Summer Reading Program

Can you tell we’re all getting excited for students to come back to campus? We’ve had a great summer but before we know it, some students will be returning to campus while others join our community for the first time!

Part of the first year experience at Miami is the Summer Reading Program. When first year students attend summer orientation, they are each given a book to read throughout the summer. When they return to campus, they are invited to attend University Convocation where they hear from the author of the summer reading book. This year’s speaker and summer reading book author (What Learning Leaves) is educator, poet and author Mr. Taylor Mali. Taylor Mali is a skillful contemporary “slam poet” and has won the National Poetry Slam competition numerous times. He also received a New York Foundation for the Arts Grant in 2001 for his literary work.

University Convocation will take place next Friday, August 21. It begins with a university procession from the hub (center of campus) down to our assembly hall, Millett. If you getting ready to pack up and come to Miami, make sure you’ve finished your summer reading book and join us next Friday!