开放的书籍-开放的思想

成为学生导师! 

• Lead a discussion in a course in which students are reading this year's book. I would pair you with a host instructor for this according to your schedule.
• 帮助宣传开放书籍-开放思想计划.
• Do a presentation at the spring student conference -- either an academic paper, 研究报告, 或者是某种创造性的项目.

做导师的好处

• 1个大学课程学分(您将注册COLL 202)
• 伟大的一对一的经验，有才华的教练
• active involvement in campus events as well as with other students, faculty, and staff
• 非常适合在会议上展示的简历项目

如果你有兴趣成为导师，请联系 Dr. 贾尼斯Okoomian.

成为学院主持人!

谁是学院主持人?

Any RIC Instructor who shall be teaching the common book in class and would like to have an upper-level student help with those discussions.

学院主机要求

• 教普通的书
• 与讨论组长见面，讨论他/她在课堂上的角色
• apprentice the discussion leader by modeling effective teaching strategies

作为教员主持人的好处

• a chance to mentor bright undergraduates and also engage them as intellectual peers
• opportunity to provide your students with an example of active student participation at work
• a chance to draw from the OBOM events (including the student conference) as components of your course.

普通图书计划

开放书籍-开放思想是esball官方网的普通书籍计划. This initiative brings together first-year students early in their first semester at RIC, 并将他们与上层同行联系起来, faculty, staff, 管理员, alumni, and the greater Rhode Island community through book discussions and participation in a rich array of programs and activities. 一系列讲座, 圆桌讨论, and film screenings culminate in the annual Open Books – Open Minds Student Conference in the spring, where students showcase their writing and research on the book itself or issues inspired by the reading.

The American Democracy Project at Rhode Island College commenced Open Books-Open Minds during the spring semester 2006. 经过大量的投入和考虑, committee members selected Lynda Barry's The Good Times Are Killing Me as our inaugural book. 一位评论家称巴里的作品“具有挑衅性”, cross-disciplinary tour de force" embracing tough social issues in a deft, 然而看似简单的方式. 巴里的书讲述了一个简单而有力的故事. We are hopeful that the story will spark community discussion of a wide-ranging nature. 而项目的目标是智力参与, the common-book project reminds us that learning takes place outside of the classroom, in any venue where people value the power and the pleasure of an open exchange of ideas.

支持这些努力, we invited members of the Rhode Island community to read the book and to participate in the rich array of Rhode Island College events and programs related to Barry's novel.

We hope that the Open Books-Open Minds project will become a valued tradition of our community. This program was initiated from Rhode Island College's active involvement in the American Democracy Project (ADP). ADP是一项涉及188个学术机构的长期努力, jointly coordinated by the New York Times and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), 旨在促进美国公民的知情参与.

Rhode Island College is proud to be one of the first colleges in the nation to participate in this important initiative. The goals for the ADP are entirely consistent with the goals of Rhode Island College as an institution committed to academic excellence, 生命的价值在于为他人服务, 也为毕业生的个人和职业成功干杯. The ADP and the Common Book Project allow us to work towards fostering a caring community informed by serious inquiry, 公民参与, and open discourse where dedicated faculty strive to pass on the promise of the liberal arts education: an open and understanding mind. 请加入我们，成为这一重要努力的一部分.

The Open Books-Open Minds Committee Welcomes Your 对未来书籍的建议!

选择OBOM通用手册的指引

• 挑选这本书必须有其独特之处(例如……, 对某一特定主题的出色处理, 以及写作的质量), 但也必须对新生开放, 在语言方面, length, 以及可用性(包括价格).
• 这本书一定会引起许多新生的兴趣, 可能是因为它的主题(成年), 例如), 时效性(与当地esball官方网或有争议的问题有关), 例如), 或者与之相关的外部宣传.
• It is desirable that the book be one that can easily be incorporated into at least one of the courses most students take freshman year.
• 这本书的主题应该提供有趣的编程机会, including the potential for an author visit which should be considered early in the selection process.
• 这本书不应该是我们许多学生在高中读的书.​

请将图书建议发邮件至 OBOM@tanxiqiao.net. 包括标题、作者和其他相关细节.