Common Reading Program

The 2012 Common Reading selection is "The Other Wes Moore," by Wes Moore.

It's the story of two kids with the same name, living in the same inner city. One grows up to be a Rhodes Scholar, a decorated combat veteran and a business leader; the other is serving a life sentence.

The author will speak on campus at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23 at UA's E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall.

A faculty committee chooses the Common Reading selection each year. First-year students read the book, and faculty members infuse its themes into general-education course curricula throughout the first year.

Purchase a copy of this year's Common Reading selection at your on-campus Barnes and Noble bookstore in the Student Union, in the Polsky Building or on the Wayne College campus. 

Essay contest details to follow.