RACC 2011 Welcome

The Department of Behavioral Sciences (DBS) welcomes you to Reading Across the Campus and Community (RACC 2011). Once again we are trying a collegial program centered on reading, provocative analysis and discussion. This is our contribution to the students of Alabama A&M University and comunity as we want you to become life-long readers and scholars. This year’s selected work is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. In cooperation with the Learning Resources Center (LRC) and the Center for Excellence and Teaching and Learning (CETL) we have established a semester long series of activities to provide a greater insight on issues and concerns addressed in the book. Of particular note, we are very grateful to Diane McArthur of the LRC for building our Second Life feature centered on the Henrietta Lacks saga. We strongly encourage you to learn how to access and venture into the Second Life venue. Following post to this blog will include the RACC 2011 Agenda of activities and a RACC 2011 Study/Discussion Guide. We encourage you to share your views and perspectives via our on-campus discussions and this blog. The DBS faculty initiated RACC, but our goal and continuing emphasis is for you the students to take ownership of the process as an extra-curricular, self-directed program of study and learning.