Many Voices, One DU
Background
As part of the university’s new strategic plan (DU IMPACT 2025), we began a common reading and writing pilot project—One Book, One DU. Over the summer, incoming students (the class of 2020) read Thomas King’s The Truth About Stories, a book that explores how stories shape who we are and how we understand others. Students then responded to a prompt that asked them to consider who they are and how they’ve been changed by an encounter with the unfamiliar. The prompt asked writers to reflect on our backgrounds and explore our identities, so that together we can wrestle with the challenges and rewards of building a diverse and inclusive community. Though the pilot project was initially limited to incoming students, we expanded it to include the broader DU community. Many Voices, One DU brings together twelve reflections about identity, difference, and community inspired by a common prompt. We want to showcase and celebrate the vastly different life experiences, perspectives, and voices that combine to form our DU community.
http://imagine.du.edu/du-impact-2025
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