The Common Reading Program at Appalachian presents Elizabeth Rush, author of the 2020 selection “Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore.” The book was a 2019 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in General Nonfiction. According to the Pulitzer Prize website, “Rising” is a “rigorously reported story about American vulnerability to rising seas, particularly disenfranchised people with limited access to the tools of rebuilding.”

Rescheduled from April 3, 2020. Mr. Jose Minaya—CEO of Nuveen, a TIAA company—oversees all operating and investment activities for more than $970 billion in assets spanning the globe and covering equities, fixed income, real estate, private markets, natural resources, other alternatives and responsible investments. Mr. Minaya also chairs the Nuveen global investment committee and is a member of the firm’s executive committee.