CITL Faculty Book Club
One book, eight friends, and infinite possibilities! The next chapter of the CITL Faculty Book Club will meet virtually on Zoom. It’s a great way to connect with colleagues from different disciplines who are curious about the same topics that interest you.
Check your calendar to determine if you can attend all of our online meetings from 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM on Tuesday - September 16, Tuesday - September 30, Tuesday - October 14, and Tuesday - October 28.
If you enroll in our online book club, you can choose to attend our in person gatherings held on Fridays from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM of the same week at 103 Armory Building.
Joining our book club has many benefits:
- Creating new collegial friendships
- Learning from each other’s experiences and points of view
- Using a free electronic book from our UIUC Library
- Earning an Accredible badge that can be displayed on LinkedIn
- Receiving a free CITL notebook to write your reflections and questions
- Suggesting ideas for our next book
Our selected book will be…
Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College (Felten & Lambert, 2020)
What single factor makes for an excellent college education? As it turns out, it's pretty simple: human relationships. Decades of research demonstrate the transformative potential and the lasting legacies of a relationship-rich college experience. Critics suggest that to build connections with peers, faculty, staff, and other mentors is expensive and only an option at elite institutions where instructors have the luxury of time with students. But in this revelatory book brimming with the voices of students, faculty, and staff from across the country, Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert argue that relationship-rich environments can and should exist for all students at all types of institutions.