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New Student Book Experience
Process

Timeline

  • August
    • Book discussion held
    • Nominations open for next fall's book
    • Student-faculty selection committee assembled
    • Nominations accepted via e-mail, verbal requests, paper nomination form, and online form
  • September
    • New Book Selection Committee meets
      • Review criteria and goals of Book Discussion
      • Confirm meeting schedule
    • Nominations accepted via e-mail, verbal requests, paper nomination form, and online form
  • October
    • Nominations close October 31
    • Committee reviews nominations
  • November
    • Committee selects the top 10 to 15 books from among the nominations
  • December
    • Top nominations discussed individually
    • Top three choices ranked; final selection is made in consultation with Dean Diane Lee and the President's Office
Nomination Data For the Book

 

Fall 2004

Fall 2005

Fall 2006
Fall
2007
Fall 2008
Fall 2009
Fall 2010
 Fall 2011

Total Nominations

92

131

107
139
148
132
108
 91

Unique Nominators

83

109

84
124
114
119
99
 81

Unique Titles

80

105

89
117
137
119
100
 80

Faculty Nominations

30

35

40
43
36
35
27
 8

Staff and Administrator  Nominations

19

22

12
17
22
13
8
 11

Student Nominations

36

64

53
80
88
84
73
 72

Anonymous Nominations

19

15

14
6
23
2
17
 11