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I mean, it's not a holiday or anything, but today is when North Carolina early voting sites open, including one on Durham Tech's Main Campus ( in the Newton building, room 4-141, accessed from the back parking lot--near the construction classrooms) for Durham County voters. Early voting begins Thursday, Oct. 15 and ends on Saturday, Oct. 31. I voted today at he Newton Building and it took me about an hour to vote-- while it wasn't ridiculously busy like some of the news from other states, the
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 was awarded to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for their advocacy for children's rights. [caption id="attachment_576" align="aligncenter" width="380" class=" "] Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai were picked as winners for their struggle against the oppression of children and their right to education. Photograph: Reuters (Source Guardian.com)[/caption] Here is background information about Mr. Satyarthi and Miss Yousafzai from the New York Times, "In
April 22, 2022 is Earth Day 2022. This year’s theme is Invest in our Planet, which means " We need to act (boldly), innovate (broadly), and implement (equitably). It’s going to take all of us. All in. Businesses, governments, and citizens — everyone accounted for, and everyone accountable. A partnership for the planet." Durham Tech is incorporating green goals within its 2021-2026 Strategic Plan – Pathways to Institutional Excellence by prioritizing the creation of green and sustainable campuses
November is known for Thanksgiving and the beginning of the holiday shopping season, but for writers it's known for something else. November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), when people put their fingers to their keyboards and pound out 50,000 words in one month. That's about 1,667 words a day. You can do it, we believe in you! There are as many ways to write a novel as there are writers, but for those who would like to plot their novel before writing we've collected some resources
Dance is wonderful. It is one of my favorite things in the world despite the fact that I'm only okay at it on a good day. Who cares? If I'm dancing I'm having a good time. Many of the dances known in the United States were created by the Black community. Blues dancing, Swing, the Twist, Disco, Lindy Hop, Charleston, Jitterbug, Moonwalk, Cakewalk, and so many more. These are dances that have shaped the look and feel of decades. See below for a video of Lindy Hop dancers back in the day and books
It’s been a few months since we last posted to the blog, but we know how hard you’ve been working to get Durham Tech’s first Fall Semester on Canvas off the ground! We’d like to thank you for all the thoughtful questions you’ve sent to us over these past few weeks and months at canvashelp@durhamtech.edu, and we encourage you to continue to send your questions to that email address. Hearing what has been on your minds regarding using Canvas and setting up your courses has underscored for us the
This month the library is featuring a display of genre fiction. The display is downstairs on the lower level. Enjoy! Graphic Novels: The Arctic Marauder Daytripper Graphic Classics: Edgar Allan Poe Graphic Classics: Science Fiction Classics Short Stories: At the Mouth of the River of Bees Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales Oxford Book of Gothic Tales Steampunk! : An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories About Sci Fi: In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination
The N.C. State Historical Records Advisory Board has selected Durham Technical Community College Library as a 2022 participant in the Traveling Archivist Program (TAP). A team of archivists from the State Archives and partner institutions will serve six organizations this year with virtual consultations, on-site training, and supplies to improve preservation and access for document, photograph, and/ or film collections. TAP’s purpose is to help repositories improve preservation and access for
Students and staff at Durham Tech have digital access to databases that offer full-text articles from publications such as New York Times, Washington Post, New York Magazine, Time, Wired, Wall Street Journal, and more. Users must access the articles through our databases, so they might appear different than how articles appear online through those organizations’ websites. For example, photos or screenshots published in articles may not be visible when they appear in our databases, but the
April is Poetry Month and we're thrilled to highlight a new publication by Durham Tech English instructor Bridget Bell. Her book is available at both the Main and Orange County Campus Libraries. Check out Bridget's awesome interviews with The Independent Weekly and streaming on WUNC's Due South radio show. When did you begin writing poetry? How did you decide to write a book of poetry? I’ve written poetry since I was a little kid. There are some embarrassingly earnest and angsty poems in my