Author Dave Evans will deliver the keynote address at First Year Academic Convocation on September 6 at 7 p.m. in Conte Forum. Evans is the co-author of Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life (Knopf, 2016)—the Class of 2022’s common read distributed to incoming first-year students at orientation. Co-written with Bill Burnett, Designing Your Life is based on the authors’ popular Stanford University undergraduate course on navigating moral, ethical, and foundational choices in careers and lives. Through anecdotes, psychology, and thought experiments, the book helps students conscientiously and rigorously answer “Big Questions” such as “How do I find a job that I like or maybe even love?” “How do I balance my career with my family?” And “How can I make a difference in the world?” Read more. | Designing Your Life official website