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SMC Education Department Common Read Author Talk: Kenneth Cadow
2025 Education Department Common Read Author Talk Event: We are delighted to have Kenneth Cadow visiting our campus for an in-person author talk and presentation in McCarthy Arts on October 21 from 6-7 p.m. He will discuss the themes of the text, such as boyhood, rural schools, and poverty, addiction, and community, and provide some insight into his writing process. The text鈥檚 thread of personal food insecurity dovetails with one of the five focus areas of SMC鈥檚 Leahy Institute for the Environment.
Each year, the Education Department鈥檚 Common Read Committee identifies a book of importance to share with all of our students in both the undergraduate and graduate programs. This is one way we embrace and share our departmental mission statement with the College community and beyond. This year鈥檚 Education Department Common Read selection is Gather by Kenneth M. Cadow. This book focuses on our rural students, belonging, addiction in Vermont communities, and poverty through the eyes of a middle school boy. Gather was selected by The Vermont Humanities Council as this year鈥檚 Vermont Reads book. A National Book Award Finalist, written by a Vermont author and principal, Gather has garnered numerous awards, and author Kenneth M. Cadow has received wide recognition (including an interview on Vermont Edition).