The North Carolina Folk Festival is a nonprofit organization that honors, celebrates, and shares the meaningful ways communities express their creativity and cultural traditions through music, dance, food, crafts and other folk arts to enhance appreciation of diverse traditions and contribute to community vibrancy and inclusivity. Their signature annual event, the NC Folk Fest, takes place each September and features…
NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY 2023!
National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) is celebrated each year on the third Tuesday of September. First organized in 2012, NVRD is the nation’s largest, nonpartisan civic holiday dedicated to celebrating our democracy by registering to vote as many eligible Americans as possible. Since that first 2012 celebration, the holiday has helped more than 5 million Americans…
Welcome Back, Spartans!
The University Libraries are gearing up to welcome new students this fall with several events! On the first day of classes, students can stop by the library’s Fall Kick-Off table on College Avenue from 11:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. on August 15th to pick up some treats, swag, and information about library services. Following the…
2023 ELC PITCH COMPETITION
University Libraries’, Steve Cramer, Business and Entrepreneur Librarian, co-chaired the Entrepreneurship and Libraries Conference (ELC) held its 3rd annual Pitch Competition on May 4, 2023, with co-sponsorship by EBSCO and ALA. The competition focuses on how libraries can support aspiring and existing small business owners, entrepreneurs, and other aspects of local economic development. This year, emphasis was on pitches related…
Staff Senate Service Committee Award Goes to Audrey Sage
Staff Senate Service Committee “shout-out” to Audrey Sage, Preservations Service Manager, University Libraries.
