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.
2019 Essay Contest Winners
Nine students were awarded prizes in the 2019 Common Reader Essay Contest, in response to the book Educated, by Tara Westover.
Tara Westover on Campus Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 5:30pm
Tara Westover, the author of Educated, will visit the University of Delaware on Tuesday, November 12, at 5:30 pm in Mitchell Hall.
2019 Common Reader Essay Contest
Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future (2021) In Under a White Sky, author Elizabeth Kolbert presents readers with what she calls the “Anthropocene... Discover more Open to All First Year Students Westover has titled her book Educated, and much of her education...
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen (2020)
Jose Antonio Vargas takes audiences deeper into his story, sharing details of his journey to America from the Philippines as a child; his journey through America as an immigration reform activist; and his journey inward as he reconnects with his mother, whom he hadn’t seen in person in over 20 years.
