{"id":1254,"date":"2015-03-30T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T13:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2015-03-30T11:56:42","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T16:56:42","slug":"the-end-is-in-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/library\/the-end-is-in-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"The End is in Sight…"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I’ll take Research Skills for 2oo, Alex!” Jeopary aired for the first time on March 30th, 1964. While we can’t guarantee you’ll win thousands, you’ll definitely come out ahead by attending the Academic Skills Series this semester.\"jeopardy\"<\/a> Check out this week’s topic –\u00a0The Ames Advantage: Research Skills for Success<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>The Divisions of Academic and Student Affairs collaborate each semester to present the Academic Skills Series, a series of 10 programs to assist students in the development of and\/or strengthening of academic skills needed to be successful at IWU. Students can pick a specific topic to join us, or attend all sessions. (Free Papa John’s pizza provided for lunch!) These sessions are in CNS E101 (no reservation necessary) at noon. We hope to see you there!<\/p>\n

Monday, 7:00pm, Beckman Auditorium<\/em> –\u00a0\u00a0“People\u2019s Republic of China,1949-1989-2029-?: The Place of the 1989 Tiananmen Protests in Modern Chinese History”<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 This is the first of two lectures to be presented during a campus visit by Li Minqi, an economist from the University of Utah. In 1989, Li was a student at Peking University who participated in the Tiananmen protests; he was later arrested for his activism and spent two years in prison.<\/p>\n

Tuesday, 4:00pm, Beckman Auditorium<\/em> –\u00a0“China, Peak Oil, Climate Change, and the 21st Century Crisis”\u00a0\u2013 <\/strong>The second of two lectures to be delivered by Li Mingi, an economist from the University of Utah.<\/p>\n

Thursday, 4-5:30pm, Welcome Center Auditorium<\/em> –\u00a0Kevin Smith, director of the Office of Scholarly Communications at Duke University, will share his expertise on how copyright is practiced internationally, provide some tools to help faculty assist our students — especially those from other countries — to avoid plagiarism, and consider a couple of assignments that help underscore the concepts of copyright. Refreshment will be available. An accomplished copyright attorney and librarian, Smith is well-versed in many aspects of copyright, including international copyright law and copyright in the digital age. His visit is supported by the Mellon grant on Writing in the Disciplines and Information Literacy.<\/p>\n

Instruction Lab, Room 129<\/strong><\/p>\n