Thursday, September 29, 2016

20th Annual Reading of Banned and Challenged Books



Last night we celebrated our 20th annual reading of banned and challenged books on Missouri Western's campus. Readers included EML and Prarie Lands alums Stacia Studer and Elisabeth Alkier as well as assistant professor Elizabeth Canon.



Dr. Canon
Readers & Books
Ms. Julie Perez, MWSU Education student
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

Dr. Elizabeth Canon, Assistant Professor of English, MWSU
I Corinthians, chapter 13 from the Tyndale Bible
 
Ms. Sally Gibson, Director, MWSU Library
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Ms. Chris Danford, School Board Member, SJSD. 
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

Mr. Ken Newton, Columnist, St. Joseph News-Press  
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Ms. Elisabeth Alkier, Prairie Lands Writing Project, MWSU 
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury  
Ms. Alkier
Dr. Ben Caldwell, Dean of Graduate Studies, MWSU
The Da Vinci Code  by Dan Brown

Ms. Stacia Studer, St. Joseph School District Teacher of the Year 2015-16
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

Ms. Studer