The Library Prize for Undergraduate Research, sponsored by the IU South Bend Libraries, rewards and celebrates excellence in undergraduate research projects. The annual Library Prize is designed to honor students who demonstrate sophisticated research skill by incorporating information found through the library’s resources into original scholarship. While consideration is given to the product of the… Read more »
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Library Prize for Undergraduate Research — $500
The Library Prize for Undergraduate Research, sponsored by the IU South Bend Libraries, rewards and celebrates excellence in undergraduate research projects. The annual Library Prize is designed to honor students who demonstrate sophisticated research skill by incorporating information found through the library’s resources into original scholarship. While consideration is given to the product of the… Read more »
Using OER or Zero Cost Materials in Your Class? Tell Us About It!
A group of faculty and staff (Jay VanderVeen, Diane Economakis, Anna-Michelle Martinez-Montavon, Tammy Fong-Morgan & Julie Feighery) at IU South Bend are participating in the AAC&U OER Institute, a year-long project to assist in increased awareness and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) on our campus. We are trying to identify who is using OER… Read more »
Veterans Book Club – Thurs Nov 30, A Silent Victim: How Nature Becomes a Casualty of War
Please consider joining us on Thursday November 30, 5:30 -7:00. The IU South Bend Veterans Book Club will be discussing – A ‘Silent Victim’: How Nature Becomes a Casualty of War by Emily Anthes for the New York Times. This lengthy article explores how war impacts ecosystems and organisms and causes lasting environmental damage. Anthes is a… Read more »
Healing Wounds – Veterans Book Club Thursday Oct 19, 5:30
The IU South Bend Veterans Book Club will meet Thursday Oct 19, 5:30-7:00. The book selection is, Healing Wounds: A Vietnam War Combat Nurse’s 10-Year Fight to Win Women a Place of Honor in Washington, D.C. by Diane Carlson Evans. This memoir tells the story of a young woman who was a Captain in the Army Nurse Corps… Read more »
Healing Wounds – Veterans Book Club Thursday Oct 19, 5:30 p.m.
The IU South Bend Veterans Book Club will meet Thursday Oct 19, 5:30-7:00 p.m. The book selection is, Healing Wounds: A Vietnam War Combat Nurse’s 10-Year Fight to Win Women a Place of Honor in Washington, D.C. by Diane Carlson Evans. This memoir tells the story of a young woman who was a Captain in… Read more »
The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War, Veterans Book Club September 21, 5:30 p.m.
An incredible true story of a bar challenge in 1960s New York that led to an epic journey to deliver beer to buddies serving in Vietnam. The starred Publishers Weekly review describes it as, “a fascinating, vividly narrated recollection of the chaos of the Vietnam War.” It was made into a movie in 2022. The… Read more »
IU South Bend Veterans Book Club – April 13, 5:30 – Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War
The Veterans Book Club will be meeting Thursday April 14 to discuss the best-selling book, Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach. The book is a darkly humorous take on serious science coming from military research. Many of these cutting-edge research projects have great promise, not only to keep soldiers healthier,… Read more »
OER Adoption Project
Open Education Resources (OER) are free teaching resources with a Creative Commons license that allows instructors to use and, in most cases, modify them to meet specific course needs. OER contribute to student success and retention by ensuring students have free access to course materials. To encourage faculty to identify ways to adopt, adapt or… Read more »
Veterans Book Club – Thursday April 13 – Grunt: the Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach
The final Veterans Book Club meeting of the semester will be Thursday April 13 at 5:30 in room 301 of the library and on Zoom. Since this meeting is near the end of the semester, the book is a bit lighter and shorter than some of the other selections. Mary Roach is a popular, and… Read more »