Edmonds CC Community Read

The Edmonds CC Community Read brings the campus and community together to read one book in order to:

• Build community through a common intellectual experience.
• Promote literacy across the campus and community through the adoption of thoughtful, noteworthy works of literature or scholarship.
• Offer faculty an opportunity to invigorate curriculum with vital issues and great ideas.
• Enrich the lives of students, faculty, staff and the people of South Snohomish County.

Here are some ways to join in:

• Nominate a book.
• Read this year’s featured book.
• Join in discussions.
• Take related classes at the college.
• Meet the author on campus.
• Contribute to our online discussion group.
• Attend community read events.

2009-10 Community Read

We’re reading Banana: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World (2007) by nature and science writer Dan Koeppel. The book chronicles the fruit’s history, from early cultivation to modern popularization, and suggests ways to save it from extinction. Koeppel has written for magazines including the New York Times Magazine, Outside, Audubon, Popular Science, and National Geographic Adventure. He is also the author of To See Every Bird on Earth (2005).
 
Why read about bananas? Read Koeppel’s opinion article in The New York Times, “Yes, We Will Have No Bananas”and visit his blog at bananabook.org to find out more about the issues involved in growing and distributing the most popular fruit in America.
 
Join us, and talk with the author on campus 12:30-2 p.m., Tues., March 2 in the Black Box Theatre. Free. Ask your questions about the book and get answers from Dan Koeppel.

Congratulations, Edmonds CC Community Read Scholars!

Congratulations to our 2010 Edmonds CC Community Read scholarship recipients: Bethany Friesen, Mark Medema, and Olivia Yin.

The Edmonds Community College Foundation will award each of them $1,100 scholarships for their spring quarter tuition.

They will present their projects — a business-oriented blog, a hip-hop composition, and two paintings — based on Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World on Tues., March 2 in Mukilteo Hall when the author Dan Koeppel speaks on campus. Koeppel will read from the book and answer questions 12:30-2 p.m. in the Black Box Theatre.

To find out more about the scholarship recipients and their projects, visit the college’s blog EdmondsSphere.