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A Few Parting Thoughts As We Reach The End: A Toast To The Teachers, Who Have Faith In A Seed, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center Apr 2017

A Few Parting Thoughts As We Reach The End: A Toast To The Teachers, Who Have Faith In A Seed, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

The Weekly Reader

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Changing Lives, Having Your Own Life Changed: Reflections On Forty Years As A Teacher, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center Apr 2017

Changing Lives, Having Your Own Life Changed: Reflections On Forty Years As A Teacher, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

The Weekly Reader

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Coming To The End, This Time For Good: Reflections On Forty Years Of Teaching And Learning, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center Apr 2017

Coming To The End, This Time For Good: Reflections On Forty Years Of Teaching And Learning, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

The Weekly Reader

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Lessons From Linda Nilson: Self-Regulated Learning And How To Help Our Students Learn How To Learn, John C. Bird Feb 2017

Lessons From Linda Nilson: Self-Regulated Learning And How To Help Our Students Learn How To Learn, John C. Bird

The Weekly Reader

This week, lessons on self-regulated learning from Linda Nilson, Clemson University.


Those Funny Academics: Deadlines, Procrastination, And One Last Call For Proposals, John C. Bird Feb 2017

Those Funny Academics: Deadlines, Procrastination, And One Last Call For Proposals, John C. Bird

The Weekly Reader

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Crying In Class, Once Again—Literature, Loneliness, And Our Human Need For Connection, John C. Bird Jan 2017

Crying In Class, Once Again—Literature, Loneliness, And Our Human Need For Connection, John C. Bird

The Weekly Reader

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Here We Go Again—And Again, And Again, And Again: Thoughts On Starting Yet Another Semester, John C. Bird Jan 2017

Here We Go Again—And Again, And Again, And Again: Thoughts On Starting Yet Another Semester, John C. Bird

The Weekly Reader

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Happy Birthday, Mr. Mark Twain!: Reflections On A Writer, A Scholar, And Teaching And Learning, John C. Bird Nov 2016

Happy Birthday, Mr. Mark Twain!: Reflections On A Writer, A Scholar, And Teaching And Learning, John C. Bird

The Weekly Reader

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Slow Learning—Sounds Like A Problem, But Just May Be A Very, Very Good Thing, John C. Bird Nov 2016

Slow Learning—Sounds Like A Problem, But Just May Be A Very, Very Good Thing, John C. Bird

The Weekly Reader

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Getting Rid Of Procrastination, Writing Like A Rabbit, Learning To Rewrite: Some Advice About The Writing Process, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center Oct 2016

Getting Rid Of Procrastination, Writing Like A Rabbit, Learning To Rewrite: Some Advice About The Writing Process, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

The Weekly Reader

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Those Crazy Millennials!: Some Thoughts On The Vast Majority Of Our Students, Or, Why Did The Millennial Cross The Road?, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center Oct 2016

Those Crazy Millennials!: Some Thoughts On The Vast Majority Of Our Students, Or, Why Did The Millennial Cross The Road?, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

The Weekly Reader

This week, some thoughts about those crazy millennials!


Be Personal, Not Perfect—A Special Guest Column From David Schary, Pesh, David Schary, Teaching And Learning Center Oct 2016

Be Personal, Not Perfect—A Special Guest Column From David Schary, Pesh, David Schary, Teaching And Learning Center

The Weekly Reader

This week, a guest column by David Schary, PESH. David tells us we don’t need to be perfect—and that can be a plus. Welcome words in this busy week!


Living Life Deliberately, Teaching Deliberately: Lessons From Walden Pond To Winthrop Teachers And Learners, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center Sep 2016

Living Life Deliberately, Teaching Deliberately: Lessons From Walden Pond To Winthrop Teachers And Learners, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

The Weekly Reader

This week, a trip to Walden Pond.


Surfing Around The Country, Learning About Teaching And Learning, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center Sep 2016

Surfing Around The Country, Learning About Teaching And Learning, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

The Weekly Reader

This week, surfing the web to find resources to make us better teachers. There’s a lot out there!


Oh What A Mistake We Make When We Assume We Know What Our Students Know How To Do…And What To Do About It, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center Sep 2016

Oh What A Mistake We Make When We Assume We Know What Our Students Know How To Do…And What To Do About It, John C. Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

The Weekly Reader

This week, making assumptions about what students can and can’t do, and what to do about that.


The Puzzle Of The Class Personality—Why Is This Section So Lively, And Why Is This Other One So Dead?, John C. Bird Aug 2016

The Puzzle Of The Class Personality—Why Is This Section So Lively, And Why Is This Other One So Dead?, John C. Bird

The Weekly Reader

This week, trying to solve the puzzle of class personalities.


Miriam Williford Papers - Accession 157, Miriam Williford Jan 2016

Miriam Williford Papers - Accession 157, Miriam Williford

Manuscript Collection

The Miriam Williford Papers consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, lecture and teaching materials, research notes, professional files, rough notes and drafts of publications, copies of historical manuscripts from other repositories, and other Papers, The collection pertains to Willifords’ teaching and publishing activities, and to her involvement with professional organizations and seminars such as the Latin American Studies Association (1975). Her research files include extensive material on Jeremy Bentham and his interest in Latin America, and includes correspondence with Simon Bolivar and other leaders of Latin American independence; papers on the administration of Mariano Galvez, Chief of State of Guatemala from …


Robert Philips Lane Papers - Accession 108, Robert Philips Lane Jan 2007

Robert Philips Lane Papers - Accession 108, Robert Philips Lane

Manuscript Collection

The Robert Philips Lane Papers consist of lecture notes, term papers, examinations, class rolls, seating charts, speech notes and papers relating to Dr. Lane’s career as an English professor at Winthrop. Comprising a significant portion of the collection are research notes, writings, research papers, and other notes on literary figures and genres while Dr. Robert Philip Lane was a student at Thayer Academy, Harvard University, and the University of North Carolina.


James Sisters Papers - Accession 869, James Sisters Jan 1996

James Sisters Papers - Accession 869, James Sisters

Manuscript Collection

The James Sisters Papers consist of personal correspondence between the sisters and their parents while they attended Winthrop and other papers, memorabilia, and photographs relating to their college and professional lives.


Lucile Kathryn Delano Papers - Accession 509, Lucile Kathryn Delano Jan 1983

Lucile Kathryn Delano Papers - Accession 509, Lucile Kathryn Delano

Manuscript Collection

The Lucile Kathryn Delano Papers consist of correspondence relating to Dr. Delano, Hallet Abend, and Virgilia Peterson (Princess Sapieha of Poland), an account of her trips to Europe and Mexico City, honors and awards she received, a dissertation presented to the Board of Graduate Studies at Washington University, notes on projected research on William Cullen Bryant, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and family photographs.


Johnson Family Papers - Accession 162, Johnson Family Jan 1978

Johnson Family Papers - Accession 162, Johnson Family

Manuscript Collection

The Johnson Family Papers consist of correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, reports, newspaper clippings, financial records, photographs, and other records relating to the family of David Bancroft Johnson, founder and first president of Winthrop (1886-1928) including, his wife Mai Rutledge Smith Johnson (Class of 1898), and their children, David Bancroft, Jr., Burgh, and Suzanne Johnson. The collection covers topics concerning David Bancroft Johnson’s work with the Columbia, South Carolina school system and the origins of Winthrop. Correspondents include Edward Southey Joynes, J.C. McCurry, Frances W. Parker, A.D. Mayo, William G. Burgin, and W.R. Bradford among many others.


Elizabeth Friench Johnson Papers - Accession 64, Elizabeth Friench Johnson Jan 1977

Elizabeth Friench Johnson Papers - Accession 64, Elizabeth Friench Johnson

Manuscript Collection

The Elizabeth Friench Johnson Papers consist of essays written by Dr. Johnson and speeches given by her on various occasions. The essays and speeches serve as good sources of reference on South Carolina educators such as James Lide Coker, founder of Coker College, and Mary E. Frayser, home economist and clubwoman. The collection also contains newspaper and other articles. There are also program notes and reports on the Diocese of Upper South Carolina Episcopal Church, of which Dr. Johnson was the director, and on The International Federation of University Women. The correspondence is limited to a few pieces mostly relating …


Alvin Laroy Duckett Papers - Accession 36, Alvin Laroy Duckett Jan 1976

Alvin Laroy Duckett Papers - Accession 36, Alvin Laroy Duckett

Manuscript Collection

The Alvin Laroy Duckett Papers consist of correspondence, lecture notes, reading lists, tests and newspaper clippings relating to Dr. Duckett’s position as a professor of history at Winthrop College (1950-1967). Also included is a thesis (1956) and a rough draft, final draft, and book reviews pertaining to his book John Forsyth: Political Tactician (1962). Although the papers range from 1941 to about 1966, the greater part of the collection concerns the years of his employment at Winthrop.


Charles Lonergan Cobb Papers - Accession 11, Charles Lonergan Cobb Jan 1975

Charles Lonergan Cobb Papers - Accession 11, Charles Lonergan Cobb

Manuscript Collection

The Charles Lonergan Cobb Papers consists mainly of correspondence but also includes photographs, biographical material, magazine and newspaper clippings, all relating to Cobb's career as a banker at People's National Bank( 1905-1949); and the People's National Bank and Trust Company(1949-1953) in Rock Hill, SC as well as his association with Winthrop College as a Board of Trustees' member(1938-1953). Subjects include, railroad cotton shipping service to South Carolina mill towns, crop loans in the early 1920s, location of the Celanese Chemical Plant in Rock Hill, the Winthrop College Board of Trustees, and a1946 article about Cobb that appeared in the Saturday …


John Granberry Kelly Papers - Accession 30, John Granberry Kelly Jan 1975

John Granberry Kelly Papers - Accession 30, John Granberry Kelly

Manuscript Collection

The John Granberry Kelly Papers consist mainly of correspondence but also included are reports, minutes, constitutions, speeches and other papers pertaining to Mr. Kelly’s work as Winthrop Registrar and to his role in organizing the Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars.


American Association Of University Women- Rock Hill Chapter Records - Accession 13, American Association University Women, Rock Hill Jan 1975

American Association Of University Women- Rock Hill Chapter Records - Accession 13, American Association University Women, Rock Hill

Manuscript Collection

The AAUW- Rock Hill Chapter Records consists of minutes, membership lists, correspondence, newspaper clippings, financial statements, constitutions and by-laws and branch reports of the chapter’s presidents and committee chairmen to the national office, extending from 1925 to 1985.


James Pinckney Kinard Papers - Accession 8, James Pinckney Kinard Jan 1974

James Pinckney Kinard Papers - Accession 8, James Pinckney Kinard

Manuscript Collection

The James Pinckney Kinard Papers consist of family history charts of the Kinard family and related Kuhn and Summer families, and a Kinard family history, personal correspondence including letters to and from his wife Lee Wicker Kinard (1873-1963), their daughter Nelle Kinard, and other family members, business correspondence, financial papers, literary manuscripts, scrapbooks, and photographs pertaining to Kinard’s student days at the Citadel, his personal and family affairs, his teaching career, his presidency of Winthrop, and his efforts to get his literary manuscripts published. This collection consists primarily of correspondence and offers an informative insight into the personal lives and …


Henry Radcliffe Sims Papers - Accession 9, Henry Radcliffe Sims Jan 1974

Henry Radcliffe Sims Papers - Accession 9, Henry Radcliffe Sims

Manuscript Collection

The Henry Radcliffe Sims Papers consist primarily of personal and business correspondence and offers a good source of information on the Sims family's varied interests in South Carolina, especially their businesses in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The correspondence generally deals with Henry Sims' brief military career; his presidency at Winthrop; his efforts along with his brothers' help to establish a radio station at Orangeburg; his constant concern in the Sims Publishing Company; his interest in the political and educational welfare of his nephews; his devotion to his family; and his association with various South Carolina legislators. Areas of research would perhaps …