McKee Minute McKee Library Newsletter | October 2020
WE ARE CELEBRATING 50 YEARS!
McKee Library celebrates 50 years of service this academic year McKee Library is excited to celebrate 50 years since our grand opening on September 24, 1970. Since that time, McKee Library has continued to innovate in order to meet the needs of our campus community. Sweet Celebration On September 24, 2020, we celebrated by providing a sweet, individually wrapped treat to those who stopped by the library. We also featured a McKee Library Scavenger Hunt, which asked students to visit five locations around campus that had historical meaning to the library. You can view selections from that virtual scavenger hunt on the library’s Facebook and
Instagram. Banners We are featuring eight banners on the main floor of the library that explore the library’s rich history of growth and innovation on campus. We encourage all faculty to visit the library to view these banners this semester. Additionally, large banners (like the one seen here to the right) are hanging near the library’s entrance. Digitized version of the banners can be viewed in KnowledgeExchange@ Southern.
Questions Please contact Deyse Bravo at dbravo@southern. edu for more information regarding the library’s 50th anniversary.
Homecoming Weekend McKee Library’s 50th anniversary celebration will be featured during this year’s
LIBRARY TRANSITIONS
McKee Library welcomes Shelly Merryman to our team McKee Library is excited to welcome Shelly Merryman to McKee Library. Shelly is serving as the Tutoring Center office manager. Shelly Merryman is a ‘98 BSW graduate of Southern Adventist University. After graduating from SAU she returned to her hometown in Maryland, to attend the University of Maryland Baltimore in
virtual homecoming. Together with Southern Scholars, our featured speaker is Zane Yi (‘00) who will present Empowered by Knowledge on Friday, October 30, at 4 pm. This presentation will be presented via Zoom. A direct link to the virtual presentation will be available at southern. edu/homecoming.
order to complete its MSW program. While there, she married her Southern sweetheart, Jason Merryman. Shortly after graduating from UMB she and her husband decided to start a family. She has spent the last 13 years being a stay at home mom, raising and homeschooling their three beautiful kids. She is excited to be back on Southern’s campus, this time helping students and making a difference in their college career.
BAINUM ART EXHIBIT
Dr. Tim Bainum’s works are on exhibit on the second floor McKee Library is excited to display the colorful creative works of alumnus Tim Bainum, M.D. Dr. Bainum began his journey as an artist at 10 years old, when he first painted with oils. He learned several techniques from his great-aunts, who were talented, self-taught landscape artists. His interest in art further developed during his time at Southern; while pursuing his premed degree, he took art appreciation and ceramics
classes as electives, and he thoroughly enjoyed learning about art history. His palette is often violets, blues, and colors of the sunset, and he draws much inspiration from the landscapes he encounters living along the Caddo River in southwest Arkansas. View the Exhibit Come enjoy the beauty of Dr. Bainum’s paintings on the second floor of McKee Library near the media desk!
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