Getting Started - SKYCTC QEP Book Club - Fall 2015 - Gifted Hands - Research Guides at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College

Gifted Hands Book Giveaway & Kickoff!

SKYCTC QEP Book Club is sponsored by the SKYCTC QEP Committee. Their financial contribution provided for the purchase of copies of Gifted Hands to be given away at our kickoff events.

Check out Ways to Participate in the SKYCTC Book Club for the date and location for the book giveaway event on your campus.

Gifted Hands by Ben Carson
Call Number: RD592.9.C37 A3 1996
ISBN: 0310214696
Ben Carson, M.D., works medical miracles. Today, he's one of the most celebrated neurosurgeons in the world. In Gifted Hands, he tells of his inspiring odyssey from his childhood in inner-city Detroit to his position as director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital at age 33. Ben Carson is a role model for anyone who attempts the seemingly impossible as he takes you into the operating room where he has saved countless lives. Filled with fascinating case histories, this is the dramatic and intimate story of Ben Carson's struggle to beat the odds -- and of the faith and genius that make him one of the greatest life-givers of the century.

Listen to Gifted Hands on CD - you can borrow from the SKYCTC Library

Gifted Hands by Ben Carson; Cecil Murphey (As told to); Dion Graham (Read by)
Call Number: RD592.9.C37 A3 2011
ISBN: 1491511397
From inner-city kid to renowned neurosurgeon - the extraordinary life of Dr. Ben Carson. Dr. Carson is known around the world for breakthroughs in neurosurgery that have brought hope where no hope existed. In Gifted Hands, he tells of his inspiring odyssey from his childhood in inner-city Detroit to his position as director of pediatric neurosurgery at John Hopkins Medical Institutions at age thirty-three. Taking you into the operating room where he has saved countless lives, Ben Carson is a role model for anyone who attempts the seemingly impossible. Filled with fascinating case histories, this bestselling book tells the dramatic and intimate story of Carson's struggle to beat the odds and of the faith and genius that make him one of today's greatest life-givers. Love, faith, and hard work overcome seemingly impossible odds.

Gifted Hands - the movie - you can borrow the DVD from the SKYCTC Library

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Call Number: PN1997.85.C37 G54 2009
ISBN: 1435974018
Oscar® winner Cuba Gooding Jr. stars in this true story about a renowned brain surgeon who overcame obstacles to change the course of medicine forever. Young Ben Carson didn't have much of a chance. Growing up in a broken home amongst poverty and prejudice, his grades suffered and his temper flared. And yet, his mother never lost her faith in him. Insisting he follow the opportunities she never had, she helped to grow his imagination, intelligence and, most importantly, his belief in himself. That faith would be his gift - the thing that would drive him to follow his dream of becoming one of the world's leading neurosurgeons.

Learn more about the SKYCTC QEP

What is a QEP?

QEP: Quality Enhancement Plan

Continual improvement

All colleges develop a project to enhance some aspect of student learning

What are the SKYCTC QEP goals?

To help transitional reading students become academically successful

To help students become better critical readers

To develop a literacy-rich campus culture

To learn more about the SKYCTC QEP visit the Advising for Reading Students webpage

Book Club selections through the years

Ways to Participate in the SKYCTC QEP Book Club

Directions on how to join the Online Discussion

Select eCommunity

Type “book club” into the Organization Search box and click Go

Click on the SKYC_QEP_Book_Club link

Click on the Enroll button

Click on Submit

You are now enrolled in the SKYCTC QEP Book Club Online Discussion Board. In the future, when you click on eCommunity you will see the SKYCTC QEP Book Club listed under My Organizations.

As part of this eCommunity, you will receive emails about the new book selected each semester and the book club events on campus. You will also be able to participate in the online discussions, sharing your thoughts about the book and joining the conversation with your fellow students.

If you have any problems with enrolling or participating in the online discussion, please contact Kathryne LeFevre via email or by calling 270-901-4335.

SKYCTC QEP Book Club - Fall 2015 - Gifted Hands: Getting Started

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