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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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 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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Cal Poly Pomona has its newest pick for the CPP Common Read. Students in FYE courses in 2018-19 will read Jon Ronson’s So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, a nonfiction book that delves into the phenomenon of public humiliation on the…
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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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