为成就而阅读
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的 为成就而阅读 program at UTC introduces 学生 to the academic and intellectual culture of university life. 的 program provides a positive reading experience for 学生, 教师, 和工作人员, one that holds at its core the belief that reading is an integral part of the university experience. Likewise, the program fosters a sense of community among 学生, 教师, 和工作人员.
Because the selected 为成就而阅读 book is not intended to be specific to any one academic discipline, 学生, 教师, 和工作人员 find the book and its subject matter a touchstone for reference and discussion across the campus. 的 chosen book always focuses on various topics surrounding diversity and inclusion.
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的 为成就而阅读 Steering Committee is pleased to announce the selection of 浪费: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret, by Catherine Coleman Flowers, as the 为成就而阅读 text for 2024-2025.
New Press写道, “Catherine Coleman Flowers, a 2020 MacArthur “genius,” grew up in Lowndes County, 阿拉巴马州, a place that’s been called ‘Bloody Lowndes’ because of its violent, 种族歧视的历史. Once the epicenter of the voting rights struggle, today it’s Ground Zero for a new movement that is also Flowers’s life’s work—a fight to ensure human dignity through a right most Americans take for granted: basic sanitation. 人太多, especially the rural poor, lack an affordable means of disposing cleanly of the waste from their toilets and, 因此, 生活在污秽之中. Flowers calls this America’s dirty secret.
In this ‘powerful and moving book’ (推荐书目), she tells the story of systemic class, 种族, and geographic prejudice that foster Third World conditions not just in 阿拉巴马州, but across America, 在阿巴拉契亚, Central California, 佛罗里达沿海, 阿拉斯加, 中西部城市, and on Native American reservations in the West.”
的 为成就而阅读 Selection Committee felt that 浪费 would introduce UTC 学生 to conversations in and around environmental justice. 的 committee felt that this text is rich for program development and has a connection to multiple programs and minors, such as political science and public service, environmental science, 土木工程, 和经济学, 举几个例子. Committee members are considering a speaker series with the author and one or more of the figures featured in the book itself. If you have suggestions, please reach out to us!
Spring Semester Book Clubs
We will be offering 浪费 book clubs this spring term for 教师 和工作人员. Book clubs can focus on a variety of approaches: discussing book content, developing activities and events with 为成就而阅读, integrating all or portions of the book into coursework. If you’re interested in leading any of these types of book clubs, please contact Dr. 詹妮弗•斯图尔特.
Book clubs will be offered in March and April. Watch UTCINFO for date, time, and modality announcements!
的 Steering Committee would like to thank the volunteers who served on the Selection Committee: Arts-Based Collaborative 教师 Laurie Allen, Management 教师 Harry Van Buren III, Experiential Learning Coordinator Bengt Carlson, Instruction Librarian Virginia Cairns, Access and Engagement Director of Engagement Bryant D. Fairley, English 教师 Devori Kimbro, Assistant to CAS Dean McKenzi Marlow, and Director of Campus Recreation Cindy Strine. 今年, the Selection Committee reviewed and discussed the 26 nominations by UTC 教师, 工作人员, 和学生. After reviewing the nominations using the 为成就而阅读 criteria, they read the top five selections and ultimately selected 浪费. We appreciate your hard work.
