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Building a Safe Online Community: Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Post author:Trisha Hernandez
Post published:April 6, 2021
Post category:Library Randomness Things to Do Today's Special

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…

Women’s History Month 2021

Post author:Bell Library
Post published:March 12, 2021
Post category:Things to Do Today's Special

It’s Women’s History Month (yay) and the first anniversary of the pandemic (not so yay). It’s truly one of those hard times where we’re asked to think about important contributions and struggles of the past, the harshness of the present, and the potential of the future. As a co-coordinator of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor here at TAMU-CC, creating a calendar of events has posed its own particular set of problems this March. After our last WHM was…

Stream of Consciousness: Pandemic Stress Edition

Post author:Joe Hernandez
Post published:March 9, 2021
Post category:Library Randomness Things to Do

It’s March again. As wild as it seems, the normal lives that we were living a year ago have been completely altered by the pandemic. Let’s be real here, it’s been rough. The beginning was exhausting. trying to keep up with all the constant changes regarding COVID regulations, what was considered safe one week, then finding out a few days later that things had changed. The worry of people hoarding food and the fear of not being able to find…

Indoor Gardening

Post author:Bell Library
Post published:March 5, 2021
Post category:Library Randomness Things to Do

I spoke about hobbies in the past, and how now more than ever it’s important to keep mental health a priority. Rather than list out a series of hobbies without providing insight about what the activity entails, I thought it’d be best to break each hobby down for you. Starting with my favorite… gardening! A lot of us are in that in-between stage in life where we aren’t completely dependent on our parents and probably don’t live with them either. For most…

Make It Sew!

Post author:Bell Library
Post published:February 19, 2021
Post category:Service for You Tech in the Library Things to Do We Made This

Among all the impressive machinery located in the I-Create Lab, along with the laser cutters and large format printers, stands the unique piece known as the Embroidery Machine. The One Thread Embroidery Free Arm Machines allows its user to choose from a select number of built-in designs (405) to create a unique design to embroider into clothing, towels, or any material that will fit under the arm and into the hoop.The 7-inch LCD display screen allows the user to select…

Career Research at Bell Library

Post author:Bell Library
Post published:February 12, 2021
Post category:Library Hacks Service for You Things to Do

“Where do you want to be in five years?” Apart from being asked why you’re still single (it’s a choice, grandma!), perhaps nothing stokes the flames of anxiety like being asked where you see yourself in fives years. College students have plenty to worry about with classes, homework, extra curriculars, and jobs, and now folks are going to add this to the pile?? Well, yes. During college, while you’re maybe still trying to find a path that excites you, career research doesn’t…

Celebrated International Classics: African Literature, Mariama Bâ

Post author:Bell Library
Post published:February 5, 2021
Post category:Books & More Things to Do Today's Special

Bienvenu! To the trained eye, you’ve already deciphered the romanticized language of French. Très bon! Sharing such aptitude, it is also my assumption that you’re well aware that French is the official/co-official language of twenty-nine countries worldwide. Included amongst the twenty-nine is the proud republic of Senegal located in western Africa. This country marks the next destination of our grand literature expedition across the world where we will revel in the literary arts by acclaimed author Mariama Bâ. Bâ (1929…

The First Step: Celebrating Black History Month

Post author:Trisha Hernandez
Post published:February 2, 2021
Post category:Books & More Things to Do Today's Special

Yesterday marked the first official day of Black History Month! This celebration, which began thanks to Carter G. Woodson’s Negro History Week in 1926, has been celebrated as a month-long event since 1976 (making this the 45th year)! Through the years this celebration has taken on a number of themes, including: The Crisis in Black Education, African Americans in Times of War, Black Migrations, African Americans and the Vote, and The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity (2021 theme). On the TAMUCC campus, however, our overarching focus…

Holiday Crafts in the I-Create Lab

Post author:Bell Library
Post published:January 22, 2021
Post category:Service for You Tech in the Library Things to Do Today's Special We Made This

The I-Create lab has got into the holiday spirit this year with many crafts and decorations. All of this could not have been possible without the help of the Cricut Maker. The Cricut Maker helped create festive houses and ornaments, all by using construction paper and the imagination of our workers! The Cricut Maker can cut many types of paper and vinyl. Vinyl can be an adhesive or heat transfer material, both types come in a variety of colors and…

25 New Popular Reading Titles!

Post author:Bell Library
Post published:January 19, 2021
Post category:Books & More Service for You Things to Do Today's Special

Hey all, Punk A** Book Jockey Alexa here. You may have noticed if you’ve been able to visit the library despite pandemic times, that there haven’t been any new items in our Popular Reading section for a while. Due to shutdowns both here in the library and from our dear book provider, we were on a hiatus from ordering new titles for a while. It was a sad, long dry spell. The good news? We have a ton of new titles coming…