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Common Reading, 2013
Howdy Y’all!
• Welcome & Introductions
• Book Discussion
• Book Relevance to Your TCU Career
• What’s Next?
• Reflection
Beata M. Jones, Ph.D.
• Born in Warsaw, Poland
• In the U.S. since 1983
• At TCU since 1995
• Honors Faculty Fellow &
Professor of Business Information Systems
Practice
Beata Jones @ Work
Achiever, strategic, input, relator,
intellection
Cities I Call(ed) Home
And You?
• Hello, my name is..
• I am from …
• I plan to major in…
• My family roots
can be traced to…
Book Survey
1. Do you enjoy reading books?
2. What kind of books do you enjoy reading?
3. Did you read the actual book?
4. Did you enjoy reading the assigned book?
“One of my classes has 7 books, two classes have 3 books, and
then one with 2. Yay for senior year? “
From my TCU Facebook Friend
8/13/2012
Group Activity
1. What mattered to you
most about this book?
2. What bothered you in
the book, if anything?
Station Activity
Themes of the Book?
• Haiti
• Devastating Effects of U.N. Policies on Haiti
• Role of Government
• Cultural Understanding
• Traditions
• Role of Religion in Giving Life a Meaning
• U.S. Immigration Policies
• Applying equal standards
• Family
• Structures
• Relationships
• Parent Sacrifices
• Feelings
• Circle of Life
• “Home Is Where The Heart Is”
• Resiliency
Group Activity – Family
1. In what ways can you relate to the
dynamics of the Danticat family?
2. Can you share a moving story about
family relationships?
How is this book
relevant to YOUR
experience at TCU?
How do you expect to
grow your TCU family?
What challenges do
you anticipate in the
relations with your
TCU family members?
My 5 Wishes For You
1. Acquire Not only Knowledge but Skills
- Learn How to Learn
2. Discover Your Natives
- Find Your “Family”
3. Learn New Things About Yourself
- Travel
- Find Your Passion
- Find Your Purpose
4. Take Risks
- Learn from Failure
5. Embrace Chaos & Ambiguity
What’sNext?
What questions for the
author do you have?
What’sNext?
Reflection
Please use an index card to write a brief
reflection about our common reading.
b.jones@tcu.edu
Rogers 330B &
Scharbauer 1016C
WELCOME TO TCU!

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Tcu common reading, 2013

  • 2. Howdy Y’all! • Welcome & Introductions • Book Discussion • Book Relevance to Your TCU Career • What’s Next? • Reflection
  • 3. Beata M. Jones, Ph.D. • Born in Warsaw, Poland • In the U.S. since 1983 • At TCU since 1995 • Honors Faculty Fellow & Professor of Business Information Systems Practice
  • 4. Beata Jones @ Work Achiever, strategic, input, relator, intellection
  • 6. And You? • Hello, my name is.. • I am from … • I plan to major in… • My family roots can be traced to…
  • 7. Book Survey 1. Do you enjoy reading books? 2. What kind of books do you enjoy reading? 3. Did you read the actual book? 4. Did you enjoy reading the assigned book?
  • 8. “One of my classes has 7 books, two classes have 3 books, and then one with 2. Yay for senior year? “ From my TCU Facebook Friend 8/13/2012
  • 9. Group Activity 1. What mattered to you most about this book? 2. What bothered you in the book, if anything?
  • 11. Themes of the Book? • Haiti • Devastating Effects of U.N. Policies on Haiti • Role of Government • Cultural Understanding • Traditions • Role of Religion in Giving Life a Meaning • U.S. Immigration Policies • Applying equal standards • Family • Structures • Relationships • Parent Sacrifices • Feelings • Circle of Life • “Home Is Where The Heart Is” • Resiliency
  • 12. Group Activity – Family 1. In what ways can you relate to the dynamics of the Danticat family? 2. Can you share a moving story about family relationships?
  • 13. How is this book relevant to YOUR experience at TCU?
  • 14. How do you expect to grow your TCU family?
  • 15. What challenges do you anticipate in the relations with your TCU family members?
  • 16.
  • 17. My 5 Wishes For You 1. Acquire Not only Knowledge but Skills - Learn How to Learn 2. Discover Your Natives - Find Your “Family” 3. Learn New Things About Yourself - Travel - Find Your Passion - Find Your Purpose 4. Take Risks - Learn from Failure 5. Embrace Chaos & Ambiguity
  • 18.
  • 20. What questions for the author do you have?
  • 22. Reflection Please use an index card to write a brief reflection about our common reading.

Editor's Notes

  1. Generation Gap!