New Student Book Experience

David Oliver Relin will be speaking at UMBC on Tuesday, November 10 at 7 p.m.

in the University Center Ballroom.

This program is free and open to the public.

Free parking is available for this event in lots 8 and 9, on either side of Hilltop Road,

just inside Hilltop Circle. Signs will direct visitors from this parking to the event

in the Ballroom.

Click for Parking information

	David Oliver Relin
Greg Mortenson

UMBC’s summer reading connects new freshmen and transfer students with other students, and with faculty and staff members, at the start of the academic year. The New Student Book Experience provides an intellectually stimulating interaction that welcomes new students into the UMBC community. Small-group discussions for all entering students are facilitated by UMBC faculty and staff. These discussions allow everyone to come together and get a taste of the kind of discussion that is prevalent in many courses. This experience puts everyone on equal ground at the beginning of the year and allows for ideas to be shared and related back to a common source so that different interpretations may be thoroughly examined and discussed. The benefits of participating in the New Student Book Experience include:

1. The opportunity to participate in a Writing Contest.
2. Reading and discussion that is good preparation for English 100, which uses the book in assignments throughout the semester.
3. Related campus-wide lectures throughout the year -- David Oliver Relin, Tuesday November 10 at 7pm in the University Center Ballroom
4. Preparation for other classes, which discuss topics addressed by the book.