First-Year Seminar

After the Common Reader Program’s April 26 screening of the movie “Owned: A Tale of Two Americas,” the program announced Amy Ellis Nutt’s “Becoming Nicole” as the book for the 2021-2022 academic year.

The Common Reader Program held a Big Reveal event April 28 via Zoom and announced Wes Moore’s “The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates” as the book selection for 2020-2021.  

As a student at University of Houston Clear Lake (UHCL), there are several on-campus resources to cultivate the ability to process information and recognize misinformation.

This year's Common Reader field day is based on the book, "Spare Parts" by Joshua Davis. Check out how Hawks worked together for the Common Reader Field Day, which took place Oct. 11.

This year’s Common Reader book, “Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream,” is about a group of Latinx high school students who build a robot that is capable of performing underwater…

Each year a text is selected by a committee of students, staff and faculty to be studied throughout the academic year. During this event, the 2019-2020 book read for the Common Reader was revealed to be "Spare Parts: Four Undocumented…

Forget the awkward small talk and cheesy pick-up lines; this style of speed dating will not have you locating the nearest exit for a quick escape, however; it could point you in the direction for a future career.

The University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL)’s Common Reader Program has chosen its next book for the 2018-2019 academic year. “Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work” is a collection of stories compiled by David Isay, founder of…

“With social activism, it’s working towards a world that you’re not going to be able to see and you have to be ok with that.”

UHCL’s Common Reader Program is a required extension of the First-Year Seminar course, Learning Frameworks, for all first-year students.