Collins Unbound

LIVE GREEN CHALLENGE—Learning to live sustainably and responsibly! Collins Library is participating in LIVE GREEN CHALLENGE with a Sustainability display in the Ecommons area. Not only is there a live green tree to accentuate our focus, there are exciting reading suggestions (book covers featured) for each weekly focus: Energy Conservation; Waste Reduction; Transportation; Water Conservation. Find out how you can be a winner in the group energy conservation challenge (a percentage of the saved costs are donated to one of several charities)! Expand your knowledge through Check it Out at Collins Library and add your Sustainability Resolution (written on reused paper) to the Talkback Box in Ecommons. It’s time to Live Green Loggers!!

Education on Your mind? Check out the great resources on the Library gateway page;  and attend the School of Education program.

Are you thinking about becoming a teacher? The School of Education will present a discussion on “A Career in Education? Practitioners Talk about What Life in Schools is Really Like” at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 9 in Trimble Forum.

Three teachers will speak about their experiences teaching in a variety of settings. This will be followed by what promises to be a lively and informative discussion. Food will be served. All campus members are welcome to attend. The event is presented by the Teaching and Counseling Professions Advisory Committee.

Ms. Bauermeister has her PhD  from the University Washington and is the author of 500 Great Books by Women:  A Reader’s Guide and Let’s Hear it for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14 and has also taught writing and English at the University of Washington.   The School of Essential Ingredients is her first work of fiction and it has already been published in 19 countries.   She describes the book:   “It’s about food and people and the relationships between them – about taking those “unimportant” bits of life and making them beautiful..”   The book has received an abundance of critical acclaim – Publisher’s Weekly described it as a remarkable debut.  We are so fortunate to have this talented local writer with us on Thursday evening from 7 to 8 in room 020 Collins Memorial Library.  Light refreshments will be served.

Please bring a non perishable food item to the event.

Learn more about Erica at: http://www.ericabauermeister.com/index.html