Celebrate the scholarship & creative achievements of UWW faculty and staff at the 21st annual reception and exhibit in the Crossman Gallery (Greenhill Center of the Arts)! The exhibit is open on Tuesday, Nov. 25. The reception takes place on Wednesday, Nov. 26, between 10:30 and noon.
Articles, artwork, books, posters, and multimedia produced by staff and faculty of the University during the period July 2007-June 2008 will be on display. Refreshments will be available during the reception.
This event is co-sponsored by the Chancellor, University Library, Crossman Gallery, Office of Research & Sponsored Programs, and Photo/Graphics.
The History Dept.’s colloquium series lectures take place in White Hall, room 6C, from 3:45-5 p.m. Here’s the schedule:
- Oct. 22: Matthew Lange (Languages & Literatures) talks about “Berlin’s ‘Cathedrals of Commercialism’: Cultural Confrontations with the Department Store up to the Great War”
- Nov. 17: Mark Boulton (History) talks about “Rambo and the Dixie Chicks: Vietnam War Films and the Public Discourse on Patriotism During Wartime”
- Feb. 9, 2009: Deborah Wilk (Art) talks about “Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Modernism, Immigration and the Americanization Movement”
- March 30: Molly Patterson (History) talks about “Swashbucklers, Ruffians, and Brigands: A Brief History of Piracy in the Arabian Gulf.”
- April 20: Rebecca Shrum (History) talks about “35 Years of Mr. Coffee: Design, Gender, and the Unintended Consequences of Branding.”
If these topics interest you, your University Library could provide additional information. For example, a search of the Library Catalog would find titles such as The Vietnam War in history, literature, and film (3rd-floor Main Collection DS558 .T27 2003) and The deer hunter (1st-floor Media Center, DVDs, PN1997 .D44 2001). A different search in the catalog would find the title The grand emporiums: the illustrated history of the great department stores (3rd-floor Main Collection, HF5465 .U5 H46). The book Cathedrals of consumption: the European department store, 1850-1939 is available from other UWs to UWW students or staff through the free Universal Borrowing service.
Please ask a reference librarian for assistance in finding additional materials.
Learn what resources and services University Library offers you & your students:
When: Thursday, August 28, 2008 @ 2:30 p.m.
Where: University Library* instruction lab (L2211-ask at Reference or Circulation desks for directions)
Bring your questions! For example:
- How can you make sure the Library has resources your students need?
- Need help making links to articles in databases?
- Would your students benefit from an online tutorial or an online class guide?
- How do you reserve a video for showing in class?
- Can a student check things out for you?
*Yes, the mall construction is blocking our front doors. Please enter from the Prairie St./east side:
