Common Experience
SYSTEMS THINKING
2022-2023 Theme
Texas State University presents an engaging theme each year with events for everyone.
This is OUR Common Experience.
SAVE THE DATE: FEBRUARY 2
Join us at the Systems Thinking: Black Male Student Symposium. Featuring keynote speaker, Lasana Hotep.
Naturally You | February 21
Naturally You is a collaboration among faculty, staff, and students to host a community conversation about diversity in a way that celebrates, inspires, and uplifts natural hair and the community at large through self-love, service, and education.
EVENTS
The Common Experience at Texas State offers a diverse array of events and opportunities to help foster identity and a sense of belonging.
About the Theme
Our 2022-2023 theme is an academic exploration of systems that impact and shape our lives — for ourselves, for others, and for everything around us. With Systems Thinking, the possibilities are limitless, practical, and scalable to dream.
COMMON READING
The 2022-2023 Common Reading book is Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O'Neil. First-year students will receive a free copy once fall classes begin.
LBJ DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES
Honoring the legacy of Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States and Texas State alumnus, by inviting extraordinary leaders to share their experiences.
OUR HISTORY
Previous themes, speakers, and books that have shaped the Common Experience at Texas State, 2004 to present.