A guest presenter begins each session with a brief description of some teaching strategy or scholarly project and then invites questions and comments. Thus, the sessions have focus, but informal discussion constitutes the primary mode of discourse. Six sessions, three each semester, are scheduled each year. For a description of the 2001 Spring Semester Food for Thought topics, click here. This Series promotes cross-disciplinary interaction through the discussion of substantive works of literature.
Faculty take the initiative in choosing books and leading discussions.
Two books, one each semester, are discussed each year. Catherine Bateson's, Peripheral Visions , is the text being discussed in the Fall Semester of 2001. The Center currently has members from over 200 American and foreign institutions. The Beacon is a newsletter published as a service for St. Norbert College faculty by the Office of Faculty Development. Edited by the Director of Faculty Development and issued six times a year, The Beacon serves as a medium for exchanging ideas about teaching and scholarship, and for sharing information about faculty development activities and programs.