McKee Minute
McKee Library Newsletter
Schedule of Events 8:15 a | Keynote Address in Lynn Wood Hall 9:30 a | Breakout Session 1 11:00 a | Breakout Session 2 12:30 p | Poster Session in Iles Gymnasium 2:00 p | Breakout Session 3 3:30 p | Breakout Session 4 Convocation & Proof of Attendance Convocation credit is available for attendance at the keynote address and one breakout session. Proof of attendance tickets will be available at all sessions. We welcome all professors to consider encouraging or requiring attendance at Campus Research Day.
November 2017
What’s Inside THE GIFT OF GRATITUDE PAGE 2
NEW & NOTEWORTHY PAGES 2 - 3
WHAT WE’RE LOVING NOW PAGE 3
NOVEMBER AT THE LIBRARY PAGES 4 - 5
FROM THE VAULT PAGE 8
Volunteers Needed There is an urgent need for faculty members to serve as evaluators and moderators. It takes a village to make this event a reality, so please participate if at all possible. To volunteer, please email researchday@southern.edu.
CAMPUS RESEARCH DAY NOVEMBER 29 Please join us as Southern faculty, graduate, and undergraduate researchers come together to celebrate the research activities happening on the campus of Southern Adventist University.
The Fall 2017 Campus Research Day will be held on Wednesday, November 29, 2017. This one day research event provides students with professional conference presentation experience. Keynote Address This year’s keynote address will be given by Dr. Carol Berz, Councilwoman for the City of Chattanooga. Dr. Berz holds her PhD in Social Policy, a JD, a MA in Administration, and a BA in Human Services Management. She has served on numerous city boards and councils and strives to advance equality of opportunity for all citizens.
ART IN THE LIBRARY PAGE 8
Presenter Coaching McKee Library is proud to offer two coaching workshops for presenters. Registration is required to attend these free workshops. Oral Presentation Coaching Monday, November 27 at 12 pm Poster Presentation Coaching Monday, November 27 at 5 pm Publish on KnowledgeExchange@Southern McKee Library invites all faculty to encourage or require students to publish their papers or posters on KnowledgeExchange@Southern, the university’s institutional repository. For more information regarding KnowledgeExchange, please contact Jessica Spears at jspears@ southern.edu. Questions? Please contact Katie McGrath, Campus Research Day Chair, at kmcgrath@southern. edu or 423.236.2791 with all questions and concerns.
McKee Minute Jessica Spears Editor
Library Faculty & Staff
Deyse Bravo-Rivera Genevieve Cottrell Stanley Cottrell Sonja Fordham Carol Harrison
Pamela Jansen Donald Martin Katie McGrath Seth Shaffer Jessica Spears
P.O. Box 629, Collegedale, TN 37315 Phone: 423.236.2788 Fax: 423.236.1788 southern.edu/library Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, & Instagram November 2017
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MUST READ BOOKS
One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are Written by Ann Voskamp BV4509.5 .V67 2010 An inspiring call to live an emptier, yet fuller life. One Thousand Gifts encourages the reader to see God through new eyes and experience grace.
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To Live is Christ: Joining Paul’s Journey of Faith Written by Beth Moore Recommended by Jessica Spears BS2506 .M66 2001
In this work, acclaimed What We’re Loving Now Christian author Beth Moore examines the life Man on Wire of the Apostle Paul through an Directed by Gretchen Rubin intricate study of Recommended by Deyse Bravo-Rivera Biblical passages GV550.2 .P47 M36 2008 and ancient Jewish Life. An This 2008 Academy inspiring work, Award winning Moore is able to documentary is a provide lessons fascinating jouney on life, humility, into tightrope walker and self-sacrafice. Philippe Petit’s daring, Moore explores Paul’s life from his early childhood but illegal, high-wire to martyrdom in a vividly descriptive narrative that routine performed describes his passion for Christ. Similar to other between New York works by the author, To Live is Christ presents a rich City’s World Trade Center’s twin towers in history and Biblical context for the topic. 1974.
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Library Hours
Writing Center Hours
Sunday | 12 pm - 12 am
Sunday | 3 pm - 9 pm
Sunday | Closed
Monday | 7:30 am - 12 am
Monday | 9 am - 9 pm
Monday | 9 am - 8 pm
Tuesday | 7:30 am - 12 am
Tuesday | 9 am - 9 pm
Tuesday | 11 am - 8 pm
Wednesday | 7:30 am - 12 am
Wednesday | 9 am - 9 pm
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Thursday | 7:30 am - 12 am
Thursday | 9 am - 9 pm
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Resumes & Cover Letters Workshop 12 pm Registration required!
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27 Campus Research Day Workshop 12 pm Campus Research Day Workshop 5 pm Registration required!
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Library Open 6 pm - 12 am
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Tutoring Center Hours
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Looking Ahead Christmas Break Hours 12.14 | 7:30 a - 5 p 12.15 - 1.1.18 | Closed 1.2 - 1.4 | 1 - 5 p 1.6 | Closed 1.7 | 6 p - 12 a
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From Vault A collection of Charles Dickens’ works normally held in the library’s vault are on exhibit on the main floor.
About the Document A collection of works written by Charles Dickens and published in 1894 is currently on exhibit on the library’s main floor. This display includes such titles as Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, Bleak House, and Dickens’s Christmas Books. The exhibit will be available for viewing until February 2018.
Art in the Library
View the Works The display is located on the main floor of the library, near the director’s office. For more information about McKee Library’s special collections, please contact Deyse Bravo-Rivera at dbravo@southern.edu.
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Celebrating 125 Years! McKee Library Main floor Available through Fall Semester A historic look at God’s leading throughout Southern’s 125 years of providing Adventist education from humble beginnings in 1892 to the present, this chronological display of photos and artifacts will share glimpses of stories about some of the influential leaders, struggles that were overcome, and the university’s milestone accomplishments along the way. This exhibit will be on display on the library’s first floor through December, 2017.
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Lamar Phillips Display A selection of original photographs Second floor Available through Fall Semester
Seeking Artists McKee Library is searching for artists and artwork to feature in 2018. If you are an artist or know of someone who is interested in exhibiting their work, please email Katie McGrath at kmcgrath@southern.edu or 423.236.2791.