One Book / One Campus

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<p>I see they have a new shared-reading program for freshmen this year called One Book / One Campus.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.firstyearreading.fsu.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.firstyearreading.fsu.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The assigned book is "A Hope in the Unseen" by Ron Suskind</p>

<p>Events:</p>

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<li><p>One Book / One Campus Kick-Off: Monday, Aug. 20 at 1:30 p.m. in Ruby Diamond Auditorium (Westcott Building)</p></li>
<li><p>Freshmen Town Meeting & Conversation with Ron Suskind, Author of A Hope in the Unseen: Monday, Sept. 24 at 6:00 p.m. in Ruby Diamond Auditorium (Westcott Building) </p></li>
</ul>

<p>GARNET, GOLD, & Read!</p>

<p>One Book / One Campus is FSU's first-year shared-reading program. The program is designed to engage students in a community dialogue with faculty, administrators, and their peers as soon as they arrive on campus.</p>

<p>It is a University expectation that all first-year students will read the book after they are given a copy at orientation. Discussions, course assignments, and other activities centering around the book's themes and information will be introduced into the freshmen year - supporting critical thinking and college success.</p>

<p>Q: What is FSU’s First-Year Shared-Reading (One Book / One Campus) Program?
A: One Book / One Campus is a freshman student’s first introduction to the academic expectations of the University. As a first-year student, you are expected to read the selected book before arriving on campus in August, attend New Student Convocation on Sunday, August 19 at 1:30 p.m. in the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center, and participate in the One Book, One Campus event on Monday, August 20 where you will discuss the book with an upper-class student, your peers, and a faculty member.</p>

<p>Q: Why has FSU instituted a Shared-Reading Program?
A: To introduce an academic focus to Seminole Sensation Week, helping students see how various disciplines take different perspectives on a common book and allowing students a chance to discuss ideas with a faculty member in an informal setting before classes start. To provide first-year students with a common reading experience to discuss as they adjust socially and academically to a new community. To provide an incentive to read and write over the summer -- a form of intellectual exercise that promotes critical thinking and supports college success.</p>

<p>Q: Will the book be used in classes?
A: It is an expectation that new first-year students participate in the shared-reading program by reading the book selection over the summer and attending both Convocation on 8/19/07 and the One Book, One Campus event on 8/20/07. Because students are expected to have read the book, many courses and programs directed at first-year students will develop assignments, discussions, and events for the beginning of the semester that make use of the book’s themes and information. To be best prepared for these assignments and the requirements outlined by your faculty members and program directors, you should be prepared to write about, discuss, and critically analyze the selected book from the start of the academic term.</p>

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<p>oh god, I feel like i'm back in middle or high school where they have assigned summer reading list....do they think we're illiterate.</p>

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<p>My friend's son is transferring to UNC Chapel Hill and they have a similar reading/discussion program but it is no longer mandatory to participate since 2003 when the book that was assigned was controversial.</p>

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<p>Literacy is relative...as you'll soon find out. :)</p>