February OMBC
NOTE: The Hauenstein Center will be sponsoring free copies of Open Minds Book Club books for current students of GVSU.
Thank you for your interest in participating in the Open Minds Book Club!
For the February 2026 session of Open Minds, we will be reading and discussing Who is Government : The Untold Story of Public Service edited by Michael Lewis.
"Michael Lewis invited his favorite writers, including Casey Cep, Dave Eggers, John Lanchester, Geraldine Brooks, Sarah Vowell, and W. Kamau Bell, to join him in finding someone doing an interesting job for the government and writing about them. The stories they found are unexpected, riveting, and inspiring, including a former coal miner devoted to making mine roofs less likely to collapse, saving thousands of lives; an IRS agent straight out of a crime thriller; and the manager who made the National Cemetery Administration the best-run organization, public or private, in the entire country. Each essay shines a spotlight on the essential behind-the-scenes work of exemplary federal employees."
The discussion for this book will be held on Wednesday, February 18, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm in the Richard M. DeVos Center’s Meijer Regency Room located on the GVSU City Campus.
Books for GVSU students will be mailed to those who register by midnight on January 21.
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