Join us for First Fridays: Conversations with Archivists, produced by the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, featuring discussions about our collections, campus and community. The event will be hosted by Associate Professor and Curator of the Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project, Beth Ann Koelsch. Her guests will include Archivist Sean Mulligan…
Month: February 2022
University Libraries’ Amy Harris Houk Promoted to Assistant Dean for Teaching and Learning
Written by Samantha Lewis. Associate Professor and Department Head of Research, Outreach and Instruction Amy Harris Houk has accepted a promotion to Assistant Dean for Teaching and Learning with the University Libraries. This appointment is Houk’s fifth position during her tenure at UNC Greensboro. Houk graduated with a Masters of Library and Information Studies (now known…
The University Libraries Will Host a Satellite Writing and Speaking Center in Jackson Library
The University Libraries will host the UNCG Writing Center and the UNCG Speaking Center in Jackson Library on February 28, March 1 and March 2, 2022, from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. to provide assistance to undergraduate and graduate students who need help completing their writing and speaking assignments. Consultants from the UNCG Writing Center and the…
University Libraries Welcomes Alumna Shelbi Webb as Diversity Resident Librarian
Written by Samantha Lewis. UNC Greensboro Alumna Shelbi Webb has accepted the position of diversity resident librarian at University Libraries for the 2021-2023 session. The program helps recent graduates begin building their professional careers as librarians with a focus in academic librarianship. In addition, the program is designed to promote diversity within library staff to broaden university…
Honoring Black History Month: WVHP’s Beth Ann Koelsch to Speak as Part of Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Speaker Series
Written by Samantha Lewis. In February 1925, Black Americans held their first Negro History Week during the birthdays of Federick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. That moment lit a fire in the hearts of those passionate to celebrate Black history and advocates for equality, which led to the first celebration of Black History Month in 1926. It…