{"id":31,"date":"2017-08-21T15:36:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T15:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/grants\/notes\/?p=31"},"modified":"2024-08-01T15:44:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T19:44:00","slug":"5-reading-habits-of-a-creative-grant-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/grants\/2017\/08\/5-reading-habits-of-a-creative-grant-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"5 reading habits of a creative grant champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ll never forget one of the lessons of “Working Girl.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tess McGill, played by Melanie Griffith in this 1988 film, weaves a brilliant Wall Street deal because of her reading habits, and *spoiler alert*, she crafts a winning merger based on information she learned from a gossipy entertainment column.<\/p>\n

I spend most of my time reading in the grants office. Not so much People or Entertainment Weekly … but a wide variety of sources that span industries and disciplines with the hopes that I will make similar creative connections. I might not use all of these ideas immediately … but it plants seeds that could sprout into something later.<\/p>\n

To help with my daily reading habits, I’ve created a bookmark bar across the top of my Chrome browser. Along with my color-coded Google calendar, I open about 50 tabs all at once every morning, and I’m always adding\/subtracting to this dashboard as
\nnecessary.<\/p>\n

So as we start a new academic year, here are at least five sources that you might add to your daily list:<\/p>\n

1. Virginia Western’s websites<\/strong>
\nLet’s start at the microscopic level. I want to know what’s happening on this campus — what the students are doing, which faculty and staff are being recognized, how the public sees our digital front porch. I read the Daily Bulletin email of course, but I also
\ncheck the college’s web page\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0and VWCC’s Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0daily.<\/p>\n

2. Roanoke news<\/strong>
\nIn order to do my job well, I have to stay connected with the greater community — we’re a community college after all. Local news stories and editorials reveal the education, business and workforce needs around the Roanoke region. I scan the headlines of www.roanoke.com<\/a> daily.<\/p>\n

3. News from Virginia Community Colleges<\/strong>
\nHave you signed up for the “News from Virginia Community Colleges” email yet? This is an effortless way to see what our colleagues at our VCCS sister schools are doing … and any time Virginia Western gets mentioned in the news. Get on the list by emailing Craig Butterworth: cbutterworth@vccs.edu. You’ll get an email each weekday morning.<\/p>\n

4. Education trends<\/strong>
\nAs Virginia Western is connected with both K-12 and four-year institutions, I check a variety of sources that cover the entire educational spectrum. I scan the\u00a0Chronicle of Higher Education’s Twitter page<\/a> daily (and bonus: free 24-hour access to tweeted links), along with the American Association of Community College’s Daily blog<\/a> and \u00a021st Century Center page<\/a>. Also: The prolific Hechinger Report<\/a> (“Covering Innovation & Inequality in Education”). Edutopia<\/a> has been another excellent source for trends happening in K-12 — our critical dual-enrollment partners.<\/p>\n

5. BIG ideas
\n<\/strong>These are the most inspiring and serendipitous of my daily websites … I never know what might find in the “5 Best Ideas of the Day” at The Aspen Institute<\/a> … or the “Big Ideas That Are Changing the World” at Fast Company.<\/a>\u00a0 I’ve also fallen in love with the Library of the Future Blog, which includes a weekly list of fascinating headlines spanning education, the economy, and technological trends impacting our lives, including drones, virtual reality and artificial intelligence. Librarians are really the smartest among us.<\/p>\n

And proof that it pays to read to the end: Did you know “Working Girl” is coming to Broadway<\/a>? We should have Amtrak service by then. Lettttt ….. the river runnnnnnnnn!<\/p>\n

Which blogs or email lists should I know about?<\/strong> Email sseagle@virginiawestern.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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