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 University and community ‘one book’ programs have been established nationwide to promote literacy and to engage all members of a given community in a lively, intellectual conversation based on their shared reading experience. In this way, students, staff, faculty and alumni will share a common University experience: the One Book.
In January 2008, Wells Fargo generously donated funds to establish a One Book Program at Sacramento State. The One Book Program is a campus-wide initiative encompassing all disciplines, all class levels, and all members of the campus community. Bridging literacy and community service, participants read preselected books, engage in discussions with the authors, and take part in service projects that address contemporary social issues raised by the books.
In Fall 2008, Sacramento State will inaugurate our One Book Program with Firoozeh Dumas’ Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America. Ms. Dumas will visit and engage our campus community in various discussions on Wednesday, October 15, 2008.
All incoming fall 2008 first year students will receive a complementary copy of Funny in Farsi. Discounted copies for all members of the campus community and public are available now for purchase through the Hornet Bookstore, courtesy of University Enterprises, Inc.
An interactive Sacramento State One Book Program website www.csus.edu/onebook provides a number of faculty developed resources to support the integration of the One Book across the curriculum and to provide for interdisciplinary, cross-disciplinary and community collaboration.
Sacramento State's One Book Program is sponsored by Community Engagement Center and English Department, in collaboration with Sacramento State's First Year Experience Program and California Lectures, a public service literary arts non-profit organization.
For more information on the One Book Program, please email cecenter@csus.edu.
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