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UC DAVIS: Offices of the Chancellor and Provost
Campus Community Relations
June 1, 2006
DEANS, DIRECTORS, DEPARTMENT CHAIRS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
RE: Campus Community Book Project 2007
The Campus Council on Community and Diversity invites all members of the
Davis community to nominate books related to the theme of immigration for
the 2007-2008 annual Campus Community Book Project. Recent public
attention has focused on reforming immigration laws and policies and
there are numerous perspectives framing the many sides of the debate.
As an educational institution, we endeavor to explore these dynamics and
engage thoughtfully in how the national issue of immigration reform
affects us locally and personally.
With immigration as the overarching umbrella, we request book
recommendations around the related topics of: memoirs and novels on
immigrants' experiences or migrant workers; the history of immigration
laws and policies in the United States; stereotypes and causes of anti-
immigration sentiment; the economic and political influences on immigration
policy; the impact of globalization on immigration; borderlands and border
control; and any of a myriad of other topics from varied perspectives
(including economic, historical, political, cultural, sociological).
The Campus Community Book Project aims to foster dialogue among students,
faculty, staff, and residents of the surrounding area about important
social issues that affect our lives. We also want to promote learning about
varied perspectives and ideas concerning the chosen topic.
We welcome nominations of books that will achieve the goals of being:
* compelling and thought provoking to engage us in dialogue about
contemporary questions that have many possible answers;
* well-written and accessible to a general audience;
* short enough to be read within the time frame usually allotted for
coursework;
* provocative and intriguing to as many members of the community as
possible, to invite diverse participation and integration into discussion
groups and courses across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
An additional consideration for a recommended title is the possibility
that the book's author would be available to speak as part of the Mondavi
Center's Distinguished Lecture Series.
Any published work that is still in print in paperback (e.g.
non-fiction, plays, novels, collections of short stories or essays) is
eligible. To make a nomination to the Office of Campus Community
Relations, send a message to Gary Sue Goodman, Interim Coordinator of the
Campus Community Book Project at gsgoodman@ucdavis.edu. Please include
the book title and author, plus a short description and explanation of why
this book would make a worthy selection. We will begin reviewing
nominations in late June so we request recommendations by June 15, 2006.
As nominations are made, we will post them on the book project web site at
http://occr.ucdavis.edu/bookproject.html.
If you are interested in helping to review nominations and select the book
for 2007, please contact Gary Goodman. Reading team members will read and
review books as needed throughout the selection process meeting monthly
throughout the summer and more frequently in the fall as we proceed to final
selection.
The Campus Community Book Project is sponsored by the Office of Campus
Community Relations, the Campus Council on Community and Diversity, and the
Offices of the Chancellor and Provost.
Virginia S. Hinshaw
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
Rahim Reed
Associate Executive Vice Chancellor
Campus Community Relations
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