Book Clubs

Professional Book Club
Started during the Fall 2006 semester, the Professional Book Clubs meets once a semester. During the informal gathering, participants discuss the book over a brown bag lunch. For more information, contact Elena Bogardus at ext. 4363 or EBogardus@camdencc.edu

Winter Break, January 20010, Read Event title:

The History Boys

by Alen Bennett

 

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Fall 2009 Professional Book Club title:

Whatever It Takes: Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America

by Paul Tough

 

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Recommended past reads:

  • Spring 2009 - Kathleen F. Gabriel - Teaching Unprepared Students: Strategies for Promoting Success and Retention in Higher Education
  • Spring 2009 - Steve Lopez - The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music
  • Fall 2008 - Angela Provitera-McGlynn - Successful Beginnings for College Teaching: Engaging your students from the first day
  • Fall 2008 - Jonathan Kozol - Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools
  • Spring 2008 - Joe Hoyle - Tips and Thoughts on Improving the Teaching Process in College – A Personal Diary (Copies of the book are available for FREE at http://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~jhoyle/documents/Book-Teaching-X.doc.pdf)
  • Fall 2007 - Ken Bain - What the Best College Teachers Do
  • Spring 2007 - Jay Parini -The Art of Teaching
  • Fall 2006 - Parker Palmer - The Courage to Teach

Multicultural Book Club
The Library Multicultural Book Club meets monthly on Tuesday evenings in the Rohrer Center Cyber Café. We select books that help us learn about different cultures. As of January 2008, we have read 24 books set in 19 countries. The Club welcomes faculty, staff, students and the community to join us for our next selection which will be announced on the book club web page.
For more information contact Barbara Laynor blaynor@camdencc.edu at 6001 or Joyce Haney jhaney@camdencc.edu at 6002.

One Book, One Philadelphia
Camden County College is a partner with "One Book, One Philadelphia."  Each year the Free Library of Philadelphia chooses a book for a city wide discussion and series of special events.  Contact Lis Bass for more information ext. 1385, Lbass@camdencc.edu or link to One Book, One Philadelphia.