Nominations close Friday, Nov. 15, for the next common reading book to be used by first-year and other students at Washington State University, said Karen Weathermon, director of the Common Reading Program.
Nominations for the 2020-21 book are open at https://CommonReading.wsu.edu/Nominations. The book selected with the fourteenth in as many years.
Faculty and staff nominating a book must provide a moderate amount of information. How does the book fit the two-year theme, apply to a broad range of disciplines, and connect readers to, for example, existing university research, civic engagement areas, and global initiatives? How many pages does the book have, is it available in paperback, and is it a realistic read for freshmen? Additional questions are posed in the online form.
Anyone considering nominating a book can take a very broad approach to the theme of global stability, scarcity, and security, said Weathermon. The current book, Refuge: Rethinking Refugee Policy in a Changing World, was selected from several nominations. It is about the international refugee crisis, but other nominations centered on, for example, global climate change and the environment. All topics are welcome.
For more on the program, and to nominate a book, go to https://CommonReading.wsu.edu.
For anyone who might be unable to access the online form, the questions are listed on the nominations webpage there; answers can also be submitted by email to commonreading@wsu.edu, said Weathermon.
