Monthly Archives: March 2010
How Fort Lewis College will embark on Enrique’s Journey…
When students at Fort Lewis College return to classes this Fall, they will all be talking about the same book: Enrique’s Journey by award-winning journalist Sonia Nazario. To spark and supplement conversation about this touching and timely story, the administrators … Continue reading →
Lesley University seeks Mindsight
Lesley University wants students to take a good luck at how they think. They’ve selected Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation for their common read and recently hosted author, psychotherapist and Harvard-trained physician Dr. Daniel J. Siegel on campus. … Continue reading →
Filed under This just in! - New Adoptions, Uncategorized
Tagged as adoptions, Dr. Daniel J. Siegel, Inspiration and Guidance, Mindsight, Psychology
Bill Strickland speaks at the First-Year Experience Author Luncheon
Wrapping up the afternoon at the Sixth Annual First-Year Experience Author Luncheon last month in Denver, Colorado was the dynamic Bill Strickland, author of Make the Impossible Possible: One Man’s Crusade to Inspire Others to Dream Bigger and Achieve the … Continue reading →
Warren St. John speaks at the First-Year Experience Author Luncheon
Already adopted for several common reading programs at universities from Utah to Georgia and for community reading programs from San Diego to Maryland, Warren St. John’s new book about a team of refugee soccer players has undoubtedly captivated committees and … Continue reading →
Carlotta Walls LaNier speaks at the First-Year Experience Author Luncheon
Carlotta Walls was just fourteen years old when she walked up the stairs of Little Rock Central High School with eight other black students to become the first to integrate the school in September 1957. She spoke about this experience, … Continue reading →
Maryland unites for Outcasts United
The Maryland Humanities Council has chosen Warren St. John’s Outcasts United: An American Town, A Refugee Team, and One Woman’s Quest to Make a Difference as the 2010 One Maryland One Book selection. The book was one of 160 titles nominated by … Continue reading →
Thomas Mullen speaks at First-Year Experience Author Luncheon
We’re back with more video from the First-Year Experience Author Luncheon, which took place at this year’s FYE Conference on February 15th in Denver, Colorado. Second to speak was Thomas Mullen whose novel, Last Town on Earth , addresses issues … Continue reading →
Filed under FYE Speakers Series, Hear it from them!, Videos
Tagged as ethics and morality, fiction to talk about, FYE Author Luncheon, Last Town on Earth, Thomas Mullen, video
Graceland University shares why they are walking with Planetwalker
Keep those comments coming! James Uhlenkamp of Graceland University let us know why Dr. John Francis’s Planetwalker was selected for the university’s 2010 Common Reading Program. He says: This book tells the tale of a man who found his life work in an environmental … Continue reading →
