Boyz N the Hood Showing 2/13

The Monmouth College Office of Intercultural Life and The Center for Civic & Social Change present a showing and discussion of director John Singleton's 1991 film "Boyz N the Hood". 

Thursday, February 13th
7pm
Hewes Library, Barnes Classroom (lower level)
Everyone is invited!


Below is a bit of background on Singleton from the African American Almanac available on the Hewes Library CREDO Reference resource:

"Singleton was soon approached by Columbia Pictures to sell the film rights to Boyz n the Hood, his original screenplay and college thesis. Singleton agreed, but only if he could be the movie's director. The movie was released in July of 1991 to mixed critical reviews. Although its first showings were marred by movie-house violence, the film garnered Singleton an Academy Award nomination for best director. He became the youngest director and the first African American to be so honored."

View additional library resources on the film, cast and director.

Writing Workshop: Idea Generation

The Monmouth College Writing Center will host the second in a series of semester workshops in Hewes Library this week. All students are welcome!


IDEA GENERATION
Wednesday, February 12th and Thursday, February 13th
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Main Floor of Hewes Library, Room 124

This workshop will provide tools for generating and keeping track of ideas. The session will help students brainstorm for topics. Students can bring their own prompts or use the example prompts at the workshop.

Get Cozy in the Library

Join us for Hewes Hygge right here in the Library on Friday, February 7th!

Hygge (pronounced hoo-ga) is the Danish art of comfort, contentment and connection.  Students are invited to come and relax, put together a puzzle, have conversation, browse a book, and watch a soothing fireplace.  Bring a mug for hot chocolate!

Find the hygge on the main floor, by the east entrance. Bring a friend and decompress!

Writing Workshops 2/5 & 2/6

The Monmouth College Writing Center will host the first of a series of semester workshops in Hewes Library this week. All students are welcome!

UNDERSTANDING WRITING PROMPTS 
Wednesday, February 5th & Thursday, February 6th, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. 
Main Floor of Hewes Library, Room 124 

This workshop will focus on understanding the writing prompts that students receive from instructors. The session will help the students in understanding the assignment requirements for a current assignment in particular, and for future assignments in general. Students can bring their own prompts or use the example prompts provided at the workshop.  

New Items At Hewes Library

New items are added to the Hewes Library collection on a continual basis. Recent titles have included:

• Ethical Veganism, Virtue Ethics, and the Great Soul by Carlo Alvaro
• Felon: Poems by Reginald Dwayne Betts
• Identity Politics in the United States by Khalilah L. Brown-Dean
• Pan's Labyrinth by Mar Diestro-Dopido
• Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls by Mona Eltahawy
• Comic Books Incorporated by Shawna Kidman
• Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn
• Writing for Psychology by Mark Mitchell and Janina M. Jolley and Robert P. O'Shea
• Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm's Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land by Lea Penniman
• Obesity: Your Questions Answered by Christine L.B. Selby

Recognizing Professor McNamara

Hewes Library recognized Monmouth College Professor Emeritus of English, Jeremy McNamara, on his recent birthday with a library proclamation. The certificate, signed by library director Sarah Henderson and Dean of the College, Mark Willhardt, declared January 25th to be “R. Jeremy McNamara Day” in appreciation of his longstanding patronage of Hewes Library.

Professor McNamara taught in the English Department of Monmouth College from 

1964–1995 and is a regular visitor to Hewes Library winter, spring, summer and fall.

Professor Jeremy McNamara with the Hewes Library proclamation, January 25, 2020.

The Great Book Move to Hewes Library

50 years ago - on January 21, 1970 - the Monmouth College community moved an entire library in one day! 

Over 120,000 volumes were carried from the Carnegie Library (Poling Hall) to the college's newest facility: Hewes Library. Classes were cancelled while over 800 volunteers marched up and down the hill carrying books against negative windchill. The new library opened for business the next day! What an extraordinary accomplishment!

Visit the west lobby of Hewes Library on Tuesday, January 21st to see this slideshow, and be sure to venture to the upper level display cases (west wall) to enjoy an archival exhibit of memorabilia celebrating the history of Hewes Library. 

Brian Baugh Exhibition

Join us for an opening reception for new paintings by Professor Brian Baugh of the Monmouth College Art Department.

Friday, January 17, 3pm-4:30pm

Gallery talk at 3:30pm

Exhibit will be available January 17 - February 16, 2020. Free and open to the public.

Streaming Film Collection

Hewes Library's subscription to the streaming film database, Academic Video Online, contains several "channels" of interest to the Monmouth College community, for educational and entertainment purposes.

Searchable by keyword (try "holocaust" or "climate change"), this collection of thousands of films includes content from BBC, PBS, Sony and independent filmmakers worldwide. Channels, such as "Black Studies in Video"  and "Filmmakers Library Online" are also browsable collections

Monmouth College faculty, staff and student need no special setup or software — just access the database from the Hewes Library website - find Academic Video Online on the "Databases A-Z" tab.

Sample titles: 
Finding Vivian Maier
Call me by your name 
Silence broken: Korean comfort women

New Exhibits: Qur'an and Bookmaking

Hewes Library has several new exhibits to view on the main floor.

West entrance: 1788 Handwritten Qur'an


This exhibition case will rotate often to showcase materials from the Monmouth College Special Collections & Archives. Currently on display is a handwritten copy of the Qur'an donated to Monmouth College by Reverend Gulian Lansing, who also donated the college's copy of the Conopus Stone.












East entrance: "Books as Art"


Currently on display are handmade books created in Professor Stephanie Baugh's ARTD 231. Examples of accordian, coptic, and stab binding are displayed throughout the two cases. This exhibit will be available throughout the month of January.