First Year Reading Experience (FYRE)

The First Year Experience (FYE) office is pleased to announce that Salem State’s First Year Reading Experience (FYRE) selection for the 2022-2023 academic year is “College Rules! How to study, survive, and succeed in college" by Sherrie Nist-Olejnik, PhD & Jodi Patrick-Holschuh, PhD.

The FYRE program connects new students to the university community through a shared reading experience, welcoming them to a culture that values the thoughtful discussion of ideas.

First-year students will receive the book free of charge during summer orientation, and are expected to read it prior to the start of the fall semester. Throughout the year, a number of events, activities, and in-class assignments will be connected to the themes within the book.

Past FYRE Selections

• "Tell Me Who You Are: A Road Map for Cultivating Racial Literacy" (2021)
• “Look Me in the Eye” (2020)
• “The Book of Unknown Americans” (2019)
• “The Hate U Give” (2018)
• “Bad Feminist” (2017)
• “How Does it Feel to Be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America” (2016)
• “Spare Parts” (2015)
• “I am Malala” (2014)
• “Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison” (2013)
• “The Leftovers” (2012)
• “SuperFreakonomics” (2011)
• “Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream” (2010)
• “Listening is an Act of Love” (2009)

To recommend a book to the selection committee, email the title and author to fyre@salemstate.edu.