Welcome to Freshman Seminar!
本课程将向学生介绍大学的学术生活，并帮助他们成为我们圣. Edward’s. 虽然研讨会的重点是非常不同的主题, 他们都有一个共同的目标:学生加入学习者社区，积极参与学术和课外探索. As they do so, 通过课程材料和课外经历，他们将通过有意义地面对社会正义问题，培养成为成功学生和终身学习者所必需的批判性思维技能.
What is Freshman Seminar?
Freshman Seminars are not lecture courses, 而是在课堂上，学生和教师在讨论课程材料时积极地相互参与. In addition, 学生和教师将在离开教室的学期中参加各种各样的课外体验. For example, a seminar might go to an art opening, attend a book festival, 或者与当地的非营利组织一起参与一个服务项目.
What is unique about Freshman Seminar?
这些研讨会不同于你将在圣. Edward’s is that they are each part of a group of seminars clustered around a particular topic; for example, Sustainability, Social Justice, or Global Engagement. 学生将与这些学习社区的其他人一起参加课外活动.
Common Theme
Every year, St. 爱德华选择了一个共同的主题来指导整个校园的编程和讨论. 你将在新生研讨会上讨论这个主题，你和你的同学参加的一些活动将与这个主题相关. 对于2024年秋季，我们很高兴地宣布，主题是捍卫民主，我们的新生将阅读 On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder. You will receive a copy of the book at Orientation.
For more information, contact Alex Barron, Director of Freshman Seminar.
追求真理不仅是一种学术活动，也是民主的基础. 独裁者依靠散布错误信息来获得和掌握权力. 那些想要破坏民主制度的人故意压制了解历史的机会. 我们发现自己处于一个“后真相”时代，在这个时代，全球的民主国家都在衰落. As a university community, 我们必须对事实和思想的交流在追求一个更加平等和公正的社会中所起的作用负责. 首先，我们邀请你阅读蒂莫西·斯奈德的书 On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century 为我们的共同主题“捍卫民主”以及秋季的相关对话做准备.
作为一所大学，我们希望做的最重要的事情之一就是培养学生对学习的热爱, 第一部分发生在新生研讨会的共同文本中, a book we ask you all to read over the summer. 我们的教职员工和学生委员会已经做出了选择 On Tyranny as this year’s common text.
当你在这个夏天读普通课文的时候，不要把它当作教科书来读. There's no need to memorize any facts. Instead, think about the issues On Tyranny raises. 在页边空白处做笔记，标出对你来说很突出的段落，并写下你的问题. 这样你就可以为今年秋天写关于这本书的文章和参加课堂讨论做好充分的准备. 你也将有机会在课外通过参加纪录片放映来思考这本书和共同的主题, hearing lectures by experts and going on field trips.
Email Alex Barron, 英语副教授，新生研修班主任, 关于普通课文或新生研讨会的任何问题. And again, welcome to St. Edward's.
关于2024年秋季活动的更多信息将很快发布. 为了更好地了解与Common Theme相关的事件类型，可以看看我们过去的一些特色事件.
Fall 2023 Events
- 所有学生都参加了校园无障碍之旅
- Sept 7 at 5:00 p.m.: Film screening of Crip Camp and discussion led by DSO
- Oct 18 at 6:00 p.m.: New Directions in Disability Justice with scholar/activists Emily Shryock and Alison Kafer
Fall 2022 Events
- All students went on the Black Austin Tours
- Sept 30 at 5:00 p.m.: Film screening and discussion of Paris is Burning
- Oct 26 at 5:00 p.m.: Film screening and discussion of Get Out
- Nov 10–20: These Shining Lives at the MMNT
Fall 2021 Events
- Sept 29 at 6:00 p.m.: Conversation with Stamped author, Jason Reynolds
- Oct 19 at 5 p.m. Film screening and discussion of 13th
- Nov 19 at 5 p.m.: Film screening and discussion of In the Heights
Fall 2020 Events
- Sept 17 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Sept 20 at 2:00 p.m.:安东尼·克拉沃的GIZMO剧本阅读(由塞拉·斯特林执导)
- Oct 20 at 5 p.m.: How Data Can Win (and Lose) the Presidential Election
presentation and Q&A with Dr. David Thomason, Assistant Professor of Political Science - 10月26日至11月1日:奇怪的设计:数据时代令人难以忘怀的虚拟密室
由Timothy Braun，创意写作客座助理教授介绍
Fall 2019 Events
- Sept 16 at 6:00 p.m.: What Is Citizenship? A Panel Discussion
- September 24 at 6 p.m.: Film screening of Documented
- October 10 at 7 p.m.: Speaker and author Jose Antonio Vargas
- Nov 14–24: Marisol at the MMNT
- Nov 20 at 6:00 p.m.: Film screening of Children of Men
2023–2024: Accessibility
书:《4166am金沙登录》，作者:爱丽丝·黄
2022–2023: Reckoning with History
Book: How The Word is Passed by Clint Smith
2021–2022: Stamped
书:盖印:种族主义、反种族主义和你，作者:杰森·雷诺兹
Speaker: Jason Reynolds
2020–2021: Data & Justice
Book: Hello World by Hannah Fry
2019–2020: Immigration
《4166金沙手机版官网》，作者何塞·安东尼奥·巴尔加斯
Speaker: Jose Antonio Vargas
2018–2019: Identity
Book: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Speaker: Eli Kimaro
2017–2018: Immigrant Voices
Book: Detained & 玛格丽特·里根的《4166am金沙登录》
Speaker: Erika Andiola
2016–2017: Food Justice
Book: Where Am I Eating? by Kelsey Timmerman
Speaker: Kelsey Timmerman
Trip: Costa Rica
Students explore the Common Theme in Just Food
2015–2016: Justice
Book: Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Speaker: Bryan Stevenson
旅行:28名学生和3名教师前往南非探索正义, mercy and how these issues relate to race.
2014-2015:心灵与思想:改变关于心理健康的对话
Book: Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan
Speaker: Susannah Cahalan
Trip: London
2013–2014: Expanding Human Rights
Book: Half the Sky by Nicolas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Speaker: Jackson Katz
旅行:三名学生在孟加拉国共同主题之旅的基础上，继续为人权而战.
2012-2013:如何在僵尸启示录中生存:反乌托邦和可持续性
Book: World War Z by Max Brooks
Speaker: Max Brooks