Fun in the sun: summer reading edition – Archive
Written by Crow's Nest Staff, Apr 25, 2011, 0 Comments
Meghan Hoodhood
Contributing Writer
It’s been a long year of cut and dry textbooks with small print and 100-page chapters. We’ve barely had time to indulge ourselves in the land of fabrication and descriptive prose—books with a beginning, middle and end, with our own deadlines to set. The list we kept in our heads of each class agenda seemed never ended, but we’re reaching the home plate.
Go ahead; enjoy your freedom, you deserve it. And while you’re laying poolside, take comfort in a few of these books, recommended by some of the deans at USF St. Petersburg. (And if you’re looking for more good books, try www.whatshouldireadnext.com.)
Frank Biafora, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
“Sunflowers” by Sheramy Bundrick, a USF faculty writer
“Making the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds” by Richard Light
Any books on leadership from Margaret Wheatley
“The World is Flat” by Thomas Friedman—must read for graduating students, about venturing out into the world, and the competition for jobs in our global economy.
“The Post-American World” by Fareed Zakaria—a heavier read for students about the chaos going on in the Middle East, to help students understand global dynamics on a political level.
Vivian Fueyo, professor and dean of the College of Education
“Beowuf on the Beach” by Jack Murnighan
“American Bloomsbury” by Susan Cheever
“The Elements of Style” by William Strunk and E.B. White
“Teaching as a Subversive Activity” by Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner
Maling Ebrahimpour, professor and dean of the College of Business:
“Living Simple Community/Building Living Community” by Richard Luker. This book is based on real life and matches very well with our university’s recent designation as a Community Engagement by Carnegie Classification.
“The Blind Visionary” by Doug Eadie and Virginia Jacko. A real life story of an individual that overcame major disability and now is the CEO of an organization.
“A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier” by Ishmael Beah. This is not a light read. In some cases it is gives graphic description of killing of young and old, and how a young man is lucky enough to finally survive and tell the horrific story of the war torn Sierra Leon.
“Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great” by Jim Collins. This is a must-read for all, especially business students.
