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The 2013-14 College Reads! Selection is Announced

By auwaerters | Published: January 28, 2013
January 25, 2013 (from http://news.cofc.edu/2013/01/25/the-2013-14-college-reads-selection-is-announced/) The College Reads! book selection for 2013-14 is Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel. All faculty and incoming students are encouraged to read this selection as it will be included in the academic curriculum and in activities throughout the year. Alison Bechdel will be on campus Thursday, October 24, 2013. The [...]
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Well-Known Author Jonathan Safran Foer to Speak at College

By auwaerters | Published: October 12, 2012
October 12, 2012 Author Jonathan Safran Foer will speak at the College of Charleston on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. in TD Arena. Foer will discuss his book, Eating Animals, which is this year’s selection for The College Reads! program. The event is free and open to the public. No tickets are needed. [...]
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The College Reads! events for September 2012

By auwaerters | Published: September 3, 2012
Throughout the coming year, the First Year Experience will be supporting campus events that will move the discussions occurring in our first-year courses out into the Campus and Charleston community.    Carol Adams presents “The Sexual Politics of Meat” Tuesday, September 25 at 4:00 p.m. in Robert Scott Small Room 235; Vegan Reception to follow at [...]
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The College Reads! 2012-2013 Selection is Announced

By auwaerters | Published: February 27, 2012
February 27, 2012 The College of Charleston’s The College Reads! selection for 2012-13 is Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer. All faculty and incoming students are encouraged to read this selection as it will be included in the academic curriculum and in activities throughout the year. Jonathan Safran Foer will speak on campus Tuesday, October [...]
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Edward P. Jones Campus Visit and Related Activities

By auwaerters | Published: October 26, 2011
The College Reads!, the College of Charleston’s common reading program announces that Pulitzer-prize winning author Edward P. Jones will read from The Known World and respond to questions next week on Tuesday, November 1 at 5:00pm in TD Arena(formerly the Carolina First Arena).  The free event will be held in TD Arena located at 301 Meeting Street. Everyone [...]
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The Known World Research Guide

By auwaerters | Published: October 26, 2011
In support of the College Reads!, librarian Steven Profit working in collaboration with Nicola Williams, the library liaison from the School of Education, Health and Human Performance,  has developed a research guide for The Known World.  http://libguides.library.cofc.edu/theknownworld.  The guide contains links to biographical info about the author, some info on books and articles relevant to [...]
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Edward P. Jones Community Event on November 1st

By auwaerters | Published: October 26, 2011
The College Reads!, the College of Charleston’s common reading program, invites you to hear African-American novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Edward P. Jones read from The Known World, the 2011 The College Reads! book selection, November 1, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. at the TD Arena (formerly the Carolina First Arena).  We hope this novel will begin [...]
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2011 The College Reads! Books Selection Announced

By auwaerters | Published: January 25, 2011
The College of Charleston has selected The Known World by Edward P. Jones as its 2011 The College Reads! book selection. Jones will be on campus for a public reading week and book talk on November 1, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. He will remain on campus on November 2 to engage with students, faculty and [...]
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Greg Mortenson Ticket Information for the Public

By auwaerters | Published: October 29, 2010
Public tickets for “An Afternoon with Greg Mortenson,” #1 New York Times bestselling author ofThree Cups of Tea, will be available starting at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, November 1st at the College of Charleston’s Carolina First Arena Box Office. Box Office hours are 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Mortenson will speak at the [...]
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Get Involved in The College Reads!

By auwaerters | Published: October 25, 2010
The College of Charleston is offering many ways to be involved in the 2010 The College Reads! program featuring Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson. The College has launched a Literacy Outreach Initiative (LOI) that will engage students in literacy-focused outreach both globally and locally. Mortenson will also be speaking on campus on November 11, 2010 [...]
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