Category Archives: Past Events

The Southern Kentucky Book Fest partners’ annual One Book-One Campus-One Community project kicked off in the leisure room of the Helm Library on the afternoon of January 25, 2007. Mike Binder, Dean of the Libraries, opened the event and English Professor Marya Waters introduced The Memory Keepers Daughter, the book selected for reading as well as its award-winning author Kim Edwards. Free books were distributed to attendees of the event.

If you happened to have missed the event, you may revisit it through this photo album and listen to the mp3 recording or subscribe to the podcast to listen on the go from the Libraries’ Podcast web site.

Faculty and staff of the University Libraries celebrated the Holiday on December 12, 2006 in the Kentucky Building. Mike Binder, Dean of Libraries, presented the 2006 Margie Helm Awards to Dan Forrest, Coordinator of Access, and Matthew Bogard, Facilities Specialist, both from the Department of Public Services. Four student assistants, each from a department plus the Dean’s Office, also received their awards, first ever in the history of the University Libraries. Here’s an album of selected photos of the event.

A Christmas party was held at The Kentucky Building following the Bowling Green Christmas Parade on Saturday, December 2, 2006. There was music, food and family fun during the event. Children had their photos taken with Santa and Mrs. Claus. The event also featured ornament making, magic shows, dramatic performances and many other family activities. There was a Holiday Ornament Exhibit concurrently. The ornaments on display were created by the fourth grade classes of Warren County (public, private, city, county).

If you missed out the party, you may view this album of selected photos by Jan Renusch.

Christopher Canyon visited schools in southern Kentucky as part of the “On the Same Page” event. Christopher Canyon is the illustrator of several wonderful books for children. When he isn’t in his studio, Christopher enjoys traveling and providing educational and entertaining programs for schools, libraries, and conferences.

“On the Same Page” is a community-wide reading project for children sponsored by the Southern Kentucky Book Fest partners. This year, the book Take Me Home, Country Roads illustrated by Christopher Canyon has been chosen for the event.

Here are two photo albums of his visit, one to Cumberland Trace Elementary and the other to Briarwood Elementary.

On November 16, 2006, WKU’s Centennial Mosaic was dedicated. The ceremony was held in Java City. President Ransdell, Dr. David Lee, Dean of Potter College, and Prof. Kim Chalmers, Head of Art Department, addressed the floor. After WKU Women’s Chorus sang the “Freedom We Gather Here,” the Centennial Mosaic was unveiled at the Helm Library Courtyard. If you missed out the dedication, you may still view pictures of the event. Here is an album of chronological shots of the Mosaic as it was being built.