An Honors College winter tradition is back! Sign-ups are now open for the HC’s Winter Break Community Book Clubs! Each year, we invite a handful of university leaders, faculty and friends - including OSU President Murthy and OSU Provost Feser - to select a book to share with a small group of Honors College students. Group members each get a free copy of their group’s book to read over the break, and groups meet with their leader to discuss the book at the beginning of winter term over pizza. This is a fantastic way to meet some interesting members of the Oregon State community as well as connect with fellow HC students in a stimulating and informal setting – plus, you get a great book to read over the break! Groups are capped and can fill up fast, so don’t delay in registering.
Kerry Ahearn, emeritus professor of English
Reading So Long, See You Tomorrow, by William Maxwell
Group meeting Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 5 p.m.
Jack Barth, exective director of the Marine Studies Initiative and professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric sciences
Reading The Log from the Sea of Cortez, by John Steinbeck
Group meeting Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 5 p.m.
Ed Feser, provost of Oregon State University
Reading The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good, by Michael J. Sandel
Group meeting Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 5 p.m.
Julia Freeland, ‘93, change coach, author and founder of Revolve You
Reading Take Your Shoes Off First: A Story About a Simple Idea with the Power to Change Everything, by Julia Freeland
Group meeting Tuesday, Jan. 17 at 5 p.m.
Regan Gurung, associate vice provost and executive director for the OSU Center for Teaching and Learning and professor in the School of Pyschological Science
Reading Murder at the Mission: A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West, by Blaine Harden
Group meeting Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 4 p.m.
Jayathi Murthy, president of Oregon State University
Reading The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri
Group meeting Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 4:30 p.m.
Dwaine Plaza, professor in the School of Public Policy
Reading High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America, by Jessica B. Harris
Group meeting Thursday, Jan. 19 at 5 p.m.
Brian Primack, dean of the College of Public Health and Human Sciences
Reading The Paradox of Choice: Why More is Less, by Barry Schwartz
Group meeting Monday, Jan. 9 at 5 p.m.
John Valva, vice president of alumni relations and executive director of the OSU Alumni Association
Reading The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Olympics, by Daniel James Brown
Group meeting Thursday, Jan. 19 at 5 p.m.
Students who sign up first have priority in group assignments, so don’t delay registering! Sign up by November 18!