All things common text at Wright State University The Common Reading Program is an essential piece of your First Year Experience at Wright State University.
It was developed:
To expose you to our academic atmosphere from the time you arrive on campus for Orientation
To provide a common academic experience for all first-year students by giving you the opportunity to engage with your peers in intellectual discussions both inside and outside the classroom. To communicate the expectation that you will begin to read actively and critically, make judgments
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07/18/2014
John Green shared this essay earlier this week and said it was the best essay he's read about The Fault in our Stars. The book is not just a common text for WSU, but for others as well.
http://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/young-adult-cancer-story #
Young Adult Cancer Story – The Los Angeles Review of Books ON THE MONDAY when The Fault in Our Stars was the #1 movie in America, I spent the morning at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven learning about the intricate physics of intersecting radiation beams and marveling at an animated scan of the inside of my friend Ash’s body: a Rorschach...
07/08/2014
Faculty, GTAs, peer mentors,
If you're teaching next fall, consider stopping by the Common Text Colloquium this Friday, July 11 from 1:30 – 2:30 PM in 010 Student Union, the Emerald Room! We'll discuss the 2014-2015 selection for WSU's common text, John Green's The Fault in Our Stars and brainstorm connections to coursework in a variety of disciplines. We will also share related programming for Fall 2014.
05/15/2014
Dive into summer reading and help us select the 2015-2016 common text! Read the four finalists, let us know what you think and be entered into a drawing for prizes, including a $25 Barnes & Noble Bookstore gift card. See all the details here: http://www.libraries.wright.edu/community/blog/2014/05/15/help-the-common-text-committee-select-the-2015-2016-book/
Help the Common Text Committee Select the 2015-2016 book Remember library summer reading programs? Here is your chance to bring back the fun, help the common text committee select the 2015-16 book, and be entered in a drawing to win great prizes, includi...
Faculty, GTAs, peer mentors:
If you're teaching next fall, consider stopping by the Common Text Colloquium next Wednesday, March 12 from 10:10 to 11:05 AM in 219 Allyn! We'll discuss the 2014-2015 selection for WSU's common text, John Green's The Fault in Our Stars as well as related programming for Fall 2014.
March is National Reading Month! What are you reading?
Want to know what all the buzz is about? Join us March 10 at 2:30 as we discuss the 2014-2015 Wright State University Common Text, The Fault in our Stars by John Green. Register here: http://www.wright.edu/ctl/workshops/
Center for Teaching and Learning Workshops Click a workshop's title for a full description. To register, check the boxes in front of the workshops you want to attend and submit the form at the bottom of this page. Or email [email protected], or phone x3163.
Anyone out there curled up with a good book on this frigid day? Me? I'm re-reading "The Fault in our Stars."
01/24/2014
Look who has been appointed (by the President of the United States) to the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service! The author of this year's common text - Wes Moore!
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/01/08/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts | The White House WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts:
Happy Thanksgiving, Raiders!
11/14/2013
While you're waiting for our next common text, take part in the The Big Read - Miami Valley! They have just chosen their book. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. "Like" if you have read it or will read it soon.
http://www.bigread.org/
Home - The Dayton Big Read All three of the titles on the 2014 Big Read ballot received a healthy number of votes during the month of October. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed is the final winner and will be the focus of many book club discussion groups during the 2014 Big Read schedule to...
Hooray for leisure reading!
http://www.cls.ioe.ac.uk/news.aspx?itemid=2740&itemTitle=Reading+for+pleasure+puts+children+ahead+in+the+classroom%2C+study+finds&sitesectionid=27
News - Centre for Longitudinal Studies Children who read for pleasure are likely to do significantly better at school than their peers, according to new research from the Institute of Education (IOE).