National Book Awards on Campus brings our Winners and Finalists to college and university communities across the country. This March 26 and 27, our honored authors will be appearing at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN for what will be the tenth anniversary NBA on Campus at Concordia.
This year’s guest authors are Evan Osnos, Winner of the 2014 National Book Award for Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China, and Anand Gopal, 2014 National Book Award Finalist for No Good Men Among the Living: America, the Taliban, and the War through Afghan Eyes.
The authors will be joined by NPR correspondent John Ydstie, Concordia class of ‘74, and NBF executive director Harold Augenbraum.
MARCH 26:
8:00am CT: Anand Gopal breakfasts with Concordia College Faculty Book Club
8:00am CT: Harold Augenbraum breakfasts with Concordia College librarians.
10:30am CT: John Ydtsie meets with Concordia College New Media class
Noon CT: Academic Excellence lunch with Concordia College first-year students, faculty, and National Book Award authors.
1-2pm CT: Gopal, Osnos, Augenbraum, and Ydstie meet with Sjgma Tau Delta
2:15-3:15pm CT: Gopal, Osnos, Augenbraum, and Ydstie meet with Offutt School of Business students.
5:30pm CT: Dinner with Concordia College President William J. Craft
7:30pm CT: Readings and Conversations with National Book Award Authors, hosted by NPR correspondent John Ydstie ‘74 in the Centrum, Knutson Campus Center. This event is free and open the public.
March 27:
9:20-10:20am CT: Gopal and Osnos conduct master classes with Concordia College students.
9:20am-10:20am CT: Ydstie meets with Concordia College Journalism and Global Studies students
Noon, CT: Faculty lunch: Arts and Humanities in the Era of Economics: A Conversation with NBF executive director Harold Augenbrauma and NPR correspondent John Ydstie moderated by Concordia College President William J. Craft.