The First Year Experience (FYE) office is pleased
to announce that the First Year Reading Experience (FYRE) selection for the 2021-2022 academic year is Tell Me Who You Are: Sharing Our Stories of Race, Culture, & Identity - A Road Map for Cultivating Racial Literacy by Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi The FYRE program connects new students to the university community through a shared reading experience, welcoming them to a culture that values the thoughtful discussion of ideas. First-year students will receive the book free of charge at their summer orientation session. On opening day (the day before classes begin in the fall), first-year students meet with faculty, librarians, administrators, staff, and upper-class students for small group conversations about the selected book. Many professors also incorporate the book and its themes into first year courses and events/speakers are planned throughout the entire academic year. Finally, students have the opportunity to submit a reflective essay to win scholarship money - see the prompts for the scholarship at www.salemstate.edu/fyrescholarship. |
To recommend a book to the selection committee for future consideration, email the title and author to [email protected].
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