PRIDE! Month is commemorated each year in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York City. In June of 1969, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn staged an uprising to resist the police harassment and persecution to which LGBTQIA+ Americans were commonly subjected. This uprising marked the beginning of a…
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New Items Added to the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives
The Triad Black Lives Matter Protest Collection was created to document the Black Lives Matter movement, police brutality protests and race relations in the Triad area of North Carolina. The collection contains digital photographs and video footage relating to the George Floyd protests. Collecting for the project is ongoing, and the archive is particularly interested in…
Our Next UNCG Alumni and Friends Book Club Selection Is “Even As We Breathe: A Novel” by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle
“Even As We Breathe: A Novel” by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle is our next UNCG Alumni and Friends Book Club selection for May, June and July! “Even As We Breathe” is the first novel published by an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation and was included on several end-of-year lists for the best…
Krista Westervelt Is Honored with the 2021 University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award
Krista Westervelt has been awarded the University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award (ULURA). The award focuses on the ability of an undergraduate student to locate, select and synthesize information from library resources for the creation of an original research project or paper. Westervelt is a junior Peace and Conflict Studies major and Gerontology Program minor at…
Dylan Morris Is the Recipient of the 2021 Outstanding Student Library Worker Award
University Libraries is pleased to announce Dylan Morris, student desk manager in the Access Services Department, is the 2021 winner of the Outstanding Student Library Worker Award. While working for University Libraries, Morris helped patrons and answered questions at the circulation desk. He could always be counted on to do any job necessary and in…