Six O’Clock Series consists of 'Table Talks' of Common Freshman Reader

Students from the business col­lege honors program created activi­ties to generate discussions about this year's Common Freshman Reader Monday at the HUB Ohio Room.

The event was designed by using the "speed-dating" concept to bring only professionals and students from many disciplines to discuss themes from the book, "Make the Impossible Possible," by Bill Strickland, accord­ing to an IUP news release.

There were 21 tables hosting different activities to encourage students to discuss the themes in the novel. All activities lasted approximately 15 minutes each. Students were asked to visit six tables over the course of the pro­gram.

In his book, Stickland uses his own life experiences and those of others to demonstrate how people can overcome their circumstances and build on their passions and strengths to achieve success and help mentor and inspire others, according to an IUP news release.

One of the tables used Legos to encourage the students to partici­pate.

"We're using Legos to symbolize how Bill Strickland used his creativity and artistic ability to create some­thing out of nothing," said Matt Swackhammer (junior, accounting), referring to their table that was called "Make Something out of Nothing."