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Introducing UA Reads at the U of Arizona

The University of Arizona’s College of Humanities, the UA BookStores, and the UA Alumni Association are excited to announce the launch of UA Reads, a university and community-wide common reading program. UA Reads brings the campus and Tucson community together in order to read one book in common and to participate in focused conversations about the book and the topics it raises through discussion groups and events. This exciting new project provides UA students (especially first year students) with a common experience and enhances their critical thinking as they make begin their educational journey at the university. It also encourages a sense of community among students, faculty, staff, and the community-at-large. UA Read’s 2010-2011 book selection is Luis Alberto Urrea’s novel Into the Beautiful North.

Undergraduates from UA’s Arizona Assurance Scholars, as well as students in undergraduate English courses, are among the first organized groups reading the UA Reads book this year. A group of Assurance Scholars has read the novel in order to lead discussion groups and prepare for a meeting with Luis Urrea at the Tucson Festival of Books, March 12-13, 2011.

In the coming years, new and current students will be encouraged to read the UA Reads book before their arrival in the fall. In addition, the book may be incorporated into the college curriculum at all levels. UA Reads will enhance reading and communication skills as well as incorporate critical thinking and informed discussions around a particular topic. The UA Reads program will reach out to Tucson reading groups and public libraries in Arizona, as well as Pima Community College in order to create a greater sense of community and inclusion, and to make the UA Reads blog and website central portals for information on Tucson literacy groups and book events.

The UA Reads 2011-2012 book will be announced during the spring semester 2011.

For a current list of UA Reads events, please see http://www.uareads.blogspot.com

To speak with a UA Reads Program coordinator, please contact:

Kathryn Ortiz at (520) 621-8868 or via email at kortiz@email.arizona.edu

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