{"id":2927,"date":"2024-05-21T15:50:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T22:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/fye\/?page_id=2927"},"modified":"2025-09-10T20:36:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T03:36:05","slug":"common-read-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/fye\/common-read-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Connections through a Common Read"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The EOU Summer Bridge and First-Year Experience programs invite all faculty, staff, and students to join us in reading and discussing Dr. Beth Piatote&#8217;s short story collection <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpointpress.com\/books\/the-beadworkers\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.counterpointpress.com\/books\/the-beadworkers\/\">The Beadworkers<\/a><\/em>, whether in or outside of class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Common Reads&#8221; like ours are designed to bring communities together through a shared intellectual experience, creating opportunities to discuss and draw connections across our different roles, backgrounds, and fields.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have been privileged to welcome Dr. Piatote to campus several times since <em>The Beadworkers <\/em>was first published; her creative and scholarly work have become a cornerstone of EOU&#8217;s first-year curriculum and programming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/fye\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_9756-739x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"People standing in the garden behind Alikut hall talking\" class=\"wp-image-3009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/fye\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_9756-739x1024.jpeg 739w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/fye\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_9756-217x300.jpeg 217w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/fye\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_9756-768x1064.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/fye\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_9756-1109x1536.jpeg 1109w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/fye\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_9756-1479x2048.jpeg 1479w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/fye\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_9756-scaled.jpeg 1848w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/fye\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_3464-1-1024x764.jpeg\" alt=\"A presentation being given in a classroom over Zoom\" class=\"wp-image-3012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/fye\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_3464-1-1024x764.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/fye\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_3464-1-300x224.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/fye\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_3464-1-768x573.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/fye\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_3464-1-1536x1145.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/fye\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_3464-1-2048x1527.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/fye\/files\/2024\/05\/E009BA64-46F1-4522-B660-4B58D8DBD422_1_201_a-694x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"The cover for the book Beadworkers by Beth Piatote. 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