DMACC Announces One Book One College One Community Program - Open to High School Students

For the past several years, DMACC Libraries have sponsored the One Book One College One Community program.  The idea is to use a single, common book in DMACC classrooms to foster opportunities for creativity, academic dialogue, critical thinking and fellowship.  For the 2015-16 school year, they have selected title Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. The author will be at the Ankeny and Boone campuses on October 22, 2015 for open presentations about her book.

This year, they’d like to invite high schools in the surrounding DMACC communities (i.e. high schools in the Heartland AEA area) the opportunity to participate as well, so as to expand on the notion of “community” in the program.  DMACC Libraries have 100 copies of the book that they will give away to area high school classes that would like to use the book as part of the curriculum. There is no cost to participate and the books are given to the school to keep.

Please feel free to forward this email to a teacher(s) in your high school who might be interested. Any high school course is eligible to apply. (DMACC dual-credit course are already eligible for this program.) There is a very short application process with a deadline of May 15, 2015. More information on this short application is available here.

Visit the DMACC site to learn more about the One Book One College One Community program.