It’s time to sign up for the fall semester Pawprints Collegiate Readership Program. Each semester TU faculty members integrate the New York Times, USA Today and the Baltimore Sun into classroom curricula. Copies of all three newspapers are available for FREE to students, faculty and staff at 10 locations across campus, Monday through Friday during fall and spring semesters. Professors can choose to incorporate the newspapers into courses however they see fit.
Faculty who specifically include the NY Times in their fall course syllabi receive FREE home delivery of the New York Times Monday through Friday as well as FREE access to NYTimes.com during the fall semester.
Integration of newspapers into course curricula allows for discussion and reflection on topics that have direct impact on the lives of students today- from social issues and new technology to the global economy and career opportunities. Promoting Civic Engagement is a university priority that is captured in the Towson University 2016 plan. Pawprints, the campus newspaper readership program, promotes civically engaged students at Towson as it:
? Encourages critical thinking
? Promotes global awareness
? Cultivates social responsibility
? Brings relevancy into the classroom
? Fosters serendipitous learning
Access to all three newspapers online as well as additional faculty resources can be found at: {http://www.towson.edu/studentaffairs/civicengagement/collegiateReadershipProgram/index.asp}
The NY Times does have limited free access online, however all members of the TU community are eligible for a 50% discount on digital subscriptions, which results in a monthly billing of $7.50. To sign up for the College Readership Digital Subscription at 50% off, visit: {www.nytimes.com/collegeds}.
Faculty members planning to use the Pawprints Collegiate Readership Program in fall semester courses should send the following information to the department of Civic Engagement:
1. course name(s) and number(s)
2. number of students in the class(es)
3. days of the week the class(es) meets
IF you want free delivery of the NY Times to your home address, Monday through Friday, and/or free access to NYTimes.com during the academic semesters, please also send:
4. an updated copy of your fall 2011 course syllabus with the NY Times mentioned in the syllabus AND
5. home address (if you want home delivery)
We ask for informational items 1-3 from ALL participating faculty to gauge the usefulness of this program on campus and to make sure we have an adequate number of newspapers delivered to campus each day. The information asked for above should be sent to Darcy Accardi at {daccardi@towson.edu} by August 17, 2011.