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It's time for another make-at-home Crafternoon adventure! The Student Government Association and the Library are giving out tie dye kits to current students, which include three colors (blues, yellows, and reds), gloves, and some rubber bands. You'll provide your own shirt, bag, pants, scarf, hat, whatever you want to dye (in cotton, polyester, or blended fabric). If you would like one, email us at library@durhamtech.edu and we'll schedule a time for you to pick it up. You can also drop by the
Curious about previous infectious disease outbreaks as we live through this one? Are these times really unprecedented? Check out the PBS American Experience documentary The Forgotten Plague: Tuberculosis in America, available for free for all Durham Tech faculty, staff, and students and streaming through Films on Demand. This documentary is recommended by Durham Tech biology and microbiology instructor Dorothy Wood. Why does Dr. Wood recommend The Forgotten Plague (other than it being generally
The Durham Tech Campus Harvest Food Pantry has launched the Give the Gift of Giving campaign. Durham Tech employees, show your co-workers that you are thinking of them this holiday season by making an online gift to the food pantry on their behalf. To participate in the Gift of Giving campaign, complete the Foundation’s Online Giving Form and put your colleague’s name in the Tribute Information box. In the Additional Information comment box, indicate if you would prefer that your colleague
Do you need…. In-depth information on college, graduate, and professional programs? Professional training, scholarships, and entrance tests? Practice tests for entrance exams, certifications, and licensing exams? Help with basic skills such as arithmetic or grammar? TERC is for you! Use the link from the library’s Articles, Journals, and Databases box on the library homepage (T for TERC) and log in off-campus by using your Durham Tech username and password--the same one you would use for Sakai
Title: Fate s and Furies Author: Lauren Groff Genre: literary fiction Why did you choose to read this book? A lot of what I’ve read lately qualifies as literary fiction about a family over a long period of time. Fates and Furies examines the lives of and marriage between Lancelot Satterwhite and Mathilde Yoder. The first half of the book features Lancelot’s perspective and the second half Mathilde’s, including their respective childhoods, transition to adulthood, their marriage and ultimately
So technically Tuesday was National Library Workers' Day, but it was also a high pollen count day, so there's been a bit of a delay in posting (apologies). We may be biased (acknowledging bias is an important part of information literacy, you know), but we have a great group of library employees. Your Durham Tech Library staff participate in councils, committees, mentoring, programming, advising, campus planning, and many other parts of the Durham Tech community. We recognize that the way to
Here are three short poems to read and reflect on during this uncertain and challenging time. blessing the boats by Lucille Clifton - 1936-2010 (at St. Mary's) may the tide that is entering even now the lip of our understanding carry you out beyond the face of fear may you kiss the wind then turn from it certain that it will love your back may you open your eyes to water water waving forever and may you in your innocence sail through this to that From Quilting: Poems 1987-1990 by Lucille Clifton
News! For youse! To use! The Library has two new excellent librarians that have joined our team and lots of exciting things going on this semester. Click through and then on the images (or the links above the images) to read our Fall 2021 Employee & Student Newsletters. Fall 2021 Employee Newsletter-- Fall 2021 Student Newsletter Don't forget about our abbreviated reading challenge, the Read Great Things 2021 Sprint! Questions? Contact a librarian or the general library email account at library
I know you've been missing the library podcast. But the good news is that we're back! Ready fill your ears with library content in 2022. Learn about comics and graphic novels from English instructor Patrick Morris. He joined us to answer explain what the difference between comics and graphic novels is. And, makes recommendations to people who haven't read any before. He has passion and knowledge to share! Learn more about our new Recording Room and our Tech Tools on our website. Use the 'Reserve
There should be another word for cookbooks that are only recipes for baked desserts. Bakebooks? Dessertbooks? Bakertbooks? We can workshop it later. Regardless of what they are called, the library has them! I used one to make a pie on Memorial Day and it did not disappoint. The recipe came from Pie Every Day: Recipes and Slices of Life by Pat Willard. Click through to the rest of the post to see how my pie turned out! Now don't worry. If you aren't a "pie person" you'll still find plenty of