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[caption id="attachment_7191" align="alignleft" width="292"] Articles about Race available for download from Chronicle of Higher Education[/caption]

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Tonight, Friday Nov. 20, a research librarian will be available until 9:00 pm to assist you with your research.

Tuesday November 24^th: 7:45 am

2015 Interdisciplinary Water Film Series Film Title: WALL-E Date: Wednesday, November 18 Time: 6:45 pm (changed from 6:30 pm) Location: Multimedia Room, DeMenna-Nyselius Library WALL-E is a 2008 American computer-animated science fiction comedy film produced by Pixar. It is directed by Andrew Stanton who also directed Finding Nemo. It is Pixar's first animated feature with segments featuring live-action characters. The story, set in the far future, follows a robot named WALL-E, who is designed to clean up an abandoned, waste-covered Earth. He falls in love with another robot named EVE, who also has a programmed task, and follows her into outer space on an adventure that changes the destiny of his kind and also humanity. Both robots exhibit an appearance of free will and emotions similar to humans, which develop further as the film progresses. This screening is presented by Professors Jim Biardi, Environmental Studies, and Dina Franceschi, Economics, and is sponsored by the Water Film Series. This is a FYE event.

Native American Heritage Month Selection of the best Native American documentaries available to watch on Kanopy now. (Or go to our Films on Demand collections to find more)

Up Heartbreak Hill Chronicles the lives of three Native American teenagers in Navajo, New Mexico - Thomas, an elite runner; Tamara, an academic superstar; and Gabby, an aspiring photographer-as they navigate their senior year at a reservation high school. Beyond Recognition - Women Preserving Native Culture After decades struggling to protect her ancestors' burial places, now engulfed by San Francisco's sprawl, a Native woman from a federally unrecognized tribe and her allies occupy a development site to protect sacred ground. When this fails, they vow to follow a new path: establish the first women-led urban Indigenous land trust Our Spirits Don't Speak English Examines the educational system that was designed to "destroy Indian culture and tribal unity." Introduced by August Schellenberg, the film provides a candid look at the Indian Boarding School system 1879 through the1960s. Reel Injun An insightful look at the Hollywood Indian, exploring the portrayal of North American Natives through the history of cinema. Travelling through the heartland of America, filmmaker

Our display on the main level of the library features authors, thinkers and artists with a twist!

As an addendum to our last post about our leadership display in which we highlight some exceptional titles about leaders and leadership, we'd like to promote the great events that the Career Planning Center has put together for Leadership Awareness Week, 11/9-11/11. Tuesday 11/10: "Branding Your Leadership" workshop from 4:30-5:30pm in the Kelley Center Presentation Room Wednesday 11/11: First ever "Leadership Awareness Fair" from 11:30am-2:00pm in the Lower Level BCC, where students can connect with offices and departments about leadership on-campus. Students will also learn about interview practice resources. Visit Orgsync for more details about these events: https://orgsync.com/96814/events/1146982/occurrences/2529403