Author Archives: Barbara

About Barbara

I am a Reference & Instruction librarian, head of that department in Andersen Library, an associate professor, and a member of the General Education Review Committee and Faculty Senate. I've been working at UW-W since July 1, 1990.

Global Café Feb. 13

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Barbara

The Global Café series continues during Spring 2013! Join us on Wed., Feb. 13th, from 5-6pm, when the discussion will focus on Ecuador, Thailand, and the Dominican Republic (location: 2nd-floor big screen tv, near the Food for Thought café). In … Continue reading →

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Darwin Day talk Feb 12

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Barbara

Benjamin C. Campbell, UW-Milwaukee Anthropology Dept., will provide the keynote address at UWW’s observance of the annual Darwin Day on Tues., Feb. 12, from 6:30-8pm in Hyland Hall’s Timmerman Auditorium. This year’s focus is on “Darwin’s Unfinished Revolution,” the human … Continue reading →

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Food in Literature

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Barbara

The Spring 2013 Fairhaven Lecture Series has the theme “Food for Thought” and will have us thinking about our relationships with food. Yes, we need food to sustain us, but it has cultural, environmental, economic, and political aspects. All lectures … Continue reading →

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Food! Community events on Feb 8 & 25, and cookbooks

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Barbara

You can learn about these and other community events and news at the Whitewater Banner: What’s for dinner tonight (Friday Feb 8)? It could be soup! The Washington Elementary School (506 E Main St) is offering a soup dinner from … Continue reading →

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Friday Fun: What do you know about the news?

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Barbara

Do you keep up with the news? Do you recognize “prominent people?” Take the Pew Research Center’s “The News IQ Quiz” and compare how you do with other Americans.

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How the World Works talk

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Barbara

Author and journalist Andrew Leonard will talk about How the world works: the interconnections between globalization, energy policy, economics, the environment, and politics… and everything else in between (Wow!) at 7 p.m. on Monday, February 11, in the Irvin L. … Continue reading →

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Of Mice and Men

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Barbara

On February 6, 1937, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men was published, a book that he also made into a play. I vividly remember seeing a production of the play at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis as a school trip. … Continue reading →

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Dissertation database free for February 2013

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Barbara

If you join the free ProQuest Discover More Corps you can access the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses database until February 28. While you can search for many dissertations and master’s theses in the database, the full text is not always … Continue reading →

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Friday fun: Books & Bites

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Barbara

OK, thank you to the public library in town for tweeting about this site… Are you looking for a good, fun read to break up all that studying? Do you like food? Well, the Books & Bites facebook page is … Continue reading →

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Résumé Doctor @ Andersen Library Jan. 29-31

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Barbara

The Résumé Doctor is in! Drop into Andersen Library between 1 and 4 pm Tues.-Thurs. this week to have the good doctor give your résumé a check-up! Andersen Library also has resources about résumés, cover letters, and interviews. Search the … Continue reading →

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