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My name is Maddie Koontz, and I am the Wake Forest Fellow here at ZSR! I graduated cum laude from Wake in May with a Bachelors of Science in Business and a double major in Classical Studies, and Business and Enterprise Management with a Marketing Concentration. I grew up in a family of big Wake... Continue reading “90-Day Check-In as a ZSR Fellow” ›
Hi! My name is Gaby de la Vega and I am a new Double Deac continuing my education. I graduated in 2023 and recently started the Neuroscience Masters Program at the Wake Forest School of Medicine, and I have been an assistant in Special Collections and Archives since my senior year of college. Throughout my... Continue reading “What Are You Working On? with Gaby de la Vega” ›
Our most recent Take Care Tuesday event coincided with Banned Books Week, so we joined the effort to spread awareness about increased efforts to ban certain books from school and public libraries and celebrate the freedom to read. We included signage about Banned Books Week and passed out bookmarks with the most-challenged books of 2022... Continue reading “Banned Books Week 2023 and Take Care Tuesdays!” ›
On Tuesday, September 12, 2023, ZSR was buzzing with excitement and a spirit of unity as students, faculty, staff, and alumni came together to support our annual fund, Student Employee Scholarship, and Special Collections and Archives during the “Deacs Day of Giving.” This day would not have been possible without the incredible collaboration with our... Continue reading “Deacs Day of Giving” ›
This spring semester, Special Collections & Archives and the ZSR Library will be hosting the Sam Gladding Writing Experience. This event brings a scholar(s)/writer(s)-in-residence to campus and facilitates interactions between the writer(s) and students, staff, and faculty. The event culminates in a weekend of guided/facilitated writing for students, staff, and faculty and an opportunity for... Continue reading “Sam Gladding Writing Experience 2023-2024” ›
As a student, staff and/or faculty member of Wake Forest University, you have access to a resource called IBISWorld. If your work exists outside of business or entrepreneurship you’re likely to have never heard of it or been asked to use it before, but we’re here to let you know that it is a very... Continue reading “Career and Interview Research? Enter IBISWorld!” ›
Did you catch Director of Special Collections and Archives Tanya Zanish-Belcher’s WFDD interview about the history of the Demon Deacon (August 30, 2023)? As Tanya mentions, SCA staff and other researchers are working on a timeline of Demon Deacon history. This post captures a few notable moments from the Old Gold and Black archive. Thanks... Continue reading “Old Gold and Black Archive Reflects 100 Years of “Demon Deacons”” ›
Deacs Day of Giving 2023 is in the books and we are so grateful for the generosity of our supporters! In 24 hours, we raised $1,880 from 19 supporters – wow. Over the last year, supporters like you allowed us to reach more people than ever with our programming and outreach, student instruction, and collections... Continue reading “SCA Deacs Day of Giving 2023 Recap” ›
This event is now full. If you’d like to be added to the waitlist, please email archives@wfu.edu. Join us for a “book club” with New York Times bestselling author Celeste Ng on Friday, September 22! Participants in this small-group session will have a chance to talk in person with the author of Everything I Never... Continue reading “Special Event with Celeste Ng” ›
Welcome back to another installment of 5 Questions! If you would like to choose 5 Questions yourself, feel free to choose 5 from this form. Will Ritter, Public Services Librarian for User Services Tell us about what you do at ZSR Library? I’m the Public Services Librarian for User Services, where I oversee three key... Continue reading “5 Questions with Will Ritter” ›