Student engagement is at the heart of a move for campus-based leadership of programs that fall under the Center for Scholarly and Civic Engagement (CSCE) banner. Administrators said the change will allow programs like Book in Common, the Distinguished Speaker Series, Constitution Day, and others to make a stronger connection with courses at the campus…
BOOK IN COMMON AUTHOR DISCUSSES MAN’S ESCAPE FROM NORTH KOREA
Blaine Harden, journalist and author of “Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey From North Korea to Freedom in the West” is the 2014-2015 Book in Common author at Collin College. His book details the story of Shin Dong-hyuk, as he is born in a North Korean prison camp to prisoners and eventually escapes,…
BOOK IN COMMON AUTHOR Q&A
Kristen Iversen, author of “Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats” was the 2014 Book in Common author at Collin College. Her book details growing up near the nuclear power plant Rocky Flats and the devastating effects of the plant on the environment and local residents. Q. Why…
BOOK-IN-COMMON AUTHOR TO SPEAK AT COLLIN COLLEGE
For Collin College’s annual Book-in-Common selection, author Kristen Iversen will speak about her story of a community contaminated by nuclear damage. Her book, Full Body Burden: Growing up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats, documents a childhood spent in a Colorado small town next to a “factory” called Rocky Flats that secretly leaked contaminants…