10/23 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Industry-Driven Research Projects for Students by Beckry Abdel-Magid

Join us this Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 1:00pm for our last Athenaeum of the fall semester.  We hope you will join us in learning about  Industry-Driven Research Projects for Students presented by Beckry Abdel-Magid, Professor, Composite Materials Engineering.

This presentation will discuss a number of research projects which were initiated through direct interaction with local and regional companies. The projects focused on research that will benefit an entire industry in the region rather than specific companies. A number of students in the engineering department were involved in these projects, and they shared their results with scientists and engineers from various companies in the region. The projects were funded by WSU Next Chapter Grant. The experience of developing such projects that allow students to work on practical problems, and put them in direct contact with professional in the field will be shared with faculty, staff and students.

Please encourage your students and come out to support a colleague!  The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Library, south side.

For more information please visit:  http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

2/3 - Athenaeum at 1pm - From Basic Skills to Writing in the Disciplines: Case Studies of Student Writers

On February 3, 2010 at 1pm on the second floor of the WSU Library Professors Krase and Johnson will present From Basic Skills to Writing in the Disciplines: Case Studies of Student Writers.

Ethan Krase - Associate Professor, English Department
J Paul Johnson - Professor, English Department

Faculty, administration, and students generally agree that it is important for students to gain the ability to write effectively as part of their undergraduate education. However, while many of us can cite anecdotal evidence of the ways some students go about becoming better writers, it is often difficult to gain a comprehensive picture of the role WSU writing curricula play in students’ writing development.

This study employs a combination of qualitative and quantitative research to examine the ways that graduating seniors have transitioned from basic-skills to discipline-specific writing projects at WSU. Using results of the 2005-2006 University Studies Basic Skills: College Reading and Writing Assessment project as baseline data, in the spring of 2009 the presenters conducted case studies of twelve graduating seniors who had participated in the 2005-2006 study. The study charts those students’ writing instruction and experience as they completed their major course of study. Specific areas of inquiry include comparisons of students’ writing coursework, type and amount of feedback on writing, practices and attitudes towards writing, and assessment measures.

8/17 Getting started: Information for New Faculty

Check out the Library's page for new faculty:
http://www.winona.edu/library/guides/informationfornewfaculty.html

Please contact your librarian liaison for more detailed information and research sessions for your students: http://www.winona.edu/library/liaisons/



For more information and returning faculty:
http://www.winona.edu/library/guides/informationforfaculty.html

8/17 WSU Orientation Week: Information Here

From the WSU homepage you can find a link to WSU Orientation schedules for new and transfer students and for faculty/staff.

Student WSU orientation information: http://www.winona.edu/advising/orientation.asp

Faculty/staff WSU orientation information:
http://www.winona.edu/academics/index.asp

7/24 Summer Research Help

Research help is available during the summer.

A librarian can be paged from our two service desks.

Check out our research help hours. http://www.winona.edu/library/ref/#desk

Please note: Librarians are available during the summer, however research assistance is not available all hours the library is open. Please check our schedule or set up a consultation appointment with a librarian on duty.

5/11 Library Summer Hours

The WSU Krueger Library summer hours can be found at: http://www.winona.edu/library/about/hours.html#summer

For the Library's summer hours please check out our Library Hours webpage:
http://www.winona.edu/library/about/hours.html

4/8 Athenaeum at 1pm - The Art of Winona's Drinking Water Fountains: Celebrating Our Water Commons by Joan Francioni and Vicki Englich

Join us for this week's Library Athenaeum on Wednesday April 8, 2009 for The Art of Winona's Drinking Water Fountains: Celebrating Our Water Commons, a presentation by Joan Francioni and Vicki Englich. , The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Darrell W. Krueger Library.

The presenters will discuss the inspiration for and process of creating “Clean Water Brings Life,” the bronze sculpture of otters playing.Power’s fountain will be placed at the Lake Park by the Band Shell and will serve as an emblematic symbol of a community committed to the honor, protection and celebration of clean water as central to the health and wealth of the city.

Computer Science professor Joan Francioni will also speak on the drinking water project in general. It was collaborative effort by city, county and university groups to inspire stewardship of our public local water and to promote a broader understanding of regional, national and international water issues.More than 800 people in the Winona community participated in the online voting to choose the artist with the favored drinking fountain design.

Please note: the drinking fountain project winner, Lynette Power, will not be able to attend.

The event is free and open to the public.For more information and event descriptions, visit: www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum.

4/1 Athenaeum at 1pm - Watching for the Ferris Wheel by Drake Hokanson and Carol Kratz

Join us on Wednesday April 1, 2009 at 1pm for a presentation by Drake Hokanson and Carol Kratz titled Watching for the Ferris Wheel

It will be a lively illustrated presentation on the nature of the American county agricultural fair, the long-haul research for the book, and a bit about the process of getting it published as a large-format, full-color volume.

If you bring you own personal copy Drake and Carol will sign books afterwards. Purebred and Homegrown: America’s County Fairs (University of Wisconsin Press, 2008).

The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the WSU Library, bluff side. The Athenaeum schedule is available at: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

3/25 Athenaeum at 1pm - Sabbatical Experience in the Middle East by Beckry Abdel-Magid and Margaret Trott

Join us on Wedneday March 25, 2009 at 1pm for Beckry Abdel-Magid and Margaret Trott's a lecture and discussion titled A Sabbatical Experience in the Middle East.

The lecture will emphasize planning for a sabbatical leave, application to the Fulbright Scholarship Program, and selection of program and country. The discussion will include academic and cultural preparation for a successful sabbatical leave, transition and family relocation to host country, adaptation to new environment of work and leisure. An overview of the society, economy and politics of the United Arab Emirates (our host country) will be presented.

The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the WSU Library, bluff side. The Athenaeum schedule is available at: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

3/11 Athenaeum at 1pm - Art and Students in China: Impressions from Jingdezhen by Anne Plummer

Wednesday March 11, 2009 at 1:00pm Anne Plummer presents Art and Students in China: Impressions from Jingdezhen

China has a rich cultural heritage that westerners find compelling in terms of its scale, longevity, aesthetics, and its high level of craftmanship. Contemporary Chinese artists and students find this history to be both a source of inspiration and a burden. Western art is recognized as cutting edge in the global culture. While Chinese artists and students struggle to incorporate contemporary western practices and earn recognition in the contemporary global art world, many westerners yearn to find the historic Chinese arts and culture intact. How do the Chinese and westerners deal with these conflicting expectations?

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor, bluff side of the WSU Library.

For the Spring 2009 schedule please go here: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

2/4 Athenaeum at 1pm -Phillis Wheately the first African American Poet by Michlitsch and Ripley

Join us on Wednesday February 4 at 1:00pm for Professor Gretchen Michlitsch and Professor Chuck Ripley's presentation on Phillis Wheately the first African American Poet.

Michlitsch and Ripley discuss Phillis Wheatley, the First African-American Poet
Brought from Gambia, Africa to colonial America in 1761, Phillis Wheatley entered Euro-American Christian culture as an enslaved girl. A literary prodigy, she became the first published black American poet in 1767. Her poems provide an important window into the developing but conflicting discourses surrounding freedom, race, and human nature in the era of the American Revolution. Gretchen Michlitsch and Chuck Ripley will explore Wheatley’s works in terms of her immediate eighteenth-century context and her twenty-first century significance as the founder of the African-American literary tradition.

The Athenaeum is located on the second floor south side of the WSU Library.
The Athenaeum schedule and more information can be found at: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/