9/28 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Print Culture: William Blake's Night Thoughts and the Great Book Illustrations of the 1790s

Please join us on Wednesday, September 28, at 1pm for "Print Culture: William Blake's Night Thoughts and the Great Book Illustrations of the 1790s" presented by Chuck Ripley.

Professor Ripley will highlight some of the prints from the WSU Watkins Collection to analyze William Blake's illustrations to Night Thoughts in the context of the Great Illustrated Book Projects of the 1790s.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor, bluff side of the Darrell W. Krueger Library. For the complete Fall 2011 Library Athenaeum schedule, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

9/21 - Word of the Week: comely

comely /kuhm-lee/ (adj.):

1. fair, pretty, beautiful
2. pleasing or agreeable

9/21 - Athenaeum at 1pm - America's Worst Maritime Disaster: The Sinking of the Steamboat "Sultana"

Please join us on Wednesday, September 21, at 1pm for "America's Worst Maritime Disaster: The Sinking of the Steamboat 'Sultana'" presented by Jim Erickson.

The Steamboat "Sultana" was a Mississippi River paddle wheeler which was destroyed by an explosion and fire north of Memphis in 1865. Of the over 1,000 people who died, the majority were Union soldiers returning home after being released from Confederate prison camps in GA and AL. This discussion will review some Civil War events at the time, a little steamboat history, and newspaper articles and survivor accounts of this tragedy.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor, bluff side of the Darrell W. Krueger Library. For the complete Fall 2011 Library Athenaeum schedule, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

9/14 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Stones in My Passway: The Road from Blues to Rock

Please join us on Wednesday, September 14, at 1pm for "Stones in My Passway: The Road from Blues to Rock" presented by Paul Vance.

Paul Vance will examine the ways in which the American blues developed into "rock" music in the 1960s. With the music of Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, and Howlin' Wolf as a point of origin, this discussion will describe the ways in which groups such as Cream, the Yardbirds, and the Rolling Stones took these American models and created a new musical genre.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor, bluff side of the Darrell W. Krueger Library. For the complete Fall 2011 Library Athenaeum schedule, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

9/7 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Improving Assessment Efforts to Evaluate the Digital Life and Learning Program

Please join us on Wednesday, September 7, at 1pm for "Improving Assessment Efforts to Evaluate the Digital Life and Learning Program" presented by Kenneth Janz, Ken Graetz, and and James Reineke.

Since implementing its one-to-one laptop program in 1997, Winona State University has been a living, mobile computing laboratory; however, gaps in our assessment strategy emerged, requiring a more comprehensive approach. Working with students and faculty, a plan was developed and implemented in the fall of 2010. The plan has all ready resulted in improvements to student and faculty support as well as a better understanding of how technology facilitates teaching and learning. Data collected to date and lessons learned will be presented and discussed.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor, bluff side of the Darrell W. Krueger Library. For the complete Fall 2011 Library Athenaeum schedule, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/