Opening Lecture and Reception
Lecture 5-6pm, Reception 6pm-8pm
Humanities Center, CSU Chico
Presented by the School of the Arts
Dr. Michael Bitz is a faculty member of Teachers College, Columbia University. An
internationally recognized innovator in education, Dr. Bitz has worked to establish
creativity at the core of academic learning, and he has done so for some of the most vulnerable children in the United States and elsewhere. In 2001, Dr. Bitz founded The Comic Book Project, an art-based literacy initiative hosted by Teachers College. The Comic Book Project has impacted thousands of children in cities across the United States, and has partnered with hundreds of schools and youth development organizations to develop practical, tangible solutions to tough educational problems.
Dr. Bitz and The Comic Book Project have been featured by The Washington Post, National Public Radio, USA Today, and many other media. |
In April 2006, Sunset Magazine depicted Chico as...“Idyllic” and “picturesque... a community abuzz with creative arts.”
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