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First-Year Reading Selection
Western Carolina University established a student summer reading program in 1999. The purpose of the program is to set the academic tone for new students and to enhance the intellectual climate at WCU. By requiring a freshman reading assignment during the summer, students will be provided with a common experience, a basis for academic discussion, and an enhanced sense of community.
This year's selection is "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortensen and David Oliver Relin. Students will be given a copy of this book at orientation and will be expected to read it and bring it back with them in the fall.
Previous Selections:
1999 Into Thin Air
2000 A Primate's Memoir
2001 Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
2002 In Mind, In Country
2003 Walking Across Egypt
2004 One Foot in Eden
2005 The Interpreter of Maladies
2006 Teacher Man
2007 The World Made Straight