What is One Book, One College (OBOC)?
OBOC is LAVC's common read program. Each academic year, a new book is selected, which is read throughout courses and across disciplines. The OBOC initiative cultivates opportunities for creativity, scholarship, critical thinking, and academic dialog. It creates a shared intellectual experience for students, faculty, administration and staff.
2019-2020 Selection:
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FALL 2019 EVENTS
About: The One Book, One College (OBOC) Program and the LA Valley College Library are proud to present a talk with Thi Bui, the author and artist of LAVC’s 2019-2020 OBOC selection, The Best We Could Do. Ms. Bui’s graphic novel chronicles one family’s life in war-torn South Vietnam and eventual escape, as refugees, to the United States. The book is an exploration in words and pictures of an immigrant family’s hopes for the future and journey into the past. Ms. Bui is a Vietnamese-American, art instructor, and Caldecott winner. After the talk, the author will sign copies of her books. Students may bring book copies from home or can buy them from the LAVC Bookstore.
Where: Monarch Hall