October 17, 2011
Join Mitchell College faculty, staff and students for a book discussion held at the library on Wednesday, November 2 at 5:00 p.m. This discussion, led by Dr. Nancy Tolson, will explore The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Refreshments will be provided.
Copies are available now at the library main desk. Or, purchase a copy at the Mitchell College bookstore or on Amazon.com.
October 13, 2011
By Rebecca Skloot
Format: e-book, downloadable audiobook, and print
Explore the author’s official website
New York Times Book Review, Eternal Life
An interview with the author in Smithsonian Magazine, Henrietta Lacks’ ‘Immortal’ Cells
Book Description from the Author’s Website
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization, and more. Henrietta’s cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family can’t afford health insurance.
Soon to be made into an HBO movie by Oprah Winfrey and Alan Ball, this New York Times bestseller takes readers on an extraordinary journey, from the “colored” ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to stark white laboratories with freezers filled with HeLa cells, from Henrietta’s small, dying hometown of Clover, Virginia, to East Baltimore today, where her children and grandchildren live and struggle with the legacy of her cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine; of scientific discovery and faith healing; and of a daughter consumed with questions about the mother she never knew. It’s a story inextricably connected to the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over whether we control the stuff we’re made of.
October 6, 2011
Visit the library to explore a wide range of books relating to the latest issues and conversations in education today.
Find these materials and more in our New Arrivals Collection on the library’s upper level and in the new and growing Teaching and Learning Collection, located on the first floor of the Bond House.
October 6, 2011
Edited by Regan A.R. Gurung and Loreto R. Prieto
Format: print
Location: New Arrivals Collection – Library Upper Level
Description from PublicAffairs Books
“How do we educate our students about cultural diversity and cultural differences, and eliminate cultural ignorance, stereotyping, and prejudice? What are the conceptual issues involved in reaching this goal? How can we integrate these perspectives in disciplinary and diversity courses, and the curriculum?This book is a resource for answering these questions.” Read more…
October 6, 2011
By Harry R. Lewis
Format: print
Location: New Arrivals Collection – Library Upper Level
Author Biography from Harvard University
Q&A with the Author from Washington Post
Description from PublicAffairs Books
“America’s great research universities are the envy of the world—and none more so than Harvard. Never before has the competition for excellence been fiercer. But while striving to be unsurpassed in the quality of its faculty and students, Universities have forgotten that the fundamental purpose of undergraduate education is to turn young people into adults who will take responsibility for society. In Excellence Without a Soul, Harry Lewis, a Harvard professor for more than thirty years and Dean of Harvard College for eight, draws from his experience to explain how our great universities have abandoned their mission.” Read more…
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The Heart of Higher Education: A Call to Renewal
October 6, 2011
By Mark C. Taylor
Format: print
Location: New Arrivals Collection – Library Upper Level
Wall Street Journal Book Review
Author Presentation at Columbia University (video)
Description from Neal-Schuman
“In Crisis on Campus, Mark C. Taylor—chair of the Department of Religion at Columbia University and a former professor at Williams College—expands on and refines the ideas presented in his widely read and hugely controversial 2009 New York Times op-ed. His suggestions for the ivory tower are both thought-provoking and rigorous: End tenure. Restructure departments to encourage greater cooperation among existing disciplines. Emphasize teaching rather than increasingly rarefied research. And bring that teaching to new domains, using emergent online networks to connect students worldwide.” Read more…
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October 6, 2011
Edited by Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic and Robert J. Lackie
Format: print
Location: Teaching & Learning Collection – Bond House
Description from Neal-Schuman
“Cvetkovic, Lackie and their contributors debunk common myths and misconceptions about this unique generation to provide a realistic understanding of their instructional needs and learning styles. You’ll find a comprehensive introduction and overview of Gen M, including key term definitions, background information, and…” Read more…
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Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty
Inquiry into the Classroom: A Journey toward Scholarly Teaching
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (ebook)
October 6, 2011
By David H. Rose
Format: print
Location: Teaching & Learning Collection – Bond House
View Chapter Outline and Summaries
Description
Published by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development in 2002, this book discusses concepts of universal design and how to apply them to student learning.
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The Science of Learning and the Art of Teaching
The Course Syllabus: A Learning-Centered Approach
Teaching to the Brain’s Natural Learning Systems (ebook)
