After almost 4 years with WKU Libraries as Facilities Specialist for DLPS, Matt Bogard will be leaving us April 6th to take a Market Research position with Enrollment Management in Academic Affairs.
While we will miss Matt and greatly appreciate his outstanding work, we want to wish him the best of success in his new position.
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Want Conversations with Wendell Berry or need to check on the Mammals of Kentucky or Bees in America? Check out these titles and more by Kentucky authors or about Kentucky. Perhaps you need to know more about fiddles or dulcimers. How about Dulcimer Maker: The Craft of Homer Ledford and Play of a Fiddle: Traditional Music, Dance and Folklore in West Virginia. Speaking of folklore, tryLynwood Montell’s Tales from Kentucky Doctors. Maybe you need to focus on women in Kentucky. Try Eliza Calvert Hall: Kentucky Author and Suffragist or Moving Mountains: How One Woman and Her Community Won Justice from Big Coal, or Sue Mundy: A Novel of the Civil War. Still not finding your niche? Move on to Big Bone Lick: The Cradle of American Paleontology, The WPA Guide to Kentucky, or work by Frank X Walker,When Winter Come, or the prolific David Dick.
These are available in the main library. Check us out!
Connie Foster
April 4, 2008
Western Kentucky University annually recognizes outstanding contributions by faculty members in the areas of Teaching, Research/Creativity, Public Service, and Student Advisement.
From University Libraries, Connie Foster, Head of Department of Library Technology Services, and Haiwang Yuan, Web Site & Virtual Library Coordinator, won the college-level awards for Public Services and Research/Creativity respectively. They are also the finalists for the university-wide awards.
A number of their colleagues went to their reception at the Student Success Center in DUC to congratulate them.
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Bowling Green alternate rock band Technology vs. Horse performed at noon, April 1, 2008 at Java City in Helm Library, WKU.
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The 2008 US Bank Art Exhibition is going on now through April 5 at The Kentucky Library & Museum.
See over 400 pieces in a variety of mediums, each created by a Kentucky artist! Many of the pieces on display are for sale. A portion of the proceeds from sales benefit the Kentucky Library & Museum, and scholarships within the WKU Art Department.
Museum hours: 9am-4pm Monday through Saturday 1pm-4pm Sunday.
Admission is free to WKU faculty, staff and students with ID!
WKU Libraries welcomed Spoken Word, a Rap group from Bowling Green, Kentucky, to the Java City-Helm Library on campus March 26, 2008.
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Dr. Michael Trapasso, professor in the Geography and Geology Department at WKU, talked about Easter Island in the University Libraries’ Faraway Places Series on Thursday, March 20th at Barnes & Noble.
Easter Island has long been known as an Island of Mystery. In reality, scientists have studied this island and its inhabitants for decades and much of the mystery has been cleared away. If you missed out and are interested in learning about the truth behind the mysteries, the following will help you revisit Dr. Trapasso’s talk.
Photo Album || Audio || Podcast || Video Clip
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The WKU community is invited to the book exhibit “Children Between Worlds: Intercultural Relations in Books for Children & Young Adults.” in Educational Resources Center (ERC), 366 Tate Page Hall.
Events are scheduled for Wednesdays 3:30 to 4:00 p.m. on the following days:
Please bring your students to view this unique exhibit representing many cultures around the world!
You can also visit the exhibit at the Southern Kentucky Book Fest Saturday, April 19. Then the exhibit will move to the new Bob Kirby branch of the Bowling Green Public Library until mid-May.
For more information, contact Roxanne Spencer or Dr. Jennifer Montgomery.
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On March 17, 2008 at Java City in Helm Library, Shadowdancer entertained the faculty and students with songs from their latest CD “Tradition with a Twist.” The band consists one of our own, Jack Montgomery and WKU faculty members.
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