Each year a common book is selected by the university community for all first year students to read and discuss the day prior to classes beginning. In addition, faculty utilize the book throughout the course of the year in various courses and as inspiration for programs and activities across the entire campus. Past reading selections:
2014 - I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
2013 - Orange is the New
Black by Piper Kerman
2012 - The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta
2011 - Superfreakonomics by Steven D. Dubner
2010 - Scratch Beginnings by Adam Shepard
2009 - Listening is an Act of Love edited by Dave Isay
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