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Rachel Brekhus, a research and instructional services librarian at MU, was recently presented the Outstanding Professional Librarian Award by the Missouri Library Association. Brekhus has worked as a humanities librarian since 1999. Her favorite projects have been creating a Civil War Bus Tour of Columbia, maintaining the tradition of Black History Month Trivia Night, supporting …
The Mizzou Libraries connected with over 2,400 new students and their parents/guardians during Summer Welcome 2024 tabling! Thanks to all our wonderful volunteers for tabling during 22 sessions this summer! Jara Anderson Megan Ballengee Anne Barker Rachel Brekhus Abbie Brown Janice Dysart Gwen Gray Jill Kline Noel Kopriva Mara Inge Taira Meadowcroft Kimberely Moeller Stephen …
Along with the museums, Special Collections hosted field trip visits for all the sixth grade classes in Columbia Public Schools during April and May. Over 1,300 kids and teachers visited and learned about palm leaf books from Southeast Asia, cuneiform tablets from ancient Mesopotamia, and papyrus from ancient Egypt. We have gotten feedback that the …
The Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center is hosting several professional development opportunities throughout the 2023 Spring Semester! Below are the descriptions of our current programs. Sign up for one of the facilitations today! Empathetic Mandated Reporting: How to Respond to Student Disclosures Responding to disclosures of sexual misconduct, equity violations, or Title IX violations requires …
In case you missed it, April was Arab American Heritage Month! We put together an A-Z list of music, books, poetry and more to celebrate Arab heritage in the United States. Explore this three part series and join Mizzou Libraries in supporting Arab American voices: A to H I to P R to Z Series …
In case you missed it, April is Arab American Heritage Month! We’ve put together an A-Z list of music, books, poetry and more to celebrate Arab heritage in the United States. Read the first part of this series and join Mizzou Libraries in supporting Arab American voices. – Rachel Brekhus, Melissa Fayad & Sireen Abayazid …
In case you missed it, April is Arab American Heritage Month! We’ve put together an A-Z list of music, books, poetry and more to celebrate Arab heritage in the United States. Read the second part of this series and join Mizzou Libraries in supporting Arab American voices. – Rachel Brekhus, Melissa Fayad & Sireen Abayazid …
In case you missed it, April is Arab American Heritage Month! We’ve put together an A-Z list of music, books, poetry and more to celebrate Arab heritage in the United States. Read the first part of this series and join Mizzou Libraries in supporting Arab American voices. – Rachel Brekhus, Melissa Fayad & Sireen Abayazid …
The Missouri Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program (MoLSAMP) brings underrepresented undergraduate students, from across the state of Missouri, interested in pursuing science and science related careers to the University of Missouri campus for a 9 week summer research program. Like most things in 2020, the program changed course due to the COVID-19 pandemic. …
National Women’s Month may be coming to an end, but there are still many ways you can support female voices throughout the rest of this month and beyond! Whether you chose to donate to a nonprofit organization or decide to learn more about women’s history through sites such as https://womenshistorymonth.gov/, here at Mizzou Libraries, we encourage …