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REGROUP

Turn the Page
By Emily Glenn

Staff and students come together over books for all seasons and reasons.

Reading programs, long the staple of freshman seminars, are useful development tools for a variety of groups and ages beyond that demographic. These programs are, after all, meant to provide insight, through reﬂection and discussion, into oneself, others, and how the world works. Housing staff members can reap the same rewards. But where do you start? How do you ﬁnd the right materials? How can you lead an effective discussion on topics in the book? Depending on your operation, the “one book to rule them all” approach may not be appropriate. Instead, you can tailor a reading program to ﬁt an audience. For example, last year at Clemson University in South Carolina, new graduate employees read The Hamster Revolution by Mike Song, Vicki Halsey, and Tim Burress, as well as another book that focused on StrengthsQuest. Together, these two books complemented professional development goals for the department. StrengthsQuest, a professional development tool for college and university employees, identiﬁes people’s talents with an online evaluation. Clemson housing employees were curious to learn more about their talent themes
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and how they could use this information to maximize their effectiveness as a team. Meanwhile, The Hamster Revolution was chosen by the graduate staff training committee to help the graduate student employees stay abreast of their duties without becoming overwhelmed in a ﬁeld where work-life balance is particularly difﬁcult. Clemson’s reading programs were all centered on events during the university year: training, opening, and the graduate staff retreat. The professional staff also read a book throughout the fall, which was discussed at weekly lunches. At Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, the diversity action team selects the book the housing staff reads together over the summer, says Jennifer Post, associate director of residence life. The discussion about the book is held during the professional staff training in July. In addition, residence life and student housing employees read and discuss the university’s common reading book for the summer. “We work with the assistant director of training and development to make sure it ties in with the themes that she’s working on,” says Ali Martin Scouﬁeld, assistant director for residential life,

Talking Stick - July/August 2011

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Talking Stick - July/August 2011

Talking Stick - July/August 2011
Contents
Online Now
Vision
Just In
Your ACUHO-I
Transition
Res Life
Facilities
Turn the Page
Calendar
Balancing Act
Making Gender-Neutral Housing Work
Conversations
First Takes
Reporting Out
Welcome
Snapshot
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - intro
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - BB1
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - BB2
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Talking Stick - July/August 2011
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Cover2
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 1
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 2
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Contents
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Online Now
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 5
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Vision
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 7
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Just In
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 9
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 10
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 11
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 12
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Your ACUHO-I
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 14
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Transition
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 16
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Res Life
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 19
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Facilities
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 21
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 23
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Turn the Page
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - 26
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Calendar
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Balancing Act
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Making Gender-Neutral Housing Work
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Conversations
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - First Takes
Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Reporting Out
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Welcome
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Talking Stick - July/August 2011 - Snapshot
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