WELCOME TO THE IU SOUTHEAST COMMON EXPERIENCE
An annual program designed to cultivate a common intellectual conversation across campus, to strengthen the sense of community at Southeast and in the region, to encourage open discussion, civil discourse, and critical thinking, and to enhance the reputation of Southeast as a regional center of learning excellence.
Liberty and Justice for All? Social Change and Campus Action for 70 Years and Beyond is the theme for the 2011-12 Common Experience. As indicated, this theme, and the activities and readings that accompany it, center on issues of social justice and civic engagement. Through selected texts, films, and speakers, campus community members will engage in and promote a University-wide conversation about what it means to live in a society defined by justice, fairness, and true liberty for all human beings.
Such a dialogue will include a critical examination of social issues from various perspectives on topics such as poverty, racism, sexism, citizenship, and immigration reform. In the 2011-12 school year, IU Southeast will also celebrate its 70th birthday, and in recognition of the institution’s progress, service through history, and its hope for the future, campus citizens will focus on how current political issues and social justice initiatives affect our University environment and the community at large.
As a part of the Common Experience, the University selects texts to use as common reads. These books, read in a variety of academic departments and as a part of many first-year seminar courses, combine with the Common Experience programs and initiatives available to all community members to complete the University-wide living-learning experience.
You can download and view Common Expereience booklets from past years and see previous contest winners by visiting our Common Expereience in Prior Years page.
