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Introduction

About the DePaul Emeritus Society

DePaul University values its ongoing connections with its faculty and staff retirees, as it values their past contributions to the university’s mission. The DePaul University Emeritus Society was founded in 2008 with the merger of the Staff Emeritus Society and the Emeritus Professors Association. The Society is sponsored by the University’s Office of Mission and Values.

The purpose of the DePaul Emeritus Society is to provide a means for ongoing connection, communication, and socialization between the university and its emeritus faculty and staff, and between individual retirees whose professional lives were for so many years dedicated to university service.

Photos, events, and information of interest to members of the DePaul Emeritus Society will be posted to this blog. Please take a look, add your comment, offer to be an "author" or just enjoy.

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Book Club August 7

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah proved entertaining as well as informative.  His childhood and adolescent experiences growing up in South Africa under apartheid clearly depicted the brutal environment in a lively and often amusing manner. As a mixed race child, Trevor was not a part of any of the defined classes in South Africa, and had to make his way carefully through strictly defined social expectations and constraints. While some of us didn't like the casual style of his writing and wanted a bit more substance, we were unanimous in admiration for his mother.  Her struggles to guide Trevor into making the very most of his situation, often butted against his own uniquely stubborn and willful behavior. We shared some laughter over this one.



Our next book will be The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro. You can read a review here .  W
e  meet Wednesday, October 2 in Room 115 of the Richardson Library.  We gather at 11, with discussion from 11:30 to 12:30, so please bring your brown bag lunch!  For further information contact Kathryn DeGraff or Helen Marlborough.




We will continue to review the titles on our list for consideration for upcoming discussions. Please let Kathryn, Helen, or anyone else in the group, know if you have a favorite book you would like to share with your DES colleagues. As you can tell from the posts, we are interested in a wide range of fiction and non fiction. We enjoy our sessions thoroughly and always have room for more people and more insights.

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