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One Book, One University: The Color Purple


Color_Purple_Book_CoverJoin the One Book, One University discussion on The Color Purple by Alice Walker. A panel discussion will take place on Tuesday, February 7th from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Hall of Honors.

Panelists are Rashidah Muhammad, Elizabeth Johnson, Elizabeth Todd-Breland, and Byron Waller.

RSVPs are requested for this event. To RSVP or for further information, please contact Lydia Morrow Ruetten at lruetten@govst.edu or 708.534.4116.

All those who attend the discussion are eligible to win a ticket to a performance of The Color Purple on February 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the GSU Center for Performing Arts.

The Color Purple won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. A film and musical have been adapted from the novel. Find out more about the book, the author, the play, and the movie at One Book: One University: The Color Purple.

The One Book, One University program is sponsored by the University Intellectual Life Committee.

Intellectual Life Grants

Intellectual Life Grants will be awarded for up to $500 for events taking place between January 17, 2012 and May 4, 2012 that promote and increase awareness of the arts, humanities and other intellectual topics of universal interest.  Possible events might include lecture series, faculty research salons, workshops, panel discussions, film screenings, exhibits, presentations in local communities and field trips.   

The primary audience for these events is GSU students, although the events should be open to all members of the GSU community and the region.    

GSU staff and faculty, as well as enrolled GSU students with a faculty collaborator, are invited to apply using the attached Intellectual Life Grant Application.  Events must be promoted as sponsored by the GSU Intellectual Life Committee in addition to any other sponsors.  

Selection Criteria include: 

  • Comparative analysis between grant projects presented, 
  • Value to the GSU community in terms of intellectual life,  
  • Strategies for promoting the event, 
  • Completion of the event within Spring 2012 Semester, and 
  • Feasibility of the project based on the support of this grant plus any other sources of funding 
  • Grant funding may not be used to compensate GSU employees or to purchase hardware or software. 

Submissions are due October 26, 2011.  Please download and fill out the grant form and return it via email to lruetten@govst.edu or .  Award winners will be notified by November 9, 2011.