Promise Indiana is a program that “helps families and communities to support youth through saving for future education, participating in college and career activities in the classroom, and experiencing a college campus.” As an active participant in the program, Randolph County Schools provides students with experiences that help them visualize a future that includes education… Read more »
Month: May 2022
Keep Your Mind Sharp with Puzzles
During summer breaks, students can forget part of what they learned in the preceding year. This phenomenon is referred to as the ‘summer learning loss’ or ‘learning slide’. There is a significant body of literature on it, particularly as it affects K-12 students. Estimates of the severity of the loss differ greatly depending on the… Read more »
World Bee Day
One of the most important aspects of getting food from the farm to the table is the necessity of bees to pollinate many of our crops. “Almost 90% of wild plants and 75% of leading crops depend on animal pollinations,” and bees are one of our most important pollinators (WWF-UK). In the US, bees pollinate… Read more »
Digital Gardening: Instruction Librarian KT Lowe shares her first-person perspective
In December 2021, I was fortunate to be a member of the inaugural class of Digital Gardening Faculty Fellows at Indiana University. Thirty-five faculty members from throughout the IU system were selected to participate in the Digital Gardening Initiative, which aims to pull together faculty from diverse IU institutions and backgrounds to help them develop… Read more »
Celebrating Spring with a Nature Inspired Scavenger Hunt
In partnership with the Office of Sustainability, the Campus Library created a virtual scavenger hunt in support of Indiana Humanities’ One State/One Story: World of Wonders Community Read program. The Campus Library, along with 31 other non-profits around Indiana, was awarded funding and free copies of the book World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies,… Read more »