Common Reading

Lectures relating to the WSU common reading program’s book “The Flu” will be happening in October and November.   Author and former WSU faculty member, Dr. Alfred Crosby, will be lecturing on October 16 in CUE 203. He the world’s expert on the 1918 flu epidemic, and is cited multiple times in “Flu”, WSU’s Common Reading book. […]

Nearly 3,000 freshmen will get “Flu” this summer — the book, not the virus — as WSU launches its first “common reading” project. Common reading projects at universities have gained popularity since the early 1990s. They have been shown to enhance students’ academic transition to college and increase their success. “‘Flu’ will provide rich topics […]