April is National Poetry Month so it’s particularly fitting that we keep an eye out for poems. Some poems are playful; some are serious; many are a mix. Here is a link to Bob Hicok’s poem about being from Michigan: A Primer. Here is a link to Lucille Clifton reading her short, playful poem Homage …
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Web of Science
Congratulations are in order for David Myers of the Psychology Department, whose 1995 article in Psychological Science entitled “Who is Happy” (available to Hope users) (co-authored by Ed Diener of the University of Illinois) has just become the most-cited article produced at Hope College. According to the Web of Science database, Professor Myer’s article has …
Great Performance Series: Rose Ensemble
The Rose Ensemble is performing at Hope on March 31 for the last event of the 2010-2011 Great Performance Series. This award-winning choral group from Minnesota formed in 1996. They have performed throughout the United States and Canada and have a repertoire that includes songs composed over a course of 1,000 years in 25 different …
Visiting Writers Series: Ben Percy
The second author to visit Hope for the Spring 2011 Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series is Ben Percy, who will be on campus March 28. Percy, a fiction and nonfiction writer, has released two collections of short stories, Refresh, Refresh and The Language of Elk. His first novel, The Wilding, came out in 2010 and …
Van Wylen Spring Break Hours
Van Wylen Library will be open for limited hours over Spring Break: Thursday, March 17: 8am-5pm; Friday, March 18th: 8am-5pm; Saturday, March 19th: closed; Sunday, March 20th: closed; Monday, March 21st – Friday, March 25th: 9am-6pm; Saturday, March 26th: closed; Sunday, March 27th: 12noon – 12 midnight For Music Library Hours, please see here.
Digitization Capabilities in the TechLab
If you have 35 mm slides or negatives that you use for teaching or viewing, you can now more easily turn these treasures into digital images with new HP scanners that were recently updated in the TechLab (2nd floor of Van Wylen). These digitized images can then easily be used in a Power Point, used …
Eyeglasses Drive
Rohan Dandavati is running an eye glasses drive for his Eagle Scout project, in collaboration with the Holland Lion’s Club. If you have any old prescription glasses, reading glasses, sunglasses, or frames that you no longer use, you can drop them off in the collection box located near the Cup & Chaucer in Van Wylen …
Political Science Statistical Sources
Are you researching a topic that would benefit from public opinion or national statistical data? Reference and Instruction librarian Todd Wiebe has compiled a great list of online Statistical Sources and Public Opinion Polls on the library’s subject guide for Political Science. This includes links to organizations like the Gallup Poll and various newspaper polls, …
Presidential Recordings Program
Ever wish you could be a fly on the wall in the Oval Office? Now you can through the work of the Presidential Recordings Program at the University Of Virginia. They are making digitally available the secret White House recordings of six US presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, …
Great Performance Series: Circo Aereo
Circo Aereo will come to Hope on Feb. 25 and 26 for a two-night engagement as part of the Great Performance Series. This Finnish circus troupe combines elements of circus, theatre, dance and music to put together a unique production. Since 1996, the group has performed in over 20 countries, making them one of the …