Fall Convocation speaker's book available today

Monday night's Fall Convocation featured cultural anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson who read from her book "Composing a Life." Copies of the book are now available at the Waldorf College Bookstore.

Mary Catherine Bateson reads from her book "Composing a Life"
during Monday's Fall Convocation at Waldorf College.


Bateson spoke earlier Monday to a group of senior citizens in Lake Mills, where copies of her book sold out.

The paperback version of the book is $14 plus tax. The bookstore can order hardcover versions for people who are interested, said Terri Van  Hove, bookstore assistant. 

Bateson is attending religion professor Steve Smith's class this morning and will meet students at noon for lunch in the cafeteria. Bateson will be available to sign books during this time.

An essay by Bateson appears in "Leading Lives that Matter," a book gifted to all first-year students the past two years that is used in two courses. Bateson was chosen in large part because her scholarship speaks directly to the concept of vocation, a central issue to a Waldorf education, said Bob Alsop, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college.

Details: Waldorf College Bookstore at Ext. 8159; http://www.marycatherinebateson.com/.