Did you know that April 12-18 is National Library Week?! From the American Library Association: “First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation’s libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. All types of libraries – school, public, academic and special – participate.”
This week is also the last full week of classes at IWU, with the annual John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference starting Friday night, culminating in a full day of presentations on Saturday. Participating students can learn all about poster printing from the Ames website, and submit their finished products to be printed using this form. The deadline to submit posters for printing is TODAY (4/13) if you want it printed in time for Saturday. Remember that the foam board will be 
provided to you at CNS or SFH on Saturday morning.
Stephanie Davis-Kahl is one of the Ames librarians, and is the coordinator for Digital Commons@IWU, our online archive of exceptional student and faculty work. Our goal is to showcase the intellectual and creative work in our campus community. If you are presenting this weekend as part of the JWP Student Research Conference, you are invited to share your work via Digital Commons. You have a number of choices of what to share and how to share your research. If you’re interested in learning more, contact Stephanie by email or phone (309-556-3010).
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Tuesday,4 p.m., Beckman Auditorium, The Ames Library – “Building Bulwarks: an ArcGIS Model of Roads, Campaigns, and Colonies in Republican Italy – Assistant Professor of History Amy Coles will present her preliminary, time-lapsed set of maps – created using ArcGIS (Global Information Systems) software – of Roman Republican military campaigns, road-building, and colonial foundations in ancient Italy. While military success enabled the building of roads and foundation of colonies, the map demonstrates that the relationship between these three was neither simply causal nor static over time. (This project was made possible by a Re-Centering the Humanities grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.)
Thursday, 7 p.m., Beckman Auditorium, The Ames Library –International Film Series – “Wadjda” (2012, Saudi Arabia), presented by Associate Professor of English Alison Sainsbury.
Instruction Lab, Room 129
- Monday, 10am – Environmental Studies 120
- Wednesday, 10am – Environmental Studies 120
- Friday, 10am – Environmental Studies 120
Meeting Room, Room 214
- Monday, 9:30am – Network Meeting
- Monday, 10:30am – Disaster Recovery Meeting
- Tuesday, 1pm – Assessment Committee Meeting
- Tuesday, 4:30pm – Star Literacy
- Wednesday, 9am – Star Literacy
- Wednesday, 11:30am – Theatre Recruitment
- Wednesday, 2pm – CUPP
- Thursday, 1pm – CUPP
- Thursday, 4:30pm – Star Literacy
- Friday, 10am – Campus Climate Assessment Meeting
- Friday, 2pm – Portal Meeting
Beckman Auditorium, Lower Level
- Tuesday, 9:30am – History 150
- Tuesday, 2:30pm – Theatre History II
- Tuesday, 4pm – “Building Bulwarks: an ArcGIS Model of Roads, Campaigns, and Colonies in Republican Italy”
- Wednesday, 2pm – English Skype Session
- Thursday, 1:10pm – LC 116 Film Showings
- Thursday, 7pm – International Film Series
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English as a Second Language Service
The new English as a Second Language Service at IWU seeks to support the University’s international students and their academic and professional needs by providing ESL instruction and help with academic writing, reading and speaking. Our primary goal is to enhance the learning experience of international students and support the University’s community.
If you have any questions about our services or would like to schedule an appointment, please contact Dr. Teodora Nikolova at tnikolov@iwu.edu or call (309) 556-3810.
We are now located in the Writing Center, Ames 105B.
Office hours are
Monday and Wednesday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.
The Writing Center+ESL online scheduler is at iwu.mywconline.com.