In the Spring we ended the year with an Essay Contest for undergraduate students on our Issues series theme. We end our academic year as we began it with an inclusion of the primary persons to whom we provide services, the students. The Essay Contest was sponsored for six years, a reception was held during National Library Week where the winners were awarded their 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place prizes. Our efforts to reach as many undergraduate students as possible encouraged us to review and make some changes in the events we sponsor for students. We decided to continue to sponsor a welcome reception but we changed from the essay contest to an art contest.
Students can submit a visual art item that expresses or related to our issues series theme.
We host a viewing and judging of those entries and a reception is held to award prizes. The Friends of the Libraries and Learning Resources has co-sponsored this event. Our goal is to provide programs that maintain the staff's awareness and sensitivity to diversity issues. Our programs and events are always open to the entire campus community. They have all enthusiastically worked with our committee members to achieve a successful program or event.