CEHD ReadsCan one person make a difference?

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The College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) is building education and events around the shared question:

Can one person make a difference

CEHD’s First Year Experience Program

CEHD Reads is part of the college's First Year Experience Program, which offers a two-semester curriculum focused on the social, academic, and institutional needs of first-year students. This program builds intentional pathways to college by introducing students to ways of thinking in different academic disciplines, strategies for collaborating with others, and resources for discovering their own strengths.

About the 2024-2025 book

CEHD Reads is part of the college's First Year Experience Program, and the 2024-25 selection is The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson.

The Seed Keeper cover

Diane Wilson is a Mdewakanton descendant, enrolled on the Rosebud Reservation. She currently lives in Shafer, Minnesota, and is an activist and author of multiple award-winning books for adults and children

The Seed Keeper focuses on Rosalie Iron Wing, a Dakota woman living in late 20th century Minnesota, but stories of Rosalie’s ancestors are interwoven into the text. Although the work is fiction, Wilson includes various historical and political events that shape the lives of these ancestors and play a role in the unfolding of the narrative.

CEHD Reads Event 2023

Please save the date of October 9, 2024, when Diane Wilson will join us at Northrop for the Common Book Event. Stay tuned for specific event times.