Announcements
Additional Important Dates and Information
Phase 1 Orientation
Receive Book and Study Guide Packet
Between Phase 1 Orientation and August 17
Read Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies and review materials in the Study Guide Packet
Sunday August 17 - (1:30-3:30 PM)
Discuss academics at Appalachian and discuss In the Time of the Butterflies with Appalachian faculty and staff members
Thursday, September 4, 1997
Appalachian State University Convocation featuring Julia Alvarez as the speaker
Friday, September 5, 1997
JULIA ALVAREZ (Convocation Speaker)
Fiction and Poetry Reading and Booksigning
Author of Homecoming; How the García Girls Lost Their Accents; In the Time of the Butterflies; and ¡Yo!
Special Guest: DEDÉ MIRABAL
10:00 a.m. Linville Falls Room
Co-sponsored by the Appalachian Summer Reading Program, Latin American Studies Program, Visiting Writers Series, and Women's Studies
September 4&5
Julia Alvarez available at other times for interaction with Appalachian students, faculty, and staff. Look for announcements of opportunities to meet her.
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For more information, please contact us at SummerReading@rocketmail.com
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