Calendar
Tuesday, March 18
Hours: 7:30AM - 1AM
–ZSR Library, Special Collections & Archives Research Room (Room 625)Tobacco has played a significant role in shaping North Carolina’s cultural, economic, and social identity, even before the state’s official establishment. Early depictions of Native American communities along the coast at the end of the 16th century show cultivation and use of the plant.
During the 19th century, tobacco became a cornerstone of the plantation economy, generating immense wealth for select families. In the 20th century, the rise of mass production and commercialization, along with an expanding labor force dedicated to its cultivation and processing, further embedded tobacco in North Carolina’s way of life. Marketing campaigns and iconic imagery tied to tobacco are deeply woven into the state’s historical narrative.
This exhibit showcases images, artifacts, and records from Special Collections & Archives, spanning from the sixteenth century to the modern era. It also features contributions from North Carolina artists and photographers, including Daisha Bunn and Erin Kye and their families, as well as works by photographer Dan Routh.
–ZSR Library, ZSR 665 (Faculty Commons Classroom inside the Faculty Commons space in ZSR Wilson Wing).Alarming statistics in recent years indicate that mental health problems have been skyrocketing among youth. Psychologist and professor Sarah Rose Cavanagh interviews experts who work with young people to help them actualize their goals, and highlights voices of college students from a range of diverse backgrounds. The result of these combined sources of inquiry indicates that to support youth mental health, we must create what Cavanagh calls compassionate challenge. Let’s meet and discuss what that might look like.
–ZSR Library, Library Auditorium (Room 404)Join Christy Cobb (Associate Professor of Christianity, Univ of Denver; MA WFU Religious Studies, 2010) and Associate Professor of New Testament WFU School of Divinity, Katherine Shaner for the first lecture in the Spring 2025 Albritton Lecture Series sponsored by the Department for the Study of Religions.