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BSN exhibit opened!

Posted on April 14, 2010 by | Leave a comment
Mrs. Chase with Prof. Hilton's class, Weiss Hospital, Short Term 1977

Mrs. Chase (front, center) with Prof. Hilton (top, right) and class at Weiss Hospital, Short Term 1977

The first floor of Ames Library now holds uniforms, photographs, documents and artifacts celebrating five decades of the Baccalaureate program for Nursing education at Illinois Wesleyan — one of the first of its kind in the country. This exhibit is free and open to the public and will run through the end of April.

An online collection of photos, documents and even an oral history with Dr. Mary Shanks, credited with seeing that the BSN was firmly grounded within the liberal arts tradition, are available through http://www.iwu.edu/nursing/anniversary/Photos.shtml. These are permanent collections.

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“John Adams and the Origins of American Diplomacy”

Posted on September 29, 2009 by | 1 comment

Illinois Wesleyan University Professor of History W. Michael Weis will present “John Adams and the Origins of American Diplomacy” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 29, in Beckman Auditorium in The Ames Library. The event is free and open to the public.

Weis will speak on the significance of Adams as a founder of the U.S. diplomatic efforts across the Atlantic, including his work developing treaties and keeping the country out of war in the aftermath of the French Revolution. A specialist in U.S. foreign relations, Weis has been a member of the Illinois Wesleyan faculty since 1988.

More information on this event is available in the full news release by University Communications.

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Display space available at Ames Library

Posted on September 3, 2009 by | Leave a comment

Does your group have something to share?  A milestone to celebrate?  A topic you’d like to raise awareness about?

The Ames Library Exhibit Team would like to invite any group on campus to contact us about utilizing display space in the library.  Throughout the library, there are several exhibit spaces available to promote student work, class projects, guest speakers, organizations, events, achievements or any topic of interest you’d like to share with the campus community. If your group is interested in scheduling a display, please contact Meg Miner at x1538.

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Abraham Lincoln @ Ames!

Posted on January 12, 2009 by | Leave a comment

The Ames Library will honor of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth by promoting local events and highlighting information about the life of Lincoln throughout 2009.

 

Topics currently planned for this series of exhibits are

Lincoln in Bloomington-Normal,

Lincoln in Popular Culture,

the Self-education of Lincoln,

Lincolns in Music and Film, and

books about Lincoln that are available in this library.

 

Guest curators for these exhibits include Gloria Redinger, Technical Services Operations Manager, and Dr. Robert Bray, R. Forrest Colwell Professor of American Literature.

 

If you would like to contribute an exhibit or idea during the year about these or other topics of interest to the IWU community, please contact the library’s exhibits team convener Meg Miner at mminer@iwu.edu.

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Display space available at Ames Library

Posted on September 16, 2008 by | Leave a comment

Does your group have something to share?  Do you have a milestone to celebrate?  A topic you’d like to raise awareness about?

 

The Ames Library Exhibit Team would like to invite any group on campus to contact us about utilizing display space in the library.  Throughout the library, there are several exhibit spaces available to promote student work, class projects, guest speakers, organizations, events, achievements or any topic of interest you’d like to share with the campus community. If your group is interested in scheduling a display, please contact Meg Miner at x1538.

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