“Read Like You Mean It” will explore strategies to help students develop an active reading process that complements individual learning styles or interest as well as various kinds of reading material.
College Connections Faculty: Tricia Rodley
Tricia Rodley is an instructor in Theatre Arts at UO with a focus on actor training, voice and dialect, new playwriting, and practical dramaturgy. Along with Introduction to Theatre Arts, she teaches several acting courses and frequently coaches dialects for University Theatre (UT) productions. Tricia has also directed The School for Lies and Creature with UT as well as Alice in Wonderland and The Commedia Pinocchio with Mad Duckling Children’s Theatre (Co-Artistic Director 2011-2012). Before completing her PhD at UO in 2014, Tricia lived and worked in New York, earned an MA in Classical Acting from The Central School of Speech and Drama in London, and co-founded Printer’s Devil Theatre in Seattle.
FIG Assistant: Dani Rosales
Dani Rosales is a second year student at the U of O double majoring in Theatre Arts and Journalism. She hopes to someday be a broadcast journalist but continue to act. She is an international student from Venezuela and although it is very different from home, she loves the U of O! When she isn’t studying, watching Netflix or with her friends, Dani can be found at the UO Rec Center. In here she is part of the all-woman’s Olympic weightlifting and the all-women’s CrossFit WOD. Dani loves meeting new people, and cannot wait for the start of the fall term! She would love to get you all before fall, so please email her at danielar@uoregon.edu before the start of the term introducing yourself and ask any questions you have.
Summer Assignment:
Choose two different items that you have read over the summer:
Something you wanted to read Something you had to read
(Suggestions: a book, a magazine or newspaper article, a comic book, a graphic novel, a blog or website post, a movie preview or review, a short story, a poem, a play, instructions, directions, ingredients, course descriptions, an application form, an email, a pamphlet, or…?)
Write a short paragraph or make a list for each item:
Describe the item. Include at least five specific details you remember (anything ranging from facts like title and author to content like characters, plot, ideas, or information). Explain why you wanted to or had to read this particular item. Identify a memory of where, when, or how you read this particular item.
For our first meeting on the Friday of Week of Welcome please:
Bring your written response to turn in – either typed or handwritten. We will also use the items you choose for a group activity when we meet.
Week of Welcome:
Our FIG will meet on Friday, September 23rd at 11 AM in Columbia 150! Please arrive around 10 minutes early, as we will be moving to another location shortly after 11!
Are you looking for future classes related to your FIG?
The courses below are related to the focus of your FIG and are a great way to keep exploring the subject matter that you dove into your first term at the UO. Many of these courses satisfy general education requirements.
