Welcome to HC Summer Read!
At the Honors College, we believe that innovation and accomplishment emerge from an environment that values, hears, and respects diverse voices and perspectives. To join this important conversation, incoming Honors College students participate in our Summer Read program. This program provides you with a free e-book to read over the summer months, and students then participate in engaging conversations with fellow incoming honors students about the book right before fall term begins.
You will receive an email (to your OSU ONID email account) with instructions about how to retrieve your free e-book from Amazon.com, typically within one week of receiving the HC Summer Read invitation email that brought you to this page.
If you don't receive the email within one week of the invitation you received, have any questions about HC Summer Read, or need assistance with registering or retrieving your e-book please contact [email protected].
Next steps and activities for HC summer read are listed below - please select your campus/modality affiliation and follow the steps outlined below.
Get your book:
This year's book is Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green.
You will receive an email (to your OSU ONID email account) with instructions about how to retrieve your free e-book from Amazon.com, typically within one week of receiving the HC Summer Read invitation email that brought you to this page.
If you don't receive the email within one week of the invitation you received, have any questions about HC Summer Read, or need assistance with registering or retrieving your e-book please contact [email protected].
Register for your discussion session:
All Corvallis campus discussion sessions will be Monday, September 21st and Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026.
When choosing a discussion group, please only register for ONE session. There are many activities available to you during Connect, so please be mindful of your other commitments and choose an HC discussion session that does not conflict with your other commitments.
You will need your OSU ID to register, which you can find in your Beaver Basecamp portal (for incoming students) or Beaver Hub (for continuing OSU students).
If you have an unavoidable schedule conflict after you register, please cancel your registration for your original session and then register for a new one. The link to cancel your registration will be in the confirmation email you receive after you register - please use an email address that you can easily access, and save that confirmation email!
Monday, September 21st:
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM: Register for this timeslot here.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM: Register for this timeslot here.
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Register for this timeslot here.
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM: Register for this timeslot here.
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM: Register for this timeslot here.
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM: Register for this timeslot here.
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM: Register for this timeslot here.
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM: Register for this timeslot here.
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM: Register for this timeslot here.
Tuesday, September 22nd:
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM: Register for this timeslot here.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM: Register for this timeslot here.
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM: Register for this timeslot here.
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM: Register for this timeslot here.
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM: Register for this timeslot here.
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM: Register for this timeslot here.
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM: Register for this timeslot here.
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM: Register for this timeslot here.
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM: Register for this timeslot here.
Explore the HC Summer Read Canvas page:
In early September, you will receive an email about an HC Summer Read Canvas page that will provide some analysis and discussion questions for the book. Explore the modules in the Canvas page for HC Summer Read and consider what ideas and discussion topics you want to bring up in your group discussion during Connect.
Get your book:
This year's book is Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green.
You will receive an email (to your OSU ONID email account) with instructions about how to retrieve your free e-book from Amazon.com, typically within one week of receiving the HC Summer Read invitation email that brought you to this page.
If you don't receive the email within one week of the invitation you received, have any questions about HC Summer Read, or need assistance with registering or retrieving your e-book please contact [email protected].
Register for your discussion session:
You will need your OSU ID to register, which you can find in your Beaver Basecamp portal (for incoming students) or Beaver Hub (for continuing OSU students).
The OSU-Cascades Honors College discussion group will be Tuesday, September 22nd at 4:00-6:00 PM. Please register here.
Explore the HC Summer Read Canvas page:
In early September, you will receive an email about an HC Summer Read Canvas page that will provide some analysis and discussion questions for the book. Explore the modules in the Canvas page for HC Summer Read and consider what ideas and discussion topics you want to bring up in your group discussion during Connect.
Get your book:
This year's book is Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green.
You will receive an email (to your OSU ONID email account) with instructions about how to retrieve your free e-book from Amazon.com, typically within one week of receiving the HC Summer Read invitation email that brought you to this page.
If you don't receive the email within one week of the invitation you received, have any questions about HC Summer Read, or need assistance with registering or retrieving your e-book please contact [email protected].
Register for your discussion session:
You will need your OSU ID to register, which you can find in your Beaver Basecamp portal (for incoming students) or Beaver Hub (for continuing OSU students).
Use the links below to register for your Ecampus discussion session. You only need to choose ONE session to register for:
Ecampus discussion group #1: Sunday, September 20th at (time TBD). Please register here.
Ecampus discussion group #2: Tuesday, September 22nd at (time TBD). Please register here.
Explore the HC Summer Read Canvas page:
In early September, you will receive an email about an HC Summer Read Canvas page that will provide some analysis and discussion questions for the book. Explore the modules in the Canvas page for HC Summer Read and consider what ideas and discussion topics you want to bring up in your group discussion during Connect.