Our first Lunch & Learn is planned for Wednesday, September 8. The door to the private dining room in the LU Dining Hall will open at 11:45 a.m. Lunch is available for purchase from the Dining Hall and the conversation will begin at 12:00 noon. I would encourage you to read the advance material so that you can fully participate in the conversation. Pithers and Soden provide a nice overview of critical thinking in education in their article from 2007. Diane Halpern has written several books on the topic, two of which are available in the Gray Library holdings (Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking and Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking). Stephen Norris has a good article in Educational Leadership from 2003. In addition, Facione and Facione have written an informative article about critical thinking in the nursing education area from 1996. We are asking that you RSVP for this event by Friday, September 3 at 4:00 p.m. to tpourciau@lamar.edu. Hope we can fill the room so that the discussion will be lively and informative.