Category: CASE

Friday Five: Quotables from CASE

One of the takeaways from futurist David Zach‘s presentation at the CASE District VI Conference earlier this week was a handout of “FutureQuotes” from Zach’s collection and speeches. Below are five that resonated with me. (Download the PDF for the whole collection.)

  • Civilizations begin with religion and stoicism; they end with skepticism and unbelief, and the undisciplined pursuit of individual pleasure. A civilization is born stoic and dies epicurean. — Will Durant
  • Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. — Mother Theresa
  • Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness. — James Thurber
  • The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, youʼre still a rat. — Lily Tomlin
  • The library is the temple of learning that has liberated more people than all the wars in history. — Carl Rowan

Blogging from CASE District VI: post-conference wrapup (coming soon)

I’ve got a lot of notes to process about the rest of the CASE District VI Conference, which ended last night with a lovely banquet and awards presentation. (Congratulations to the UMR Communications Department for winning a total of seven awards, including the coveted “Sweepstakes” award for institutions of our size [5,000-7,500 students]. You guys are a great team!) But it’ll be a few days before I get around to processing. In the meantime, check out Tony’s Kansas City‘s take on his speaking gig at the conference. I was worried TKC would go easy on us, since we’re wonky higher ed newbies, but my fears have been allayed.