10/26 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Engaged Student Learning through Living History Documentaries

Please join us on Wednesday, October 26, at 1pm for "Engaged Student Learning through Living History Documentaries" presented by Robin O'Callaghan and Jim Reynolds.

"What I hear, I forget; what I see, I remember; what I do, I understand." This famous and often-cited Chinese proverb says it all! Learning by doing (i.e., active learning) can be a more effective approach to learning. Engaging students in hands-on, problem-based learning challenges them to become meaningfully involved with their education by requiring the direct application of classroom knowledge and skills. The WSU Living History project is a perfect example of this. The project is a video archive of former employees and their contributions, achievements and recollections about their career produced by Mass Communication students. During this presentation audience members will learn how creating video can help engage students in learning regardless of the discipline.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor, bluff side of the Darrell W. Krueger Library. For the complete Fall 2011 Library Athenaeum schedule, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

10/19 - Athenaeum at 1pm - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Farm

Please join us on Wednesday, October 19, at 1pm for "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Farm" presented by Elizabeth Oness.

Professor Oness will present the diversity and functions of the ecosystem of her "rural home." The Oness farm is organic and biodynamic. They also grow and raise much of their own food. Professor Oness, through photographic documentation and humor, will share the story of their farm.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor, bluff side of the Darrell W. Krueger Library. For the complete Fall 2011 Library Athenaeum schedule, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

10/12 - Athenaeum at 1pm - "Green" Marketing: For Profit or Posterity?

Please join us on Wednesday, October 12, at 1pm for "'Green' Marketing: For Profit or Posterity?" presented by Tanya Ryan.

Beginning in the 1990s and continuing today, corporations have begun to "push" the environmental movement through their advertising and branding narratives. Professor Ryan will examine the advertising of different corporations in an effort to determine how companies today are incorporating the environmental movement into their branding efforts, and concludes with an evaluation of whether or not the companies have simply appropriated the language of environmentalism, or if they are truly acting as agents of environmental action.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor, bluff side of the Darrell W. Krueger Library. For the complete Fall 2011 Library Athenaeum schedule, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

10/5 - Word of the Week: nascent

nascent /nas-uh nt/ (adj).:

just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.

10/5 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Bedroom Farce: It's All About the Doors

Please join us on Wednesday, October 5, at 1pm for "Bedroom Farce: It's All About the Doors" presented by Jim Williams.

In conjunction with THAD's production of "Noises Off" by Michael Frayn, Professor Williams will address in this presentation the components of "farce" as a comic genre, and will be supplanted by demonstrations from students involved in the "Noises Off" production, which will be produced October 12-15, 2011. Please check the WSU box office for ticket availability.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor, bluff side of the Darrell W. Krueger Library. For the complete Fall 2011 Library Athenaeum schedule, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/