K-State First Book
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K-State First Book
The first book program is designed to provide a common experience to help first-year students grow academically and socially, and share something with all other first year students along with our broader campus community each year.
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2026 Book: Callings - David IsayDave Isay is the founder of StoryCorps and its parent company, Sound Portraits Productions. Over the past two decades, his radio documentary work has won numerous broadcasting awards, including five Peabody awards. Isay has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Fellowship and a United States Artists Fellowship. According to the publisher's website, the book is "told through touching conversations between friends, coworkers and family members. From a mom telling her daughter about her bricklaying career to a father sharing his contributions to the space race as an aeromedical field tester, these stories are poignant and heartfelt intergenerational explorations into the journeys people take to find the jobs they are meant to do." Learn more here. |
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