Category Archives: This just in! – New Adoptions
Roger Williams University Selects Sailing Alone Around the Room for 2011 Common Reading
Great news this morning from Roger Williams University in Bristol, Road Island – the Common Reading committee has selected Sailing Alone Around the Room for their Freshmen Read 2011 title! Sailing Alone Around the Room, by America’s Poet Laureate, Billy … Continue reading →
5 More Colleges Leap on Acts of Faith for Common Reading
Five more schools have chosen Eboo Patel’s Acts of Faith as their common reading book selection this year! These college’s include: Colgate University of Hamilton, NY; Capital University in Columbus, OH; Loras Collage in Dubuque, IA; Amarillo College in Amarillo, … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Acts of Faith, adoptions, adoptions news, Eboo Patel, FYE Speakers Series
Cornell University selects Homer & Langley as next FYE Fall 2011 Pick!
We’re excited to share with you that Cornell University has revealed their Fall 2011 common reading selection and it’s… wait for it… Homer & Langley by author E.L. Doctorow! The story tells of two brothers, Homer and Langley Collyer—the one … Continue reading →
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Tagged as common reading programs, common reads, E.L. Doctorow, fiction, Homer & Langley, Psychology, U.S. history
Virginia Commonwealth University Selects The Other Wes Moore as FYE Pick for Fall!
Exciting news this morning: Common Reads has learned that Virginia Commonwealth University has selected The Other Wes Moore as its First Year Experience pick for this fall! Lets not forget that Moore will also be a featured speaker at next … Continue reading →
One more for Enrique’s Journey!
Another great adoption for Enrique’s Journey! CommonReads has just learned that Sonia Nazario’s book has been selected as Millersville University’s fifth freshman read. In case you missed it, click here to view Ms. Nazario’s upcoming speaking schedule. Also, check … Continue reading →
Spotlight on: The Other Wes Moore
Two boys with the same name lived in the same decaying city. One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison. The Other Wes … Continue reading →
All Souls an all-read at three universities
CommonReads is happy to announce three university common reading adoptions of All Souls: A Family Story from Southie. Students at Northeastern University, Northridge College, and Springfield Technical Community College are reading Michael Patrick Macdonald’s memoir about growing up in “Southie,” the proudly insular neighborhood in … Continue reading →
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Tagged as adoption news, All Souls, Michael Patrick Macdonald, Regional Titles
Why Howard University will have Dreams from My Father
The Writing Program at Howard University has selected Barack Obama’s memoir, Dreams From My Father for its Common Text to be read by all incoming first-year students this Fall. Says Dana A. Williams, Ph.D., Department of English Chair, about … Continue reading →
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Tagged as barack obama, diversity, dreams from my father, life stories
Frank Phillips College students will Make the Impossible Possible
Students at Frank Phillips College have a lot to discuss this Fall as they read Make the Impossible Possible: One Man’s Crusade to Inspire Others to Dream Bigger and Achieve the Extraordinary as part of the university’s common reading program. Previously … Continue reading →
Enrique’s Journey resonates nationwide
Enrique’s Journey, the astonishing true story of a Honduran boy’s perilous quest to reach his mother in the United States, by award-winning journalist Sonia Nazario has been named the second most read book for common reading programs over this past … Continue reading →
