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WKU Libraries and the Department of Music, WKU organized the America’s Music series in the Music Hall on campus on the evening of April 16, 2013. This episode featured the blues and gospel music. The presenters were Clay Motley from WKU Honors College and Gospel Artist John Edmonds. Two movie clips were shown during the presentation.

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On the evening of March 7, 2013 at Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Bowling Green, Kentucky, WKU Libraries’ “Kentucky Live!” series featured Jason Howard, James Still Fellow at the University of Kentucky. He presented his newest book “A Few Honest Words: The Kentucy Roots of Popular Culture,” which illustrates how the land and culture of Kentucky have shaped American music through the years. Among those profiled include: Naomi Judd, Matraca Berg, Dwight Yoakam and Skinny Deville of Nappy Roots.

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On the evening of February 14, 2013 at Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Dr. John Dizgun, Assistant Director of KIIS, WKU, told WKU and Bowling Green attendees to the WKU Libraries-sponsored talk series Far Away Places about his experiences in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Bowling Green, Kentucky – Western Kentucky University students Polly Cowan and Chelsea Pitts both from Russellville, Kentucky, and Steven Fioretti from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, received an undergraduate research award at a recognition ceremony in Helm Library on Friday, December 7. WKU Libraries and WKU University Experience faculty offer the awards in an effort to recognize the important role of good undergraduate research in college academic success.

“The quality of the library skills projects this semester was outstanding,” said Sara McCaslin, University Experience Coordinator. “Information literacy and library skills are essential for student success at any level, and I am happy to be a part of introducing the importance of college level research skills to our first year students.”

Cowan, a first-year student from the University Experience class on the main campus, received the award for best annotated bibliography in the non-major category. Pitts, a first-year student from the University Experience class at South Campus, was recognized for the best career essay. First year student Steven Fioretti, double majoring in history and music, received the award for his annotated bibliography titled “The Legal Career of Abraham Lincoln.”

“I am so honored to be accepting this award,” said Fioretti. “It has built up my confidence as a writer, researcher, and critical thinker.”

Students received a $100 cash award along with a plaque honoring their achievements. The winning documents, along with past recipients, are posted on TopSCHOLAR–WKU’s research and creative activity database–at http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ueul_award/. For more information, contact Tammera Race, chair of the Research Award Committee, at 270-745-6154.

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Constance “Connie” Foster will take the interim off of her title at Western Kentucky University starting Dec. 1.

After a comprehensive national search, Foster has been selected as Dean of the University Libraries at WKU. She has been the Interim Dean since March 2011.

“As Interim Dean, Professor Foster has amply demonstrated her ability to lead the WKU Libraries during a period of substantial and significant change, including the formation of the Library Systems Office and the imminent opening of the Information Commons,” Provost Gordon Emslie said. “I am confident that she will continue to move the Libraries forward in this era of ongoing transformational change in the way that a university library serves both internal and external constituents.”

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