Link to February 22 Wisconsin State Journal article, "Go Big Read will highlight one book for those on campus and off".Excerpt: Modeling it after a program she started at Cornell University, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin is launching a common book project in Madison called Go Big Read.
Starting in fall 2009, Martin and others will choose one book for the campus community and beyond to read.
Martin described the program as a way "to build intellectual community among all students, staff and faculty" and "to generate exchange between members of the campus and the larger Madison and alumni communities."
It will not be required reading, but UW-Madison libraries director Ken Frazier said some faculty have agreed to use the book in high-enrollment freshman courses.
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