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Common Reading
The 2013 Common Read for The University of Rhode Island is Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks. We are very excited about this decision and look forward to Brooks visiting campus in September.
Students will learn about the common reading program at orientation. All first-year students will receive a copy of the and are expected to read it by September. Be Sure to check back here often for program updates!
Previous Common Readings:
Fall 2012: Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
Fall 2011: No Impact Man by Colin Beavan
Fall 2010: A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League by Ron Suskind
Fall 2009: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Orientation 2013 Dates
Session 1: June 6-7
Session 2: June 10-11
Session 3: June 13-14
Session 4: June 17-18
Session 5: June 20-21
Session 6: June 24-25
Session 7: June 27-28
Transfer Day: June 19
Transfer Day: August 1
Fall Advising Day: September 3
Contact Information
Office of New Student Programs
The University of Rhode Island
6 Rhody Ram Way
140 Roosevelt Hall
Kingston, RI 02881
Phone: (401) 874-5927
Fax: (401) 874-4320
Email: newram@etal.uri.edu
Web: http://www.uri.edu/orientation
