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RACC Communique Spring 2010 - Special Edition
An update for family & friends of Reading Area Community College.
Including Information on:
- Fourth Annual Celebration of Education featuring The Flying Karamazov Brothers
- Open House of the Gateway Center for Career Training Open House
- Miller Center for the Arts Opens 4th Season
- New Online Learning Opportunities
Communique Fall 2010 - 
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Gateway Open House
RACC Meditation Garden
A meditation garden, the gift of the class of 2009 and philosophy students of Dr. John Morgan, is available for anyone wishing to take a moment or two for quiet reflection. Some classes have also utilized the garden for class while also walking the pathway beside the river. The garden is located behind the Trask Library and as a beginning consists of two benches and a circular wall.
The earliest schools of philosophy in ancient Greece (Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum)also had gardens available for students who often took walks as part of their studies. These were the first "liberal arts" schools since they contained the elements of humanities, philosophy, science, mathematics and physical education. Future philosophy students may propose additions to the garden, as initial plans included the possibility of a small labyrinth and trees leading into the garden space, as well as possible programs to provide conflict resolution training to pupils in neighboring schools.
New Honors Course for Fall 2010 - Psychological Anthropology
Psychological Anthropology: Personality, Emotion, Cognition, and Mental Illness in Cross-cultural Perspective.
ANT 265 1221 9:30-10:45 Tuesdays and Thursday (Dr. Pamela Blakely)
Learn multicultural perspectives and anthropological frameworks for the study of personality, emotion, cognition, and mental illness -- including the pioneering work of Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict on national character and comparative studies of child rearing, as well as the most current research in the domains of emotion and cognition. Also explore 'normal' and 'abnormal' behavior and related concepts cross-culturally and examine specific case studies of individuals from different cultures who in Western terms would be diagnosed mentally ill and their diagnoses and roles within their cultures. At the core of the course are two fundamental ideas: the relationship of biology and culture in human development and cultural relativity.
*Should have at least a 3.0 gpa to enroll in an honors course. Prerequisite: PSY130 General Psychology;
ANT140 Cultural Anthropology also useful but not required with permission of professor
Phi Theta Kappa Hosts Information and Collection Table
Information Table and Wish List Collection for Veterans on Wednesday, May 12, Phi Theta Kappa will have an information table in the Berks Lobby from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
The emphasis on May 12 will be promoting our Project Graduation campaign and our Better World Book campaign.
Project Graduation has been a long-standing event for Phi Theta Kappa chapters across the country. It was an initiative of a Wilson High School graduate when she was a student at a New Jersey community college. The idea is for graduates especially, but for the college community as a whole, to “give back” for the opportunity their education represents. Everyone is invited to “Feed a body, Feed a Mind” by bringing non-perishable food items and new or gently-used children’s books for the chapter to distribute. We have been donating these items to the Berks Women in Crisis for the past few years. Collections will be accepted on May 12 in Berks lobby.
Better World Books “is a for-profit social enterprise that collects used books and sells them online to raise money for literacy initiatives worldwide.” We have chosen one of their literacy partners for our campaign: “The National Center for Family Literacy’s mission is to create a literate nation by leveraging the power of the family.”
See http://www.betterworldbooks.com/ for more information. Our campaign is to ask you to donate your recent college textbooks so that we can submit them to Better World Books. Accepted books bring a small profit to the chapter to go toward Relay for Life. Collections will be accepted at our table on May 12 in Berks lobby or at the collection box in the Student Union Building the last two weeks of the semester.
For more information, contact Dr. Donna Singleton at dsingleton@racc.edu.
Reading Reads: The Greater Reading Literary Festival 2010
Published authors, illustrators, readers, and folks generally interested in literary works, are welcome. Please join Reading Area Community College in maintaining its involvement in this annual event with an idea, an activity, a book club, poetry readings, or class participation…
Involve your favorite coffee house, book store, and youth groups. What a great way for the community to learn about Reading Reads: The Greater Reading Literary Festival 2010 and to meet members of the RACC family!
Please visit official site http://readingreads.com for additional information, and ongoing updates as this will be an interactive site for the festival.
For more information, contact Anna Hehn at ahehn@racc.edu or 610.372.4721 extension 5103.