2008 Summer Reading Discussion Event
This year’s Summer Reading Discussion Event will take place at 11:30am on August 23rd, 2008. Discussion volunteers should congregate outside either the University Union or the Du Bois Center at 11:15, where helpers will meet both them and their group of students and lead them to assigned discussion rooms. Discussion volunteers should not go to their assigned rooms first. Discussion volunteers will meet at either the Union or the Du Bois Center depending on what side of campus their assigned rooms are. The discussion will last for 1 hour; at 12:45, we ask that discussion volunteers please help lead their groups of students to the College open houses. These open houses occur in the following locations:
| College | Location |
| College of Arts and Letters | Riles, Bldg. #15, Dean’s Office Suite |
| College of Education | Eastburn Education, Bldg. #27, 2nd Floor Student Lounge |
| College of Engineering, Forestry, and Natural Sciences | Engineering, Bldg. #69, Internet Cafe |
| The W. A. Franke College of Business | Business, Bldg. #81, 2nd Floor Foyer |
| College of Health and Human Services | Health Professions, Bldg. #66, Room 121 |
| College of Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social and Behavioral Sciences, Bldg. #65, 1st Floor Atrium |
| Undecided | University Union, Bldg. #30, Havasupai Rooms A & B |
Room Assignments and Location
Each discussion facilitator has been emailed a PDF attachment listing their names and room assignments. If you haven’t received this document, please contact anne.scott@nau.edu right away, and she will clarify your room assignments for you as soon as she gets your inquiry. Thank you.
Discussion Volunteer Workshops
Two workshops for discussion volunteers will be offered this coming summer. Workshops will include Discussion Event logistics, discussion activity ideas, as well as conversation about A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. Both novice and seasoned facilitators are welcome.
Workshop times and locations will be announced.
Book and Author Information
- Author Information
- Book Announcement
- Copies of Book:
if you intend to be a discussion leader for the Summer 2008 Discussion Event, then please contact Karla Brewster (karla.brewster@nau.edu); she will be happy to mail you a copy of the book for your Discussion Event preparations after the book shipment arrives. In your email, please inform Karla that you intend to be a discussion leader for the 2008 Event.
Study Guides and Handbook
- Study Guide [doc]
- Facilitator Handbook [doc]; also supplied at the workshops.
- Other Teaching Tools [doc]
Plans for 2009
Plans are underway for our selection of the 2009 text. Please contact anne.scott@nau.edu for information about our “short” list and our potential selection for the 2009 text.