Date and Time
Tuesday Mar 10, 2015
7:00 PM - 8:15 PM CDT
Tuesday, March 10 7-8:15 p.m.
Fees/Admission
Free
Website
Description
What are the keys to happiness in daily life? Find out as part of the “Point in Common” lecture series, sponsored by several local education organizations.
“Happiness and the Wandering Mind” will be presented by researcher Matt Killingsworth on Tuesday, March 10, at 7 p.m. at Sentry’s Theater@1800. It is free and open to the public (students, parents, faculty are all welcome). Free child care is available during the talk at Schmeeckle Reserve Visitors Center.
Killingsworth will share what he and others have discovered about the phenomenon of non-present thought and its relationship to happiness in daily life. He argues that human beings have what could be considered a mental superpower: the ability to step outside of the present moment to imagine the future, replay the past, and contemplate ideas that are outside of time altogether.
Leading up to Killingsworth’s visit, Point in Common is sponsoring a contest for the public to create and share videos with the theme “What makes you happy?” Videos should be less than 30 seconds long with a goal of capturing and inspiring viewers. Individuals may enter the contest using #GetHappyPoint on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, or by emailing videos to cps@uwsp.edu. The top three finalists will be chosen by Feb. 28 and featured prior to Killingsworth’s March 10 presentation. The best video will receive a $100 Portage County gift certificate, and two runners-up will receive $25 gift certificates.
This event is sponsored by:
Stevens Point Area Public School District
UW-Stevens Point School of Education
Stevens Point Area Catholic Schools
Mid-State Technical College
Phi Delta Kappa
Community Foundation of Central Wisconsin
Sentry Insurance
Okray Family Farms
