Common Reading Program announces 2023-24 book selection: 'Be Different' by John Elder RobisonThursday, March 23, 2023 - 4:12pmThe Common Reading Program at Appalachian State is excited to announce the 2023-24 book selection: John Elder Robison’s Be Different: My Adventures with Asperger’s and My Advice for Fellow Aspergians, Misfits, Families, and Teachers. Robison is the |
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‘Junaluska: Oral Histories of a Black Appalachian Community’ selected for 2022–23 Common Reading ProgramWednesday, March 16, 2022 - 1:49pmFor its 25th anniversary, the Common Reading Program at Appalachian State University has named “Junaluska: Oral Histories of a Black Appalachian Community” as its 2022–23 book selection for the incoming class of first-year and transfer students. |
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App State Common Reading Program announces ‘Belonging’ as 2021–22 book selectionFriday, April 9, 2021 - 12:00amAppalachian State University’s Common Reading Program has named Nora Krug’s award-winning graphic memoir “Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home” as its 2021–22 book selection for the university’s incoming class of first-year and transfer students. |
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Final "Rising" YouTube event: Joining university & communityMonday, March 15, 2021 - 11:41amOur fourth and final YouTube livestream event with Rising author Elizabeth Rush will be on March 24, 2021, at 3:30 p.m. |
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App State’s Common Reading Program announces ‘Rising’ as 2020–21 book selectionThursday, September 17, 2020 - 11:17amThe Common Reading Program at Appalachian State University announces its 2020–21 book selection: "Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore" (Milkweed Editions, 2018) by Elizabeth Rush — a 2019 Pulitzer Prize finalist in general nonfiction. |
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Common Reading Program 2020-2021: In Memory of Dr. Emory Maiden and Dr. Wayne MatthewsTuesday, September 8, 2020 - 11:13amAs if this year's challenges weren't enough, I've been stunned and saddened by the loss of these two great gentlemen, and I know that many folks on campus share that loss and sadness. |
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Presnell Appointed Director of Common Reading ProgramThursday, May 30, 2019 - 9:23amDr. Don Presnell will assume a new position as Director of the Common Reading Program in University College at Appalachian State University beginning July 1, 2019. |
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