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God’s Sacred Word Amongst Us: Historic Bibles from the ZSR Library Rare Books Collection

God’s Sacred Word Amongst Us: Historic Bibles from the Z. Smith Reynolds Library Rare Books Collection On exhibit in the Special Collections Reading Room, September 2011-January 2012 Title page from the 1612 octavo edition of the King James Bible The title of this exhibit, God’s Sacred Word Amongst Us, comes from the dedication of the... Continue reading “God’s Sacred Word Amongst Us: Historic Bibles from the ZSR Library Rare Books Collection”

Library Outreach to International Students

In August of 2010, Sarah Jeong began creating a formal Library orientation program for international graduate students and teamed up with Giz Womack based on his role as Instruction and Outreach Librarian. In the beginning, the program included a 15 minute presentation at orientation and an optional library instruction session. This year that program grew... Continue reading “Library Outreach to International Students”

50th Anniversary of the Peace Corps

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WFU Student researches the MLK “I Have a Dream” speech

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Coffee exhibit

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The 20th Anniverary of the Wilson Wing of the ZSR Library

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The 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible

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Welcoming New Graduate Students

August is the season for orientations, and for the second year running, I was invited to participate in two graduate student orientation sessions. The first took place earlier this month on the Bowman Gray Campus (BGC), where I spoke to approximately 65 new students. If you didn’t already know, Wake Forest’s Graduate School of Arts... Continue reading “Welcoming New Graduate Students”

Presenting at the WFU Writing Program Faculty Retreat

On Thursday, August 18th, I had the opportunity to talk with the WFU Writing Program Faculty as part of their two-day workshop/retreat. Prior to my presentation I was able to sit in on a discussion with eight of the writing program faculty and five faculty from various disciplines to discuss writing issues. The issues discussed... Continue reading “Presenting at the WFU Writing Program Faculty Retreat”

Humans vs. Zombies

With the popularity of our Capture the Flag game, we’ve added a new event for the second Friday of the semester! Join us for a game of Humans vs. Zombies in the ZSR Library! We will use Nerf Dart Blasters to ward off the Zombies in ZSR! Come battle the undead with us on Friday,... Continue reading “Humans vs. Zombies”