As we are rapidly approaching the end of the academic year, I have been doing a lot of reflecting on the work that we have done in the HRC so far. We came in with very ambitious ideas and have accomplished many of them. One of these is that of creating a strong community. As I start to think about next year, I have been thinking about ways to bolster what is already a robust community, in an effort to make it sustainable after those of us who started this endeavor move on to other tasks.
To this end, I have been thinking a lot about community and wanted to start reading a bit more about it. The first book I read was Creating Campus Community: In Search of Ernest Boyer's Legacy, by William McDonald (editor). This volume showed many examples of how various institutions have worked to construct community on their campuses. Each of the five campuses have recognized the impact that strong community has on student learning and invested resources to building community to that end. It posed some good points upon which to reflect, but probably the most inspiring aspects were the foreword and afterword by Parker Palmer.
Ironically, I was able to meet Dr.William McDonald the day after I finished reading the book, as he was at a table adjacent to ours at The Placement Exchange.
Creating Campus Community: In Search of Ernest Boyer's Legacy
To this end, I have been thinking a lot about community and wanted to start reading a bit more about it. The first book I read was Creating Campus Community: In Search of Ernest Boyer's Legacy, by William McDonald (editor). This volume showed many examples of how various institutions have worked to construct community on their campuses. Each of the five campuses have recognized the impact that strong community has on student learning and invested resources to building community to that end. It posed some good points upon which to reflect, but probably the most inspiring aspects were the foreword and afterword by Parker Palmer.
Ironically, I was able to meet Dr.William McDonald the day after I finished reading the book, as he was at a table adjacent to ours at The Placement Exchange.
Creating Campus Community: In Search of Ernest Boyer's Legacy
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