For Read 2 Succeed this coming 2016 Spring semester we will be reading and discussing The Autistic Brain by Temple Grandin. Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is one of the most accomplished and well-known adults with autism in the world. Her  life, with all its challenges and successes, was brought to the screen with the HBO full-length film Temple Grandin, starring Claire Danes. Dr. Grandin has been featured on NPR, and she has a 2010 TED Lecture titled "The World Needs ALL Kinds of Minds." She has also been featured on the BBC special  - The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow , ABC's - Primetime Live -, - The Today Show - and more. Grandin developed her talents into a successful career as a livestock-handling equipment designer, one of very few in the world. She also speaks on both autism and cattle handling. Dr. Grandin's current bestselling book on autism is The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Kinds of Minds Succeed. She also authored Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships; Animals Make Us Human; Animals in Translation; Thinking in Pictures; and Emergence: Labeled Autistic. Grandin is considered a philosophical leader of both the animal welfare and autism advocacy movements.

Temple Grandin, Ph. D., will be visiting Norco College for a presentation and book signing on April 21st from 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm located in building/room CSS 217.  A live streaming of her presentation will also be available in the CSS upper lounge and at the Wilfred J. Airey Library for those who are not able to enter CSS 217 due to limited seat availability.   

The last Read 2 Succeed event of Semester is on Thursday, May 28 from 12:30-2:30 pm in CSS 217. The author Reyna Grande will be here to speak and sign copies of her book The Distance Between Us We hope to see you there!

Join us on Tuesday May 19th from 12:50 to 1:50 pm in the library for a Poetry Event! Come and listen, or bring a poem and perform with us! Poems may be classics or original works, and should run between 3 - 5 minutes long. Sign up between 12:00 pm & 12:30 pm on performance day in the library to read! Be mindful of your audience when presenting your work when selecting your poem. We hope to see you there!

Read 2 Succeed continues Thursday, April 30 from 12:50- 1:50 pm in CSS 217. A  panel of our Puente students will discuss their personal experiences with immigration and other themes presented Reyna Grande’s memoir The Distance Between Us. Copies of the book are available for loan at the library. Ask us for more details.

This Spring the Read 2 Succeed selection is The Distance Between Us,  by award winning author, Reyna Grande. In her book, Ms. Grande recounts the poignant story of her childhood and undocumented immigration from Mexico to the United States. 

Our first interactive book discussion event of the semester will take place on Thursday, March 26 from 12:50-1:50 pm in room CSS 217 Copies of the book are available in the library. Ask us for more details.

Hooray, we made it to winter break! Congratulations, and we hope everyone has a wonderful holiday. We will see you all in the New Year!

The last installment of Read 2 Succeed finishes November 20 from 12:50-1:50 pm in CSS 217 with a Student Veteran Panel, presented by the Norco College Veterans Club. This will be a wonderful opportunity for us to hear firsthand from our own Norco College students who have served in the military, and to learn from their insights and experiences regarding the topic of our book. As always, there will be refreshments and prize giveaways. We'll see you there!