046 “MIND MAPPING” WORKSHOPS TO AID STUDENTS WITH STUDY ISSUES

Preparing to Study Requires Stopping to Ask for Directions First

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 1, 2006
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081

(MURFREESBORO) – Regardless of how experienced students are, they can use new and better study tips to make the semester flow more smoothly. That is the goal of Mind Mapping, two free workshops from 1-4 p.m. and 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 in the Hazlewood Dining Room of the James Union Building.
These workshops will be sponsored by the Adult Services Center, Older Wiser Learners (OWLs) and the Pinnacle Honor Society for nontraditional students. Dr. Carol Ann Baily, Adult Services Center director, says Mind Mapping is a “technique for note-taking, organizing your notes and reading materials for test preparation, even for generating ideas for writing papers.”
The workshops will be led by Plymouth, Mich.-based Jamie Nast, a nationally acknowledged expert on helping individuals organize their thinking. In 1998, Nast and her husband founded NastGroup, a consultancy organization specializing in optimizing mind potential. Her first book, Idea Mapping: How to Access Your Hidden Brain Power, Learn Faster, Remember More, and Achieve Success in Business, is slated for publication by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Sept. 20.
Mind Mapping is made possible by a grant from the Student Activity Fee funds. Reservations will be made on a first-come, first-served basis. Mind Mapping is limited to 50 students per session. To reserve a space for either workshop, call the Adult Services Center at 615-898-5989.

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