2023 Common Reader Essay Contest Winners
Seven students were awarded prizes in the 2023 Common Reader Essay Contest, in response to Land’s book. The winners are: · First place: Kaleigh Barry, a University Studies student from Wilmington, Delaware...SHARING REFUGEE STORIES
Article by Amy Wolf Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson October 28, 2022 Author Ahmed M. Badr discusses life as a refugee at First Year Common Reader event For too long, the global conversation around the refugee crisis has excluded the voices of the refugees themselves. Ahmed...2022-23 FIRST YEAR COMMON READER
The 2022-23 First Year Common Reader for new students attending the University of Delaware is “While the Earth Sleeps We Travel: Stories, Poetry, and Art from Young Refugees Around the World,” by Ahmed M. Badr Article by Meghan Biery Photos courtesy of Ahmed M....2021 Essay Contest Winners
Eight students were awarded prizes in the 2021 Common Reader Essay Contest, in response to the book Under A White Sky, by Elizabeth Kolbert.
