Friday, June 8, 2012
LMFAO Party Rock Concert...TONIGHT!!!
David and I are getting a rare date night tonight and we're going to see LMFAO in concert at Oracle Arena...woo hoo! I can't wait to Party Rock! :)
Happy Friday.....Cheese!
Getting Z to brush her teeth is often a challenge, but for some strange reason she wanted to brush 3 times yesterday with all of our toothbrushes! What a goofy, curly Q she is! :)
Thursday, June 7, 2012
New Career Center!
After almost 6 years of working in this old concrete building at 2111 Bancroft with horrible temperature controls and LOUD noise from the car wash next door, the Career Center is MOVING to a new location this summer! Our new diggs at 2440 Bancroft are being completely renovated and we're so excited to be closer to the campus community! It doesn't look like much now, but come early August our new home should be ready for move-in!
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Our Memorial Day
Last weekend was great! Lots of sunshine, family time, exploration at Crab Cove Visitor's Center, baby ducks, and smiles galore! :)
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
What makes YOU happy?
What makes you happy?
Published by the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley
That was the question more than 400 UC Berkeley students had to consider before they completed Psychology 162 this spring. This was no ordinary assignment, and it was no ordinary class. The class, called “Human Happiness,” was taught by Greater Good Science Center Faculty Director Dacher Keltner, a professor of psychology at Berkeley. Keltner offered his students an interdisciplinary tour of the new science of happiness, covering topics such as gratitude, awe, humor, and compassion.
Toward the end of the semester, Keltner presented his students with an unusual extra credit assignment: Produce a short video illustrating at least one of the key concepts covered in “Human Happiness.” The videos had to be short (1-3 minutes), draw on the material they covered in class, and answer the question, “What makes you happy?”
Working alone or in groups, more than 100 students submitted a total of 60 videos. Keltner says he was blown away by the results.
“What you want as a teacher is for students to engage with the material really deeply and take it in their own directions,” he says. “You can never quite see that on an exam. But this assignment really captured the students’ vision—their personal voice, the depth of their reflection. It brought tears to my eyes, to be honest.”
Greater Good staff narrowed the pool of 60 submissions to 10 finalists, which it then presented to an illustrious panel of judges, including:
Keltner, who was teaching “Human Happiness” for the fourth time;
Yoo-Mi Lee, the coordinator of KarmaTube, a website that features inspiring videos;
filmmaker Frederick Marx, a producer of the documentary Hoop Dreams and the founder of Warrior Films;
UC Berkeley psychology professor Iris Mauss, an emotion researcher and happiness expert;
and Randy Taran, the founder of Project Happiness, which teaches young people “social and emotional skills for a meaningful life,” including through a documentary of the same name.
After careful deliberation, the judges scored the videos, and we are now pleased to present the winners of our first-ever “Human Happiness” Student Video Competition.
Here they are:
Published by the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley
That was the question more than 400 UC Berkeley students had to consider before they completed Psychology 162 this spring. This was no ordinary assignment, and it was no ordinary class. The class, called “Human Happiness,” was taught by Greater Good Science Center Faculty Director Dacher Keltner, a professor of psychology at Berkeley. Keltner offered his students an interdisciplinary tour of the new science of happiness, covering topics such as gratitude, awe, humor, and compassion.
Toward the end of the semester, Keltner presented his students with an unusual extra credit assignment: Produce a short video illustrating at least one of the key concepts covered in “Human Happiness.” The videos had to be short (1-3 minutes), draw on the material they covered in class, and answer the question, “What makes you happy?”
Working alone or in groups, more than 100 students submitted a total of 60 videos. Keltner says he was blown away by the results.
“What you want as a teacher is for students to engage with the material really deeply and take it in their own directions,” he says. “You can never quite see that on an exam. But this assignment really captured the students’ vision—their personal voice, the depth of their reflection. It brought tears to my eyes, to be honest.”
Greater Good staff narrowed the pool of 60 submissions to 10 finalists, which it then presented to an illustrious panel of judges, including:
Keltner, who was teaching “Human Happiness” for the fourth time;
Yoo-Mi Lee, the coordinator of KarmaTube, a website that features inspiring videos;
filmmaker Frederick Marx, a producer of the documentary Hoop Dreams and the founder of Warrior Films;
UC Berkeley psychology professor Iris Mauss, an emotion researcher and happiness expert;
and Randy Taran, the founder of Project Happiness, which teaches young people “social and emotional skills for a meaningful life,” including through a documentary of the same name.
After careful deliberation, the judges scored the videos, and we are now pleased to present the winners of our first-ever “Human Happiness” Student Video Competition.
Here they are:
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