Thank you to the blogger Jure of Unspoken, for recognizing the hard work and brilliance professor Ellen Bremen puts into her blog, The Chatty Professor. He named her #3 in a list of people who ‘are using today’s social media tools to change the world for the better, and proving along the way that one person does matter and one person can be significant.’ Thanks, Jure!
News & Updates
04/17/2012 New video – two of our speakers shine
Check out Warren Etheredge doing yet another amazing job interviewing on his show The High Bar – this time the subject is filmmaker Eli Kimaro, also one of our speakers. The conversation around the cultures we inherit, and therefore the choices we make about the legacy we pass down to our children, is especially interesting: http://www.samaralectures.com/speakers-names/eliaichi-kimaro/?post_type=speaker-videos
04/17/2012 Loung Ung’s third memoir released today!
Author and activist Loung Ung‘s third memoir, Lulu in the Sky: A Daughter of Cambodia Finds Love, Healing, and Double Happiness, was released today! Congrats Loung!
04/16/2012 New book from Ellen Bremen!
Check out Communications Prof Ellen Bremen‘s book, just released! It’s called ‘Say This, NOT That To Your Professor: 36 Talking Tips for College Success‘. This is the description: “In Say This, NOT That to Your Professor, an award-winning, tenured communication professor takes you “inside the faculty mind,” and provides the words your professors wish you’d say to manage your classroom experience with confidence. This book gives you inside tips on how to interact so your professors will respond in a positive manner. You’ll learn to create opportunities and properly stand up for yourself, rather than fumble over excuses. Get ready for improved relationships with your professors, better grades, and an amazing college experience!”
04/12/2012 Eli Kimaro interview for Sarasota Film Festival
Filmmaker and activist Eli Kimaro was interviewed for in advance of her documentary’s screening at the Sarasota Film Festival. Check it out! http://www.sarasotafilmfestival.com/2-uncategorised/108-saturday-at-the-festival-sneak-peek-exclusive-interview-with-a-lot-like-you-director-eliaichi-kimaro
04/11/2012 Warren Etheredge at the Northwest Filmmaker’s Festival
Check out this teaser in Portland’s Vanguard paper about Warren Etheredge‘s recent event at the Northwest Filmmaker’s Festival: http://psuvanguard.com/arts/whats-wrong-with-this-picture/ He gave his cherished lecture/workshop ‘What’s Wrong With This Picture?’
04/09/2012 New speaker video: What to Say to Get an A
Communication professor Ellen Bremen talks with students at the Northeast Wisconsin Technical College about What to Say to Get an A, or how to communicate more effectively with your college professor: http://www.samaralectures.com/speakers-names/ellen-bremen/?post_type=speaker-videos
04/09/2012 New memoir from best-selling author Loung Ung
Concluding the trilogy that started with her bestselling memoir, First They Killed My Father, and continued with Lucky Child, Loung Ung‘s third book, Lulu in the Sky: a Daughter of Cambodia Finds Love, Healing, and Double Happiness illuminates her struggle to reconcile with her past while moving forward toward happiness. It will be released on April 17th, 2012.
04/05/2012 Kony2012, Mike Daisey and the Politics of Art, Truth and Complexity
Activist Jen Marlowe‘s post for the Hedgebrook blog details her thoughts on the Kony2012 video, Mike Daisey’s recent fall from grace, and the issue of integrity in activism: http://blog.hedgebrook.org/2012/04/kony2012-mike-daisey-and-the-politics-of-art-truth-and-complexity/
04/05/2012 New video: Dave Montgomery on the King of Fish
Check out this new video from Dave Montgomery’s recent talk at Southwest Oregon Community College, related to his book, King of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon: http://www.samaralectures.com/speakers-names/david-montgomery/?post_type=speaker-videos
