Who Are We? |
The UAA/APU Books of the Year program is a powerful partnership between University of Alaska Anchorage and Alaska Pacific University that brings faculty, staff, and community members together to understand common themes. The books serve as the catalyst for discussions of larger issues of local and international significance.
What Makes Us Unique? |
The Books of the Year program started in 2006 as part of a Ford Foundation Difficult Dialogues initiative--one of only 26 in the country--to provide a safe environment on campuses for discussions of challenging topics. UAA and APU are now national leaders in this area.
Because of our Difficult Dialogues beginnings, we're different than other university common reading programs. Our goal is to select books that provoke serious discussion about serious issues, rather than providing "introduction to college" exercises or a freshman class bonding experience.
Based on a general theme, our faculty select two books each academic year that encourage in-depth discussion of challenging or multi-facted topics. Our associated programming encourages readers to explore the theme, not just the books, and provide creative venues and forums for people to express their interpretations in different ways.
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