iWednesday WorkshopsTwice each month, the Vise Library will offer iWednesday Workshops, allowing students and faculty alike to visit the library and learn about resources or receive assistance with research. iWednesday Workshops will be held in the library from 12:30 until 1:30 p.m. on the following dates:
iRead Vise Library is initiating a campus reading program called iRead, designed to affirm the importance of reading and to create a common reading experience for the Cumberland University community. We hope to encourage interaction among students and faculty and to promote critical thinking by facilitating reading and discussion of important books. (Click here to visit the iRead blog.) Our first selection is A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink. The premise of this best-selling book is that, "The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: artists, inventors, storytellers -- creative and holistic "right-brain" thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn't. Drawing on research from around the world, Pink outlines the six fundamentally human abilities that are absolute essentials for professional success and personal fulfillment and reveals how to master them. A Whole New Mind takes readers to a daring new place and a provocative and necessary new way of thinking about a future that's already here. The iRead discussion group will meet twice each month to talk about the book over the course of this academic year. Guest speakers will be invited to comment and lead the chapter discussions. We have also created a blog for online discussion and provide links to websites relevant to the readings. Vise Library will provide free copies of the book to students who sign up to participate in the iRead program. A Whole New Mind Discussion Group will meet every other Wednesday from 12:30 until 1:30 p.m. in the library on the following dates: Fall Semester, Part One: "The Conceptual Age" Oct. 1: Introduction Oct. 15: "Right Brain Rising," Michael Thweatt Oct. 29: "Abundance, Asia and Automation," John Markert Nov. 12: "High Concept, High Touch," Brad Iftner Spring Semester, Part Two: "The Six Senses" Jan. 28: "Design," Margie Monde Feb. 4: "Story," Stuart Harris Feb. 18: "Symphony," Ted Rose March 18: "Empathy," TBA April 1: "Play," Amy Berry April 15: "Meaning," Harvill Eaton Visit the library or send an e-mail to Lucinda Scanlon at lscanlon@cumberland.edu to sign up for the iRead program. |
