Wingtip by Emerging Canine Artist, Left Shoe, Size 11.5D