1. The Buckeye Book Community as a Common Intellectual Experience Jenna DiCicco, First Year Experience

2. 2 Goals of the BBC To promote reflection and dialogue among first-year students and faculty/staff around a common academic activity To introduce students to academic expectations of higher education To develop conversation skills as students discuss and understand complex societal issues To help foster community among our first-year students To connect first-year students to faculty and staff through co- curricular programming To create a platform for discussion of transitional issues common for first-year students To provide students with the opportunity to hear from the author and engage with the author through Q&A First Year Experience

3. 3 Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education (Chickering & Gamson, 1987) Student-faculty contact Cooperation among students Active learning Prompt feedback Time on task High expectations Respect for diverse talents and ways of learning First Year Experience

4. 4 Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education (Chickering & Gamson, 1987) Student-faculty contact Cooperation among students Active learning Prompt feedback Time on task High expectations Respect for diverse talents and ways of learning First Year Experience

5. 5 BBC Overview Book selection process Book implementation Author visit First Year Success Series Survey course Residence Life programs First Year Experience

6. 6 BBC Overview History Past book selections The Submission, Amy Waldman The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot Outcasts United, Warren St. John First Year Experience

7. 7 BBC 2014 The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls First Year Experience

8. 8 How can you get involved with the BBC? First Year Experience

9. 9 Faculty Involvement Faculty Lecture Series Book discussions Committees Selection Campus Events Use book in your classes First Year Experience

10. 10 Other Involvement with FYE Focusing on the First Year Conference Nominations for Orientation speakers Buckeyes Beyond Ohio Pre-enrollment programs

11. 11 Jenna DiCicco, Program Coordinator Enrollment Services | Orientation & First Year Experience 340 Student Academic Services Building 614-247-6285 dicicco.5@osu.edu fye.osu.edu dicicco.5@osu.edufye.osu.edu First Year Experience