2008 Woodie Awards
Group brings TEDtalks to PSUC
Megan Munroe
Issue date: 4/20/07 Section: News
Originally published: 4/19/07 at 4:20 PM EST
Last update: 4/19/07 at 4:19 PM EST
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The topics include the education system, the biological foundations of love and the conflict between science and religion.
Two or three sessions may be devoted to one topic so participants are able to hear from more than one speaker and discuss several sides of a particular issue.
The entire 10-week series is scheduled to begin August 29.
"It's a way of stimulating some discussion," Armstrong said. "To expose people to interesting ideas and deepen the intellectual culture of the campus."
He said these meetings would be largely student-driven. After the 20 to 30 minute TEDtalk presentation, those in attendance will be responsible for sharing their reactions and questions about the speaker's ideas.
"The students will be doing the bulk of the work in the discussions, so we'd like to be able to create an interest among students to participate and continue," he said. "I hope it's successful and I think it'll be fun."
Kleist said he hopes the lecture and discussion series will become a permanent feature on campus.
"Something like this always depends on the return of interest you have from students or from faculty," he said. "If this is received well and generates a lively discussion and more interest in topics that are presented through the TEDtalks, I would definitely like to continue into other semesters."
The series will be free and open to everyone on campus and in the community.
"It is a great opportunity for students and faculty alike and everybody else who's interested in new discoveries, new thinking and new approaches to problems in the world," Kleist said. "We have to participate and engage in discussion to create a discourse on campus and beyond."
Two or three sessions may be devoted to one topic so participants are able to hear from more than one speaker and discuss several sides of a particular issue.
The entire 10-week series is scheduled to begin August 29.
"It's a way of stimulating some discussion," Armstrong said. "To expose people to interesting ideas and deepen the intellectual culture of the campus."
He said these meetings would be largely student-driven. After the 20 to 30 minute TEDtalk presentation, those in attendance will be responsible for sharing their reactions and questions about the speaker's ideas.
"The students will be doing the bulk of the work in the discussions, so we'd like to be able to create an interest among students to participate and continue," he said. "I hope it's successful and I think it'll be fun."
Kleist said he hopes the lecture and discussion series will become a permanent feature on campus.
"Something like this always depends on the return of interest you have from students or from faculty," he said. "If this is received well and generates a lively discussion and more interest in topics that are presented through the TEDtalks, I would definitely like to continue into other semesters."
The series will be free and open to everyone on campus and in the community.
"It is a great opportunity for students and faculty alike and everybody else who's interested in new discoveries, new thinking and new approaches to problems in the world," Kleist said. "We have to participate and engage in discussion to create a discourse on campus and beyond."
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