When you start looking towards the future and digging into career exploration, a great way to get to know a job or profession is to ask someone what their day is like. Do they work in an office or do they travel a lot? Do they meet with people face-to-face or can parts of the job be done remotely? Is it a day filled with meetings or a day filled with solo design and problem solving? If you know what…
Last Monday, April 19th, the TAMU-CC campus kicked off Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month for 2021!! The campus celebration continues until Finals Week begins (May 6th), but the heritage month itself runs throughout the entire stretch of May. In 1977, five joint resolutions were introduced during the 95th Congressional meeting suggesting identification of a week in May to celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). On October 5, 1978, this joint resolution was passed proposing the President proclaims…
There were not a lot of reasons to celebrate in 2020 (except maybe on New Year’s Eve), but the Special Collections & Archives Department at the Mary and Jeff Bell Library got one extraordinary piece of good news as Autumn approached: We were awarded a $25,000 grant to process our Charles F. H. von Blucher Family Papers collection. With our graduate assistant Andrew Karnes working exclusively on processing this priceless collection of three generations of Blucher family papers, many previously…
Sustainability truly begins with indigenous peoples who always aim to understand their surrounding environment. Their traditional knowledge of the land allows them to be connected to nature in a way that is often lost today. With the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions, humans began to try to control nature in order to feel more secure with their resources. After mass development of this, many societies evolved to prioritize profit over paying attention to their impact on the environment. It is true…
The I-Create Lab has continued to find new ways to keep the creative flow in the lab. Since COVID restrictions, the lab has had to close study rooms, limit people in the lab, and halted the use of some equipment such as the Oculus rift. The lab knows this is all in protection for itself and its patrons. However, like most people, the staff and many of our patrons miss the time before COVID. To keep the creativity in the…
How often have you heard someone say, “Nice weather we are having today.” In the past, this brief comment about the state of the weather might have been little more than a pleasant, passing thought to many. The sun is shining, people are walking around, getting vitamin D the natural way through the warm rays of the sun. Thinking back on the incredible freeze that descended upon the state of Texas merely a few short weeks ago, the glorious sunshine…
This week (April 4 – 10) is National Library Week, a time dedicated to promoting the use of libraries and celebrating library workers and services! You can read all about this annual celebration on on the American Library Association (ALA)'s website. As this week’s official festivities come to a close, I thought it would be fun to highlight some of the ways the Bell Library took part in celebrating this year. I will also share some resources and other ways you…
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) and is dedicated to bringing awareness to sexual violence in the United States. Organizations across the nation aim to educate communities about sexual assault facts, engage in discussions on prevention, and identify safe places and resources for victims of sexual violence. Let’s begin by looking at a few statistics*: Based on data from the survey, it is estimated that 734,630 people were raped (threatened, attempted, or completed) in the United States in 2018.More…