The doors of learning
Subtitle: reflections from a presidency
By: Bryant L. Cureton
Publisher: Elmhurst College
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Elmhurst, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780971512030
Subjects: Higher Education; Aims and objectives; Elmhurst College; Earl H. Potter III Collection
Description: A collection of twenty-nine addresses delivered by the author during his tenure as the twelfth president of Elmhurst College, 1994-2008.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-258).
Table of contents: title: Foreword: Elmhurst College : a venue for grace and truth  -- Walter Brueggemann -- I.; title: Beginnings --; title: Designing the doors of learning --; title: Becoming newcomers --; title: We --; title: The keys to the library -- -- II.; title: Loving learning --; title: Dancing along the dingy days --; title: The spider and the fly --; title: Only connect --; title: Setting the table -- -- III.; title: Interesting people --; title: The space above the pillars --; title: Let it shine --; title: Strengthening the foundation --; title: Mentor's college -- -- IV.; title: Our heritage --; title: The isiness of was --; title: Etched in stone --; title: A culture in the wilderness --; title: The big promise of the small college -- -- V.; title: Our community --; title: The Persian rubble --; title: Making music together --; title: Old compass, new ocean --; title: The art of associating -- -- VI.; title: Simple things --; title: Seeking simplicity --; title: What the silence is for --; title: Let's talk --; title: Solvitur ambulando -- -- VII.; title: Endings --; title: Mind the gap --; title: Here there be dragons --; title: Who's in charge here? --; title: The memory holes of the Wampanoag --; title: Wider circles for Elmhurst College.