Hawkeye Reads

A good story has the power to be transformational. A good story cuts across boundaries and sparks meaningful discussion.

Hawkeye Reads is a campus-wide program that seeks to support the College’s Institutional Outcomes and increase literacy. It promotes dialogue among students, faculty, and staff across the campus. To put it simply, Hawkeye Reads uses reading to build community.

The 2022–2023 Hawkeye Reads book selection is Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century.

Get a Free Book!

There are several ways you can get a free copy of Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century:

• Physical copies of the book are available at the Library and at various campus locations.
• The audiobook is available via the Library's Hoopla platform.
• The ebook is available via the Library's Hoopla platform.

Adopt the Hawkeye Reads Book Selection for your Class

• Connect an assignment, discussion or project to the Fiscal Year 2023 Institutional Learning Outcome, Individual Development, to tie the book to your course.

• Use the resources in the Hawkeye Reads Canvas shell.

• Visit the Library's Hawkeye Reads Research Guide or contact a member of the Hawkeye Reads committee.

• Request copies of the book for your courses and the Library will arrange delivery/pick up for your students.

Nominate a Book for Hawkeye Reads

Hawkeye Reads book nominations are being accepted on an on-going basis.

Suggestions should ideally support the Fiscal Year 2024 Institutional Learning Outcome, Communicate Effectively: Convey information through verbal, written, technological, or visual means. Use creative expression to convey ideas.

Please submit your nomination for the 2023–2024 Hawkeye Reads by November 1, 2022.