Somewhere around week three of the spring semester, my resolution to make time to read more was quietly buried under a pile of emails, meetings, and the general chaos of teaching. Maybe yours was, too.
Well, my friends, we are in luck! June 1st is National New Year’s Resolution Recommitment Day, and my To Be Read stack has reached precarious heights! I am ready to dive back into reading this summer.
If you, too, would like to make more time for the written word this summer, Jessica Parsons and I invite you to… PAUSE!
PAUSE (Personal & Academic Unstructured Space to Explore) is the CTLE’s newest summer reading group that works a little differently than you may be used to. Think of PAUSE less like a book club and more like a silent disco! Everyone brings whatever they want to read. Maybe it’s that book about AI in education (I am looking at you, 12 Bytes!) or maybe it’s a dragon-filled paperback patiently perched on the nightstand. Maybe it’s a magazine, a collection of essays, an audiobook, or something delightfully random. You bring it, and we’ll make a space for you to cozy up with it.
We will gather in-person on Mondays and virtually on Thursdays throughout the summer, and each week will be loosely themed around whatever wonderfully niche holiday happens to fall nearby. (It turns out there’s a National Day for almost everything, and we intend to celebrate accordingly.)
PAUSE is for any Gaucho (faculty, staff, or admin) who wants to reclaim a little time for reading. No pressure, no assigned chapters, no discussion questions–just a community of people making space to chill out and read together.
We hope you’ll sign up for PAUSE (or one of our other CTLE Summer Activities)! We’ll have a warm mug of tea, an ice-cold air conditioner, and a cozy chair waiting for you.