Community Invited to Attend Common Literature Experience Convocation

Utah State University invites campus and community members to attend the tenth annual Common Literature Experience Convocation featuring author of The Beast in the Garden, David Baron, Saturday, Aug. 25, at 9:30 a.m. at USU’s Kent Concert Hall in the Chase Fine Arts Center. The convocation is free, open to the public and will be broadcast on USU’s Aggiecast system at http://aggiecast.usu.edu.

Each year, Utah State University sponsors the Common Literature Experience to bring students, faculty, staff, and Cache Valley community members together in reading a common book.

Approximately 1,900 new students taking the University Connections course read the book during the summer and complete a reflective paper prior to the beginning of the class.

This year’s selection, The Beast in the Garden, was chosen for its balanced discussion of the complex environmental issues related to human and wildlife interaction. The book allows readers to examine issues related to man and nature and the difficulty of defining the line between the two.

“When residents of Boulder, Colorado, suddenly began to see mountain lions in their backyards, it became clear that the cats had returned after decades of bounty hunting had driven them far from human settlement. In a riveting environmental tale that has received huge national attention, journalist David Baron traces the history of the mountain lion and chronicles one town’s tragic effort to coexist with its new neighbors.” www.goodreads.com

The Beast in the Gardenis available for purchase at the USU Campus Store.  For more information about the Common Literature Experience, contact Lisa Hancock at 435-797-1125.

Related links:
Literature Experience Website
The Beast in the Garden Website

Contact: Lisa Hancock, 435-797-1125, lisa.hancock@usu.edu
Writer: Lisa Hancock, 435-797-1125, lisa.hancock@usu.edu