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Panel Discussion on John Brown
On October 16, 2009, a panel discussion on John Brown by Drs. Glenn Lafantasie, John
Hardin and Robert Dietle was conducted in Helm Library 100. This discussion was co-sponsored
by the History Department and the Department of Public Library Services, Western Kentucky
University.
 
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Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of WKU's Glasgow Campus Library
WKU Libraries and Glasgow Community celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Glasgow
Campus Library on April 15, 2009.
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Celebration WKU's 75th Anniversary of the Federal Depository Library Program
On March 27, 2009, WKU Libraries celebrated the 75th anniversary of its Federal Depository
Library Program in Helm Library Room 100. US Congressman Brett Guthrie gave brief
remarks regarding our US Government collection.
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China-A Nation of Diversity and Contrast
The International Education Week sponsored by the WKU Office of International Programs
and hosted by WKU Libraries presented Haiwang Yuan on November 18, 2008 in Helm 100.
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Sandra Birdsell Speaks at WKU Libraries
Award Winning Canadian Author Sandra Birdsell spoke in Helm Library on Tuesday, June
5, 2007.
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Evelyn Thurman Award to Author Albert A. Bell, Jr.
The Evelyn Thurman Young Readers Book Award was given to Albert A. Bell, Jr., author
of "The Secret of the Lonely Grave," on February 16 in Kentucky Building.
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Nancy Baird Receives Sara Tyler Merit Award (2007)
Kentucky History Specialist Nancy Baird receives Sara Tyler Merit Award.
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Carlton Jackson Talked about Joseph Gavi
On March 7, 2006, Carlton Jackson, author of Joseph Gavi: Young Hero of the Minsk
Ghetto, talked about Joseph Gavi, who, as a teenager, led the Jewish ghetto resistance
in Minsk.
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"Everything Shaking on a Saturday Morning"
Karren Pell led a sessiopn at the Kentucky Writers Conference and created a song about
the earthquake that rocked the Midwest on the morning of April 17, 2008.
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Tyrone Cotton
Louisville native and WKU graduate Tyrone Cottton entertained the crowd at Java City
today with his unique musical style on October 27, 2008.
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An American Appetite: The Material Culture of Food
On September 28, 2007, internationally known food historian,author and seed saver
of heirloom vegetables, William Woys Weaver, gave a presentation titled An American
Appetite: The Material Culture of Food at the Kentucky Library and Museum.
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