Get the book  Check out The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America at the library or buy your own copy.

Read  Between now and February 2012, join students, faculty, and staff in reading the book.

Join in discussions. 

Meet the author on campus.

Contribute to our online discussion group on Ning.

For more information, visit the EdCC Community Read website here.

Edmonds College Community Read Scholarship Available

Three scholarships of $1,200 for spring quarter tuition are available to Edmonds College students who participate in the book read.  For eligibility and application, visit the website here

Apply by 5 p.m. Friday January 13

Scholarship recipients announced
Friday January 20, 2012

Each year, the campus and community come together to read one book in order to:

• Build community through a common intellectual experience.
  
  
• Promote literacy across the campus and community through the adoption of thoughtful, noteworthy works of literature or scholarship.
  
  
• Offer faculty an opportunity to invigorate curriculum with vital issues and great ideas.
  
  
• Enrich the lives of students, faculty, staff and the people of South Snohomish County.