{"id":2792,"date":"2026-10-06T09:18:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T16:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theredlandsbulldog.com\/?p=2792"},"modified":"2026-10-06T09:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T16:18:06","slug":"university-of-redlands-hosts-marathon-read-of-the-serviceberry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theredlandsbulldog.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/06\/university-of-redlands-hosts-marathon-read-of-the-serviceberry\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Redlands Hosts Marathon Read of \u2018The Serviceberry\u2019\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Students read passages from “The Serviceberry” while others follow along during the Sept. 24 Marathon Read. Photo by Hazel Gleckman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

University of Redlands students and staff gathered in the Armacost Library on Sept. 24 from 10:50 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. to participate in and listen to the Marathon Read of Robin Wall Kimmerer\u2019s \u201cThe Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World.\u201d This event was part of the Campus One Read Initiative, meant to bring the University of Redlands community together around one book.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a turnout of dozens of students and staff, the event was designed so anyone could come by to listen, or join in reading a section of the book, taking turns until the book was read from cover to cover. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want a community to do things with, and I really value the fact that that’s what I felt like I’ve had at Redlands for the time that I’ve been here \u2014 that this is a community,\u201d English professor Heather Shamp, a board member of the One Read committee, said. \u201cWe step up for each other, and I see students step up for each other all the time. We all do better when we all do better, right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kimmerer\u2019s book uses the serviceberry plant and its relationships with the animals and plants around it as a gateway to explore ideas of gratitude, abundance and reciprocity. It focuses on the idea of a \u201cgift economy,\u201d in which people and the natural world recognize their reliance on each other. The marathon read not only provided a space to hear these ideas, but to interact with and explore them further. Shamp agreed that Kimmerer’s discussion of a collective responsibility to our community is reflected in the university.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe idea of mosaic economies that she talks about and blending a communal reciprocity with the larger structures that we live in makes a lot of sense,\u201d Shamp said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Campus One Read provided an opportunity to consider the ways in which Kimmerer\u2019s concepts apply to reciprocity within the university community.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Campus One Read started over 20 years ago, but stopped when COVID-19 hit in 2020. It\u2019s now the third year since it\u2019s been back on campus, sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities grants. A committee of staff members collaborates to pick a book yearly. The book is purchased through grant money for many students, and events are set up around the book’s themes, always including a marathon read.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Campus One Read book committee sorts through student recommendations. Students can submit book recommendations for 2027 through the form<\/a> linked to the QR code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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