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The Committee for Cultural and Intellectual Community
2011-2012 Campus Theme:The Pursuit of Innovation
The Pursuit of Innovation is the theme for CCIC sponsored programs in 2011-2012. The topic of innovation has been in the news as government and economic leaders have called for a renewed emphasis on innovation as a way to spur our country's economic growth. CCIC is interested in co-sponsoring programs that look at the process of innovation, great innovators, innovations that led to dramatic changes, and the role innovation plays in solving problems and leading to technological, intellectual, and artistic breakthroughs. While innovation is frequently perceived as focusing on technological innovation, we also encourage proposals on innovation in the arts and humanities, and in all human endeavors. The theme has been developed to support programming that is already planned as well as encourage the development of new programs. We invite individual community members, campus departments and student organizations to develop programs related to this theme. Faculty and first year students will explore the theme by reading and discussing "The Victorian Internet," by Tom Standage, as part of the summer reading program. This text was chosen as a lively historical overview of how innovations occur, and what their societal impacts can be. At Community Learning Day, on Wednesday, October 5th, the entire campus is invited to a series of events on the innovation theme. More information will be posted on this site as it becomes available.
Additional InformationSchedule of Events
FALL SEMESTER
October 5 -- Community Learning Day
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