Sinclair Talks is back for its third year, with 90 sessions planned for both fall and spring semesters.
“Sinclair Talks was designed to provide the students and faculty members of Sinclair Community College with the opportunity to gain knowledge in areas they are unsure of, or want to learn more about,” Student Success Coordinator Peter Bolmida said. “These sessions are about an hour long, hosted by different people and will be located on our Dayton campus, while we also host a few at our off-site learning centers in Huber Heights, Englewood and also Preble and Courseview.”
Bolmida hopes that students will leave the sessions with newly acquired knowledge.
“What makes these sessions so important is that the students are coming in with a pencil and paper and leaving with the knowledge they hadn’t had before … that could possibly be of value to future employers,” he said. “We will cover numerous topics, such as utilizing Google Earth presented by a Sinclair student, how technology impacts relationships, what you need to know about transferring and even so far as bringing in guest speakers. These guest speakers are being asked to join this year to share their experiences like that of the war, and to share with the audience books they have written.”
Three years ago, Bolmida was inspired by watching an episode of Ted Talks.
According to its website, its mission statement is: “We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately the world. So we’re building a clearinghouse of free knowledge from the world’s most inspired thinkers, and also a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other.”
Soon after, Bolmida started Sinclair Talks.
In its first year, it had 30 sessions and gathered 950 attendees. He was asked to do it again the following year with a total of 127 sessions.
With more than 1,000 students and faculty members in attendance last year, Sinclair Talks expects a larger turnout this year.
“There isn’t just a single session that I feel [is] most important to attend. The most important to attend, although they are all of good resource, it is the one that’s going to influence you in the best way possible,” he said.
For more information about the Sinclair Talks schedule, visit Sinclair.edu/talks, or check the Sinclair events column on the my.sinclair portal.
For more information and to suggest possible topics to Bolmida, contact him via email at peter.bolmida@sinclair.edu, or by phone at 512-3028.
Ellesse Rodriguez
Reporter