Pasadena City College’s One Book, One College program demonstrates our commitment
to providing a shared intellectual experience that increases student engagement while
fostering a rich dialogue among all campus constituents. Each year a diverse committee
of faculty and staff collaborate to select the book, and representatives from the
Cross Cultural Center, Campus Diversity Initiative and PCCPathways collaborate to
offer varied programming as part of the accompanying Speaker Series. The entire campus
and community are invited to attend these free offerings. The culminating event is
the Pathways Student Conference, during which over 2,200 first year students present
their original research inspired by the One Book, One College selection.
2017: Octavia Butler's Dawn
The Cross-Cultural Center, Campus Diversity Initiative and Pathways Program are proud to announce this year’s selection for our 7th Annual One Book, One College program, Octavia E. Butler’s Dawn.
Past Year's Selection
One Book One College was first introduced at PCC in 2011. See our full collection of the books our campus has shared and enjoyed together.