The Common Experience at Texas A&M University-San Antonio is a yearlong initiative designed to cultivate a common intellectual conversation on a theme and facilitate increased interactions among faculty, staff, and students. It is a tradition that will provide participants an opportunity to deconstruct and explore a common subject through multidisciplinary lenses and apply academic thought towards finding meaningful solutions to discovered challenges. Throughout the year, various events and programs will provide opportunities for engagement for the entire university community and beyond.
The goals of the Texas A&M University-San Antonio Common Experience are as follows:
To cultivate a common intellectual conversation across campus among the faculty, staff, and students, and with people from the local communities in the region.
To engage, especially, all first-year students in a common intellectual experience.
To strengthen the sense of community among faculty, staff, and students at A&M-San Antonio.
To enhance student participation in the intellectual life of the campus by encouraging open discussion, civil discourse, and critical thinking about a common theme and text.
For more information, please contact the Office of First-Year Experience at fye@tamusa.edu or (210) 784-1399.
My First Vote is a compilation of stories from people across the country who voted for the first time in November 2008 after having lost, and then regained, their right to vote following a criminal conviction.
THEME
"Finding Empowerment One Step at a Time"
Visit the Information Desk in the library for a copy of the letters.
ABOUT THE BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE
The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on fundamental issues of democracy and justice. Our work ranges from voting rights to redistricting reform, from access to the courts to presidential power in the fight against terrorism. A singular institution – part think tank, part public interest law firm, part advocacy group – the Brennan Center combines scholarship, legislative and legal advocacy, and communications to win meaningful, measurable change in the public sector.
