Ranger Read Program
About the Program
Ranger Read: MAUS II: A Survivor's Tale- PDF
UW-Parkside is an institution that values Community, Diversity, and Inclusion! As an expression of these values, all incoming freshman have been asked to read a common book, MAUS II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began, and to be prepared to discuss it as apart of Ranger Welcome Orientation.
THE PURPOSE of the Ranger Read program is to orient new students to our UW-Parkside community by having a common reading experience with fellow classmates, faculty, staff, and upper-class students.
THE GOAL of Ranger Read is to establish a greater sense of community among students and engage students in discussions that define the expectations of college as well as give students a head start on course material.
THE RANGER READ PROGRAM will be introduced to students during the April, May, June, July, and August Ranger Day Orientation sessions where the book will be distributed to all new first-year students.
SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS with all first-year students will take place on Monday August 31 and Tuesday, September 1, as part of our Ranger Welcome Orientation and will be facilitated by faculty and instructors who will teach this fall.
CARRYOVER into the Fall 2009 semester will take the form of futher discussions and assignments in ACSK 120, ACSK 090, ACSK 083, HUM 103, and other courses as well as lectures, theater productions, and co-curricular activities sponsored by interested departments, organizations, and residence life.
- Theater Production
- Holocaust Survivor Lecture
- Graphic Novel Workshop
- Essay/Art Contest
- Film/Movie
- Tell Your Story on Camera
Inspired by a desire to bring faculty, administrators and students together outside of a formal classroom. The Ranger Read Program hopes to:
- Provide new students with a common experience that will set the tone for the community by creating a comfortable, safe environment that is conducive to learning.
- Provide new students with an opportunity to begin exploring new perspectives and ways of viewing the world.
- Provide new students with an opportunity to develop relationships in their new community.
- Provide students with an opportunity to see and understand the importance of being engaged in their entire college experience.
