Campus Community Book Project

Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me

by Ellen Forney

UC Davis Campus Community Book Project Books
 

UC Davis Undergraduate Education invites faculty in all disciplines to teach a First-Year Seminar around the Campus Community Book Project. The FYS-CCBP collaboration is an ideal way to introduce students to critical issues and explore UC Davis's Principles of Community.

Seminars may be taught in any department from myriad perspectives, with support of strong programming already in place. In lieu of weekly class meetings, students and faculty can attend presentations including the author's talk at the Mondavi Center during winter quarter. Limited complimentary tickets will be provided, if necessary. A full schedule of multidisciplinary programming is available, as well as a winter quarter curriculum outline incorporating the author's talk and other presentations.

UC Davis 2020-2021 Campus Community Book Project Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo and Me
Ellen Forney
In New York Times bestseller Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me, cartoonist Ellen Forney explores the relationship between "crazy" and "creative" in this graphic memoir of her bipolar disorder, woven with stories of famous bipolar artists and writers. 

Support for CCBP Seminars

In addition to the $2,500 academic enrichment fund for offering a one-unit seminar or $3,000 for a 2-unit seminar, we offer

  • A curricular structure built around the CCBP event schedule that can be adapted to your line of inquiries.  With this structure, class meets 4-6 times during the quarter, and students attend 3-6 events. 
  • First-Year Seminars course support funds (aka mini-grant) of up to $500.
  • Winter quarter seminars may receive tickets to attend the author's talk through the Mondavi Center's Curriculum Connections program.

Please send a brief statement of interest to Janet Chambers at jachambers@ucdavis.edu or call 530-752-1772 and submit your application by the proposal deadline in order for your seminar to be included in the Pass 1 registration period.  As with all First-Year Seminars, courses may be one or two units, and graded or P/NP.  Please see Teach a Seminar for more information.