2008 - 2009 Library Staff Enrichment Activities

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2009

“Let’s Talk About it” What’s Offensive to an Indian?

Join us Oct 1st at 1:30 in the Hodges Library Mary Greer Room (second floor entrance) for a panel discussion on issues facing Native American’s today. What do natives consider offensive?….. What do “natives” prefer to be called? …. What about team mascots?

The goal is simply to gain a better understanding of the native, Indian, indigenous American culture.

“Let’s Talk About it”
It's On My Mind - Mental Health Awareness

The Library Diversity Committee Presents:

Connie Briscoe and Caroline Mann

It's On My Mind - Mental Health Awareness

Thursday Sep 17th @ 1:00 605 Hodges Library

Many universities are learning to focus on how diverse identities such as ethnicity, gender, and nationality impact students' learning and experience on campus. Yet, there is an area of diversity that is frequently overlooked: mental health. How does living with a mental illness such as bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety impact students at UT? What resources are available to help? What issues are important for others to understand in working with these students?

This talk will aim to address some of these questions...

For example, Did you know:

Over 25% of Americans ages 18 and older suffer from a diagnosable mental health problem in a given year.
Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death among 15 to 24 year olds and the 2nd leading cause of death among college students.
An estimated 1,100 college students die by suicide every year.

This talk will address mental health issues among college students in general, and those at UT in particular.

We'll discuss campus initiatives such as VolAware, which aim to de-stigmatize mental health and educate students, staff, and faculty about suicide prevention and mental health and wellness resources. We'll also talk about what we as a campus community can do to help students who have a mental illness.

Click here to see the VolAware flier

Beverly Watts Visits Hodges Library

"Let's talk about it" Poverty

Thursday August 20th at 1 pm

Hodges Library, Second Floor, Mary Greer Room.

The UT Libraries Diversity Committee welcomes Beverly Watts, the Executive Director to the Tennessee Human Rights Commission, to lead our discussion on poverty. Join us Thursday, August 20th at 1pm in the Mary Greer room at Hodges Library second floor entrance.

Click here to see the flyer.

The Emancipation Proclamation

President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."