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Early College + IU East Campus Library = Career Quest!

Early College + IU East Campus Library = Career Quest!

Frances Yates, Heidi Huff, Programs 0 Comments
What do athletic trainer, musician, video game artist, pediatrician, forensic science technician, mathematician, emergency medical technician, veterinarian, computer hardware engineer, multimedia artist, and administrative services manager have in common? They are all career possibilities explored by 7th graders as part of a career quest program facilitated by a partnership among Early College at the Richmond Schools, Ivy Tech, and the IU Campus East Library. Jackie Schlichte (Early College Director), Latrisha Jackson (Early College instructor and IU East graduate student), and Heidi Huff (IU East Library Instruction Coordinator) worked with 7th graders throughout the Spring semester to develop their research skills and focus on targeted information to help them make informed decisions about potential career choices. The culminating project was a … Continued
Boo Who?

Boo Who?

, Heidi Huff, Programs 0 Comments
Don’t cry about it, the library has a spooktacular event for those who dare to be scared!  On Monday October 31st from 3:30-4:30 the IU East Humanities Club, Writers’ Club, and Friends of the Library will present readings of Halloween Poems & Ghost Stories in the library lobby.  You can bring your own reading or choose one from our booooo-k cart. We’ll also be serving up treats and an eerie green punch, so good it glows! Want to do a very scary reading for your own Halloween party? Here’s how to find a good book: In IUCAT enter your search term in the “keywords anywhere” box, like: ghost stories horror tales Halloween witches supernatural You can also limit the “location” … Continued
Got Culture?

Got Culture?

, Heidi Huff, Programs 0 Comments
Attend the Spanish and Francophone Fall Film Series at the IU East Campus Library and soon you too can have culture or “cultura” or “la culture.” The films are selected by Prof. Julien Simon and are shown in Hayes Hall Rm. 101 at 4 p.m. on Wednesdays throughout the Fall Semester. October 5th “Voces Inocentes / Innocent Voices” This Mexican / El Salvadoran film is set in war torn El Salvador in the 1980’s, when Chava, an eleven-year-old boy, suddenly becomes the “man of the house” in a time when the government’s army is forcibly recruiting children for the civil war. As his single mother fights to protect her children, their village becomes both playground and battlefield. This film is … Continued
The Golden Door

The Golden Door

Matt Dilworth, Programs
We are excited to announce that the library is hosting “Emma Lazarus: Voice of Liberty, Voice of Conscience,” a traveling exhibition documenting the life and influence of the social activist who wrote the famous poem on the Statue of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”       Other exhibits and displays in the library focus on immigration.  Dr. Joanne Passet has generously loaned artifacts owned by her great grandmother, Annie Townsend Quantic when she immigrated to the United States in 1894. Items include a dressing gown, bible, ship manifest, and photographs. … Continued
The Power of Reading

The Power of Reading

, Frances Yates, Matt Dilworth, Programs
Libraries and literacy are a natural fit.  We have the staff that knows how to connect people with the reading resources they need.  Literacy is significant at all ages, but it is especially important for the young – if a child can’t read by the third grade, the likelihood of graduating from high school is significantly reduced.  And if they don’t graduate from high school, they won’t have the opportunity to read and succeed here at IU East. At the IU East Campus Library we believe it is important to reach out and mentor k-12 students to promote literacy and promote a mindset that college is a real possibility…IF they learn to read and if they develop the reading habit.  … Continued