Dan Gediman, co-editor of "This I Believe," discusses his book, which was the subject of the campus’ common reading program, at 1 and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. Both presentations are free and open to the public.

Gediman is executive director of This I Believe Inc., a nonprofit organization that engages people in writing and sharing stories describing the core values that guide their daily lives. These short statements of belief have been featured on public radio since 2005, and the Essay Collection of more than 120,000 statements of belief can be found at www.thisibelieve.org. Gediman is the co-editor of the New York Times best-seller "This I Believe" as well as "This I Believe II" and six other collections of "This I Believe" essays on subjects including love, life lessons, fatherhood and motherhood. His work has been heard on "All Things Considered," "Morning Edition," "Fresh Air," "Marketplace," "Jazz Profiles" and "This American Life." He has won many of public broadcasting’s most prestigious awards, including the duPont-Columbia Award.

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This presentation is part of the Arts and Lecture series. For more information, contact the Office of Student Life at 610-396-6076.