Friends of the UNCG Libraries

UNCG faculty and staff are especially active in presenting at the upcoming conferences of the NC Library Association, the Society of North Carolina Archivists, and the Charleston Conference.

Here's a guide to our presentations at the conferences prepared by reference intern Katie O'Connor:


UNCG Presenters at NCLA (North Carolina Library Associaton)
Tuesday, October 15
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM LAMS/Leadership Institute with Adair Cates

Michael Crumpton, UNCG; Adair Cates
The morning will begin with a workshop on basic emotional intelligence principles as demonstrated in last year’s NCLA Leadership Institute, by Michael Crumpton. Followed by the afternoon session with Adair Cates. Adair came into this world with a clear and forceful intention to fully live her life and share her experience to inspire others. Her devotion to the passionate life has resulted in an impressive list of accomplishments: She held teaching positions in several schools from middle school to college where her enthus…

Author, poet, essayist, and professor Nikki Giovanni will address the Friends of the UNCG Libraries Annual Dinner on March 6, 2014 in the Elliott University Center on the UNCG campus.  Giovanni will present "An Evening of Poetry, Love, and Enlightenment."  Some of her books will be for sale at the event, and there will be a book signing following her presentation.
Giovanni's visit will be made possible in large measure through the generosity of Woman's College alumna Kat Rorison ('46).
Details will follow nearer to the event.  Tickets will go on sale in January at the beginning of the Spring semester. Our thanks to all the Board members for their input and ideas, especially the Programming Committee and Chair Jim Schlosser.

Friends Chairperson Billie Durham shared this link from Nikki Giovanni's excellent interview with Bill Moyers in 2009.  If you'd like to get a preview, see
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02132009/watch2.html

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