Purpose ACU Off The Page is a collaborative site about the community's response to the common book selection featured by the ACU First Year Program.
Everyone on campus -- students, faculty, staff, and especially incoming
freshmen -- are encouraged to read the same book and participate in a
shared community of activity inspired by the common reading. We believe that words are powerful with the capability to
motivate, challenge, and inspire. At this place, we encourage you to go
beyond the written words of the book, to take its ideas to the next
level, and to translate these
reading experiences into action -- in short, to go Beyond the Page into
real life. Structure This site is your space. You create it, organize it, upload
information, etc. It will take on the shape that you choose. Instead of
a professor determining what you will learn and do, you pursue your own
path. It is probably the only place in college where you, as part of
the learning community, will direct your own learning.
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ACUOffThePage Goes Mobile
ACUOffThePage is now mobile friendly, and not just for iPhone users. The blog should automatically detect whether you are coming to us on an iPhone, other mobile device, or on a regular laptop or desktop and then serve you with a format to fit your screen.
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2009 Commonbook Creative Contest Winners
The ACU Library display for the 2009 Commonbook Creative Contest is up! Freshmen were invited to submit some kind of original creation — an essay, song, video, art, etc. — inspired by the common book. The ACU First Year Office judged the entries.
The 2009 winners are:
First Place and $500 to Eric Schumann, Worship Ministry major [...]
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Coffee House Reading with Donald Miller
I got to hear Donald Miller’s coffee house reading at Summit. A coffee house reading is an informal time where a speaker shares with the audience. Donald Miller was able to spend time talking casually and then reading from his new book A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My [...]
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Fine Wine Reality: An Acquired Taste
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“Reality is like a fine wine,” he said to me. “It will not appeal to children.” — p.11
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about community. Not just the automatic group affiliation kind, but the authentic and rare occurrence of knowing and being known by others. I suppose community can happen at various levels: a sports [...]
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Freshman Book Discussion Impressions
I got to attend the book discussion held this past Friday August 21. It was a great discussion with the new freshman. Dr. Steven Moore and peer leaders Kevin Claypool and Kyle Smith all led us in some really interesting exploration of ideas inspired by the book.
If you missed it, be sure to check out [...]
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