Follow the extra-long Ethernet cable snaked through Mabee Library on Monday and it will lead to a new kind of WSGA candidate debate.
Washburn Review is changing the venue and streaming it live on www.washburnreview.org/wsga. The debate, part of Mondays at Mabee, is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event will also be recorded, and made available at the same location on the Web site.
This year, the Review staff wanted the event at a place that students would make a conscious decision to attend. The past few years it has been in the Living Learning Center lobby.
“We are changing over to make the debate more academic,” said ReAnne Utemark, senior history major and editor-in-chief for Washburn Review.
This is Utemark’s third year as moderator of the debate. She will ask the candidates some prepared questions then will facilitate questions from the crowd. The live stream will feature audience polling and chat capabilities, allowing Internet viewers to interact with the candidates.
The event is sponsored and staffed by the Review office as an objective third party.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Monday at Mabee targets violence awareness
Step into the library this month and move one step closer to ending violence against women and girls.
Monday at the Mabee is changing the story of women.
From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the library, V-Day sponsors including Sharon Sullivan, assistant professor of theatre, are leading an intellectual discussion relating to the global movement to end violence in areas such as Canada, Thailand and New York. Each session features a different format including guest speakers, film, panel discussion and lecture.
“My role at V-Day is to bring in people from the community,” said Sullivan. “The library is the place where the community meets and becomes a thriving environment.”
Sullivan knew that Monday at the Mabee could be more popular if the faculty could generate conversations it feels the students want to address. She said that if instructors and students share what is on their minds, it fuels discussion.
"These sessions have grown from seven to 25 people because it is what everyone is thinking about right now," said Sullivan.
One more session in this series is Feb. 23. Vicky Luttrell, Washburn alumna and member of Nashville Rescue and Restore, will discuss “Human Trafficking in America.”
Monday at the Mabee is changing the story of women.
From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the library, V-Day sponsors including Sharon Sullivan, assistant professor of theatre, are leading an intellectual discussion relating to the global movement to end violence in areas such as Canada, Thailand and New York. Each session features a different format including guest speakers, film, panel discussion and lecture.
“My role at V-Day is to bring in people from the community,” said Sullivan. “The library is the place where the community meets and becomes a thriving environment.”
Sullivan knew that Monday at the Mabee could be more popular if the faculty could generate conversations it feels the students want to address. She said that if instructors and students share what is on their minds, it fuels discussion.
"These sessions have grown from seven to 25 people because it is what everyone is thinking about right now," said Sullivan.
One more session in this series is Feb. 23. Vicky Luttrell, Washburn alumna and member of Nashville Rescue and Restore, will discuss “Human Trafficking in America.”
Thursday, February 12, 2009
RAP sessions curb research anxieties (rewrite)
In classrooms across campus, instructors are assigning research papers. After the panic settles, students head to Mabee Library to research but often don’t know how to start.
RAP sessions offer students the skills they need to use the large number of on-site and Web-based references. Sessions require no registration and participants can attend as fits their schedule.
“We want students to see the library early in their school career,” said Judy Druse, interim assistant dean of libraries. “We don’t want them to get to their senior year and not know how to begin doing research.”
This is the fourth year that the library has offered the Research Assistance Program, but this semester the library has moved the times to late afternoon and evening. Attendance is still fairly low, but students that have attended indicate they have gained a lot of information that will be useful in their projects.
More sessions will be offered later this semester focusing on APA, MLA and Turabian citation styles. These sessions provide foundational research skills only. Librarians are always available to customized instruction for specific assignments.
RAP sessions offer students the skills they need to use the large number of on-site and Web-based references. Sessions require no registration and participants can attend as fits their schedule.
“We want students to see the library early in their school career,” said Judy Druse, interim assistant dean of libraries. “We don’t want them to get to their senior year and not know how to begin doing research.”
This is the fourth year that the library has offered the Research Assistance Program, but this semester the library has moved the times to late afternoon and evening. Attendance is still fairly low, but students that have attended indicate they have gained a lot of information that will be useful in their projects.
More sessions will be offered later this semester focusing on APA, MLA and Turabian citation styles. These sessions provide foundational research skills only. Librarians are always available to customized instruction for specific assignments.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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