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K-State First is the University's first-year experience program, our way of helping students establish a great foundation for the rest of their college career. K-State First Book is an all university reading program that selects a common book for the academic year and coordinates classroom and campus activities to correspond with the reading.

First Book's purpose is to help guide the transition from high school to college by giving students a common experience around book and guided academic and social activities that can be shared with professors, staff, administrators, and other students when they arrive on campus. It also sends the message that people in college read books, even ones that are not in their area of study.

The rest of the K-State community is also invited to read the book and participate in campus events.

Past books

2021 - The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
2020 - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
2019 - Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
2018 - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
2017 - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
2016 - Spare Parts by Joshua Davis
2015 - The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore
2014 - The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
2013 - Ready Player One by Erenest Cline
2012 - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
2011 - Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
2010 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Featured Items

Archives and Absence: The Role of the Institutional Archive in Retaining Cultural Memory (Part 1)

Denison, Veronica; Egbert, Helena; Rogova, Irina (2021-10-05)

Presented during American Archives Month, archivists Veronica Denison, Helena Egbert, and Irina Rogova from K-State Libraries’ Morse Department of Special Collections offer the first in a series of three talks inspired by ...
2021 Common Work of Art

Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art (K-State First, 2021-05-26)

This resource developed by the K-State Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, announces the selection of the 2021 Common Work: Neal Ambrose-Smith's From Upstream I Caught Fish, 2008. The Beach Museum staff provide context ...
2020 Virtual K-State First Celebration

K-State First (2021-03)

In a virtual celebration, K-State First presents the winners for the 2020 First-Year Student Advocate and K-State First Book awards. The 2020 First-Year Advocate Award winners: Faculty/staff recipient - Jessica ...
“The Marrow Thieves” Reader’s Guide

K-State First (K-State First, 2021-05)

This guide provides resources for the 2021 common book, “The Marrow Thieves” by Cherie Dimaline. Included in the guide are discussion questions, suggested classroom activities, other titles of interest, vocabulary, and ...
"The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" Guide

Kansas State University, K-State First (Kansas State University, K-State First, 2020)

This guide provides resources for using the Kansas State University 2020 common book, “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer. Included in the guide are discussion questions, suggested classroom ...