First Year Reading Experience Registration Opens

The incoming Class of 2029 is invited to select their first year reading experience (common book) selection for this coming fall.

The 2025 FYRE program is optional for incoming first-year students (and transfers if space allows.) Students will receive their selected book free of charge and meet with a first year mentor/success coach and other students who have also selected that book. There will be four one-hour meetings throughout the course of the fall semester and students will have the option to meet during the spring semester if interested. This is a wonderful opportunity to discuss the themes and ideas presented in the book (and how they relate to your life in college over free coffee/snacks while getting to know your fellow students.  

This year we offer a choice between several powerful books, many of which have been FYRE selections in past years: 

• The Pretty One by Keah Brown
• Spare Parts by Joshua Davis
• The Book of Unknown Americans by Christina Henríquez
• Ties That Bind by Dave Isay
• Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman
• 1001 Voices on Climate Change  by Devi Lockwood
• Look Me in the Eye by John Elder Robison
• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Space is limited for each book group.  Sign-ups will open on Tuesday June 24 at NOON.