Common Reading Program
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Announcing the 2008-09 Common Reading Program Book By: Fred Pearce |
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The Common Reading Program is designed to provide all 6600 new first-year
students with a common intellectual experience to stimulate discussion, critical
thinking, and encourage a sense of community among students, faculty and staff.
All incoming students will receive a copy of the 2008-09 selected text, When
Rivers Run Dry by Fred Pearce, at Preview (Orientation) and are expected
to read it by the start of their first semester of college.
The book was chosen by a 20-person committee comprised of faculty, staff,
and students with the charge of selecting a book that is interdisciplinary,
global, recently published, and relatable to both first-year students and
the campus community.
Participation in this program will:
• Expose students to issues relevant in today’s global community
• Provide students with a shared experience upon which to engage in dialogue
with peers, faculty, and staff at UF
• Introduce students to the high academic and intellectual expectations at
UF
This year’s text:
When the Rivers Run Dry: Water – The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First
Century
In this groundbreaking book, veteran science correspondent Fred Pearce travels
to more than thirty countries to examine the current state of crucial water
sources. Deftly weaving together the complicated scientific, economic, and
historic dimensions of the world water crisis, he provides our most complete
portrait yet of this growing danger and its ramifications for us all.
2007-08 Common Reading
