NCCC Professional Development Days Public Sessions
The Niagara County Community College Professional Development Committee will be holding Professional Development days for faculty at the College from January 8th to the 13th. Several sessions will be open to the public to attend and they are as follows:
Monday, Jan. 11
9:30-10:30 in B114: Margaret Wooster, author of Living Waters: Reading the Rivers of the Lower Great Lakes
In Living Waters, Margaret Wooster canoes, portages, camps beside, and wades into eight Great Lakes watersheds across New York and Québec, returning with her pockets full of original stories from these beautiful, boggy, and prehistoric waterways. From the history of hydropower development on the Niagara River to the search for a wizard’s cave in the Zoar Valley, from a portrait of an urban creek in Buffalo, to the origins and demise of New France on the St. Lawrence, Living Waters offers a fascinating, first-person exploration of the rivers that impact our world’s largest freshwater ecosystem. A reception follows Mrs. Wooster’s reading, from 10:30-11:00, giving attendees a chance to meet with and talk to the author.
Tuesday, Jan. 12
9:00-10:00 in B114: Creative Change Leadership
Presented by Jo Yudess, Buffalo State University
This presentation is about the change leader of the 21st Century; the leader who can assist an organization with innovation, with changes required for success even in difficult times, with solving problems and dilemmas, and with inspiring every person to move the organization toward success. Using the skills of creative thinking and those of the high performance leaders, anyone can become this kind of leader, even when not in a formal leadership position.
Wed, Jan 13
10:00-11:00 in FRCAE: Roundtable Discussion of Milton Rogovin DocumentaryThe English Department invites you to a roundtable discussion of Picture Man, a documentary featuring photographer Milton Rogovin reading poems that he wrote to complement his photographs of Buffalo’s West Side. Those interested in ways that poetry, photography, local history, and social commentary can intersect will especially enjoy this session
