Mindfulness-based Techniques for Teaching and Learning with Author Michael Carroll

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Community members are invited to a consideration of mindfulness practices for higher education by Michael Carroll, author of The Mindful Leader and Awake at Work.

ANNVILLE, PA (09/20/2016)(readMedia)-- Lebanon Valley College invites community members to a consideration of mindfulness practices for higher education by Michael Carroll, author of The Mindful Leader and Awake at Work, beginning with a reception at 4 p.m. in the lobby of Frederic K. Miller Chapel on the College's campus.

At 4:30 p.m. attendees will be directed into the Lois Brong Miller '61 Sanctuary for a presentation of approaches to higher education that apply mindfulness to teaching, learning, and knowing. They will also learn about additional upcoming programming at the College related to mindfulness. Books authored by Carroll will be available for purchase and book-signing following the hour-long session.

Carroll has more than two decades of experience as a corporate executive, first on Wall Street and then in the publishing industry. Colleges and universities, as well as major corporations, have contracted with Carroll-including Proctor & Gamble, Comcast, and Unilever-to teach mindfulness meditation to their employees.

"Practices related to mindfulness are increasingly sought by professionals to deal with stressors of various types," noted the Rev. Dr. Paul Fullmer, LVC chaplain. "Penn Medicine in Philadelphia, for example, has a thriving Program for Mindfulness. Therefore, we are overjoyed to learn about mindfulness practices in central Pennsylvania."

Commenting on Carroll's other areas of expertise, Fullmer remarked that "community members seeking concepts applicable to business management or community leadership are also welcome to bring their questions for consideration."

The event is sponsored by the Office of Spiritual Life, which received funding from LVC's President's Innovation Fund and 2016–2017 Colloquium, Memory. The Colloquium Series recognizes that memory is central to our identity as a species, and as individuals, cultures, and products of institutions. Speakers, films, and other events will explore: Have we truly measured the value of memory in all its aspects? What is the cost when memory-individual, social, cultural, and technological-is lost or irrevocably transformed? This year's series will investigate these questions and bring memory into view as a source of joy, fear, challenge, and inspiration.

The event is free and open to the public. Carroll's books are available at the College Store, which is located in the Allan W. Mund College Center.

Visit www.lvc.edu/spiritual-life/concerts-events.aspx to learn about other events sponsored by the Office of Spiritual Life.