TO:

FGCU One Book One Campus Committee

FROM:

Andrea Kiss, ENC 3250 Professional Writing Student

DATE:

September 19, 2015

SUBJECT:

Request for One Book, One Campus recommendation

This is a response to your request to recommend three books for all first year university students
to read. I suggest to read Florida (America the beautiful), Make it stick: The science of
successful learning and Write it down, make it happen: Knowing what you want and getting it.
While choosing the first book, I considered Florida Gulf Coast Universitys geological location.
Students will spend years in Florida while attending FGCU, so it is important to get to know
their surroundings. The second book helps students to become successful learners. Finally, I
chose a book that would help students achieve their dreams and to provide them guidance no
matter where they end up in life. After researching the University of Oklahomas One Book One
Campus website, I found their recommended book, titled Our Kids, which discusses how kids
grow up today determines their adult life.
Author, Title

Publisher,
Publication date
Firefly Books,
August 12, 2010

ISBN

Peter C. Brown:
Make it stick:
The science of
successful
learning

Belknap Press,
April 14, 2014

9780674729018

$18.51,
336 pages

Henriette Anne
Klauser:
Write It Down,
Make It Happen:
Knowing What
You Want And
Getting It

Simon &
Schuster, Inc.
January 3, 2001

9780684850016

$8.98,
247 pages

Jordan Worek:
Florida
(America the
beautiful)

9781554076826

Cost, number of
pages
$12.82,
96 pages

Brief summary
The Florida
edition of
America the
beautiful
introduces the
reader to the
states beauty
and hidden gems
that is a must
see.
Make it Stick
offer learning
techniques to the
reader to
become more
successful
learners.
Write It Down,
Make It Happen
helps the reader
identify where
they are heading
and what they
want to achieve

in life through
various
techniques.
Request for One Book, One Campus recommendation
Page 2
September 19, 2015
All three books remind the reader that life is beautiful and that people should live it to the fullest
and not be afraid to reach for the sky. According to Florida Gulf Coast Universitys mission
principles, professors and the staff are dedicated to help students to reach their full potential and
prepare them to gain employment and be productive citizens of this society. It is the universitys
best interest to not only educate students but to help them become successful in life as well.
I am confident that you will pick books that would provide valuable life lessons and help
students grow. I am anxiously anticipating a positive response from you as I realize that One
Book, One Campus is changing lives one book at a time.