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Happy Election Day 2020! Today is the last day to cast your vote! Join your Durham Tech community and cast your vote if you're eligible and haven't already! In order to vote today, you'll need to go to your assigned polling place and can vote until 7:30 p.m.-- if you're in line at 7:30 p.m., no matter how long the line may be, you can cast your ballot. Learn more from the NC State Board of Elections about what to expect when voting on Election Day, including links to download a sample ballot. No
The 2020 Census Day is right around the corner! April 1 is the official Census Day, but many people have already received and completed their Census in the mail. Due to current health concerns, door-to-door data collection for non-respondents (yes, if you don't fill it out, they will contact you) has been delayed, but it is expected to resume at some point later in the year. Follow-up by mail will still occur. I'm going to be honest with you-- until very recently, I knew next to nothing about
I think that there are few things more wonderful than new books, but I acknowledge that, being a librarian, I'm biased. See a full list of the gems recently added to our collection in this PDF: New Books. Highlights from the full list include: Ivory, Horn, and Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis by Ronald Orenstein This alarming book tells a crime story that takes place thousands of miles away, in countries that few of us may visit. But like the trade in illegal drugs, the
It's hot, y'all. It's hot and humid and sticky and gross. This is that part of a North Carolina summer my relatives in Pennsylvania tell me is inhumane. (The joke is on them when they get snow in November though.) Sometimes, when the sun seems angry at you personally and the world feels like it's falling apart (see: pandemic, police brutality, climate change, the 24-hour news cycle), there's nothing better than some ice cream to cool off and coat your insides with delicious sugar (or dairy-free
Welcome to the new Instructional Technologies Blog. The Instructional Technologies team created this blog to keep instructors informed about technology tools at Durham Tech and best practices for using them with students. Enter your email address in the box on the right and click subscribe to be notified each time a new blog article is posted! In the 2022-23 academic year, our blog will focus on an important project that greatly affects faculty and students – specifically, the project to
There are a plethora of book adaptations coming out this year. Here are 5 books you can take home today and their upcoming screen counterparts. Be that "the book was better" person! In this honest and stunning novel, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the face of injustice. Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to
Only 53 days left to complete both the 2021 Read Great Things Challenge and the 2021 Reading SPRINT! While your SPRINT books don't count towards your Read Great Things 2021 Challenge completion, you can definitely complete both challenges. Or just one. Or neither. Either way, you're still welcome to come join us in December for our bookish celebration. One of our favorite* categories in the 2021 Read Great Things Challenge is A book with pictures. Pictures are for everyone! Click through for
Harper Lee's highly anticipated second novel, Go Set a Watchman, will be released Tues. July 14. It has been suggested that Go Set a Watchman was written before Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel, To Kill A Mockingbird. Details have emerged that Lee's publisher, asked her to rewrite “Watchman” to focus on the perspective of Scout as a child. " Watchman" focuses on Scout as an adult and her relationship with her father, Atticus Finch. Much attention and controversy surrounding the new novel
Happy Fall Break, everyone! We're celebrating the season of pumpkin spice and spooky tales with a list of books you can enjoy, preferably with a mug of hot cocoa and a nice blanket. We know spookiness isn't everyone's cup of tea, so we've included some lighter fare for those who enjoy the cozier side of autumn. Continue reading for seasonal recommendations of graphic novels, audiobooks, and print books. Psssst...don't forget, we'll be painting pumpkins for Crafternoon later this month! Join us
The World Federation for Mental Health established October 10 as World Mental Health Day to raise awareness and support of mental health and reduce stigma. This year’s theme is “Mental Health in an Unequal World.” Mental health and well-being are central to the way we live, work, study, connect with others, and contribute to our communities. It’s especially important to address and uplift mental health during these unpredictable and overwhelming times that continually expose and enact the