For the 2023-24 academic year, Cal Poly Pomona’s First Year Experience (FYE) Committee has selected Heather McGhee’s “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together,” for the annual Common Read program. Every academic year,…
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Students, faculty and staff across the Cal Poly Pomona campus will read Robin Wall Kimmerer’s “Braiding Sweetgrass” as part of the annual Common Read program. This community initiative encourages all CPP students, staff, faculty and friends to read and engage…
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Jamil Zaki, a professor of psychology at Stanford University and the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory, will speak about his book “The War for Kindness” on November 16 at 4 p.m. Registration for the Zoom event is free…
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Cal Poly Pomona’s largest book club has chosen its pick for the 2021-22 academic year: Jamil Zaki’s “The War for Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World.” The Cal Poly Pomona First Year Experience Committee selected the book for the Common…
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The First-Year Experience Committee is now accepting nominations for the 2020-21 Common Read. In FYE courses, students read the Common Read selection and participate in classroom discussion, activities and events tied to the book’s themes. For the 2019-20 Common Read,…
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The Cal Poly Pomona First Year Experience (FYE) Committee has selected the Common Read for the 2019-20 academic year. Students in First Year Experience courses throughout the year will read Michelle Obama’s memoir, “Becoming.” In “Becoming,” Obama chronicles the experiences…
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Award-winning author Reyna Grande will speak about her memoir, “The Distance Between Us,” at Cal Poly Pomona on Tuesday, Nov. 14 at 4 p.m. in the University Theater. The keynote will conclude with a reception and book signing. Registration for…
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