Up until the 2022–2023 school year, incoming students at UMW were required to participate in the Common Experience (formerly known as the Common Read). Students read or engaged with material provided during orientation and had discussion sessions with their peers the week before classes started in the fall. It was their first shared academic experience with other members of the university community.
From 2020–2022, I participated on the Common Experience Committee. I worked with other students to create an overview video for each year that welcomed incoming students to the Common Experience. We collaborated to write scripts, recorded footage separately, and then I edited the videos. Watch the Common Experience 2020 video and the Common Experience 2021 video.
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