The nonfiction book, “How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America,” has been selected as the common reading book to be used by first-year and other Washington State University students across classes throughout 2024-25. “One of the many honors of serving as Provost is the opportunity to select the Common Read for all incoming students,” said Provost and Executive Vice President and WSU Pullman Chancellor Elizabeth Chilton. “‘How the Other Half Eats‘ explores the many ways that food—and access to food—underscores issues of social inequality in American society.”
PULLMAN, Wash.—Washington State University has selected as its 2022-23 common read for first-year and other students the book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, by […]
PULLMAN, Wash.—Requests from faculty are now being accepted for digital exam copies of Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation, the 2021-22 common reading book, said […]
PULLMAN, Wash.—The Washington State University Common Reading Program has announced the 2021-22 book to be used by first-year and other students in classes and beyond is Tales of Two Americas: […]
PULLMAN, Wash.—The Washington State University Common Reading Program has announced that the 2016 book by television star and comedian Trevor Noah, titled, “Born a Crime: Stories from a South African […]
Pullman, Wash.—The book selected as the Washington State University common reading for first-year and other students in 2019-20 is Refuge: Rethinking Refugee Policy in a Changing World, announced Karen Weathermon, […]
The Washington State University Common Reading Program presents an encore screening of the award-winning documentary “He Named Me Malala” Tues., April 18 from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Todd […]
PULLMAN, Wash.—Washington State University has announced that two books are the 2017-18 common readings for thousands of students in first-year courses: Ready Player One, for Pullman, Tri-Cities, Spokane, Everett, and […]
PULLMAN, Wash.—What connects two books, six campuses, dozens of faculty from diverse disciplines, and thousands of first-year students at all Washington State University campuses? Answer: the institution’s common reading program, […]
If you teach introductory courses in any subject, you might want to consider weaving in topics from this year’s Common Reading book—Garbology, by Pulitzer Price-winning Edward Humes! Desk copies are […]