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A Mural of Cooperation from Thailand
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CONGRATULATIONS !!!
New Director named for The Ware Institute for Civic Engagement -
Susan Dicklitch, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Government, will become the next Director of the Ware Institute for Civic Engagement. Susan will begin a three-year term as Associate Dean of the College and Director of the Ware Institute on July 1, 2008.
Susan's experience, passion and vision will serve the Ware Institute well. She will strive to become a very active presence and represent the College in the ongoing dialogue within the higher education community about the critical connections between the liberal arts and civic engagement.
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"Seeing the gravitational wave universe will revolutionize astronomy in the same way as the invention of the telescope revolutionized astronomy," Lommen says. "It will enable us to detect mind-blowing phenomena from much earlier in the universe than we've previously been able to probe."
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Millersville University
"Cooperative Education and Internships are a "win - win" for all concerned. Employers get a highly motivated employee for a specific amount of time; students gain professional proficiency, self-confidence and a chance to "test drive" their career choice; the University gains important feedback regarding its instruction, curriculum and programs."
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Anthony Comper, former President of the Bank of Montreal, stated: “Whatever else you bring to the 21st century workplace, however great your technical skills and however attractive your attitude and however deep your commitment to excellence, the bottom line is that to be successful, you need to acquire a high level of information literacy. What we need in the knowledge industries are people who know how to absorb and analyze and
integrate and create and effectively convey informationand who know how to use information to bring real value to everything they undertake.”
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The
Overview
What
is it?
The
Consortium is a partnership
uniting Willow Valley
Retirement Communities,
Franklin & Marshall
College, Millersville
University, and Pennsylvania
College of Art & Design
to encourage an exchange
of intellectual, social,
artistic, and cultural
ideas and activities.
Why
is it?
The
partner institutions share
a commitment to life-long
learning, intergenerational
activities, and the importance
of active, involved citizenry
at all stages of human
life. They are concerned
with broad social issues
and with developing an
enabling culture to sustain
and nurture older adults
and the young people with
whom they interact. Anything
less is a tragic waste
of human potential.
What
will it do?
The
Consortium encourages
retirees and college/university
faculty and students to
engage in a broader and
a deeper exchange of ideas
in sustained, interactive,
intergenerational educational,
social, and artistic pursuits.
Initially
the Consortium will focus
on the arts but would
then expand to include
other areas of mutual
interest and benefit.
All the partner institutions
have strong programs in
the arts, and the Consortium
will attempt first to
determine how Consortium
partners can participate
in and enrich existing
programs.
Further,
all of the member institutions
recognize the importance
of working together to
give back to the larger
Lancaster community and
will develop joint projects
to do so.
Where
will it be?
Although
the Consortium will have
no physical location on
any of the campuses, the
Willow Valley Cultural
Center with its focus
on the arts will be the
natural center for Consortium
activities at Willow Valley.
How is it funded?
Primary funding for the service projects of The Life of the Mind Consortium has come from a grant from the H.W. Wilson Foundation in New York City. This money is dedicated to the improvement of library facilities for children and young people in Lancaster County. Addition funding for these projects has come from the generous contributions of individual residents of the Willow Valley Retirement Communities.
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Mutual
Benefits
1.) Broadening the concept of
diversity to foster cross-generational
sharing of cultural and intellectual
pursuits.
2.)
Fostering the personal growth
of both young people and older
adults through increased interaction
and life enrichment among communities.
3.)
Developing new constituencies,
building community support and
recognition among local institutions.
4.)
Serving as a model of a cross-generational
and cross-institutional center
for life long learning.
5.)
Advocating for member institutions,
providing support on issues
of concern to the members, developing
new constituencies, and building
community support and recognition
through intergenertational service
programs.
Life of the Mind Consortium Advisory Board
The Advisory Board is representative of all of the resident communities at Willow Valley and is the sounding board for ideas and expectations as the Consortium expands. The personal and professional expertise of board members is a vast resource to draw upon. Board members also elicit opinions, support, concepts, and thinking from each of the communties they represent.
On May 18, 2006 the Advisory Board held its first meeting. We asked the members to respond to a brief survey of what they might like to see as a result of the Life of the Mind Consortium and how they might participate with individual talents, skills, and interests.
We hope to hear from all members of the community your thoughts about what this Consortium might be and do. The Board is intended to be the communication link from Willow Valley residents to our own administration and to the Partner representatives.
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