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“Incorporating Podcasts into Classroom Assignments” workshop recap 2560 1920 aucwoodruff

“Incorporating Podcasts into Classroom Assignments” workshop recap

It’s the beginning of a new school year at the Atlanta University Center, which means that the Robert W. Woodruff Library’s GLAM Center for Collaborative Teaching and Learning is back in session. We kicked off the year with our first faculty development workshop of the fall semester, “Incorporating Podcasts into Classroom Assignments.” Led by Justin…

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GLAM Center Featured Collection: #19forthe19th 2174 2560 aucwoodruff

GLAM Center Featured Collection: #19forthe19th

This year, the U.S. National Archives is celebrating the passage of the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote with a new exhibit, Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote. To correspond their exhibit which “highlights the relentless struggle of diverse activists throughout U.S. history to secure voting rights for all American women,” they…

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Leadership Alliance Interns: Conducting Archival Research 2560 1920 aucwoodruff

Leadership Alliance Interns: Conducting Archival Research

Read more about the Leadership Alliance internship program here. Camille Barnes discusses the items she found in her research Camille Barnes: My experience conducting archival research has been such an awarding experience. At the beginning of this journey I did not know a thing about research or how to even conduct research the proper way. Being…

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Leadership Alliance interns: Visiting Archives in Atlanta 1920 2560 aucwoodruff

Leadership Alliance interns: Visiting Archives in Atlanta

Read more about the Leadership Alliance internship program here. Camille Barnes: Before starting this program I did not know anything about Archives. I really was not sure what they were. An archive is an accumulation of historical records or the physical place they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the…

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Introducing Spelman’s Leadership Alliance Interns 500 153 aucwoodruff

Introducing Spelman’s Leadership Alliance Interns

Last week we welcomed Spelman’s Leadership Alliance interns, Keighla and Camille. This week we’d like to introduce you to Keighla and Camille in their own words. Stay tuned for updates from our Leadership Alliance interns throughout the summer! Camille Barnes Hello! My name is Halee Camille Barnes I am the oldest child out of two…

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GLAM Center Welcomes Leadership Alliance Spelman Interns! 1280 720 aucwoodruff

GLAM Center Welcomes Leadership Alliance Spelman Interns!

This summer Spelman College Archivist, Holly Smith welcomes two undergraduate students from Clafin University to the campus for a summer fellowship where they will be introduced to the rich cultural holdings of Atlanta University Center. The Leadership Alliance, founded at Brown University in 1992 as a partnership of 23 institutions, came together to develop underrepresented…

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GLAM Featured Collection: LGBTQ+ Pride Month 2104 2560 aucwoodruff

GLAM Featured Collection: LGBTQ+ Pride Month

This month, the GLAM Center for Collaborative Teaching and Learning’s featured collection celebrates LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer + other groups) Pride. This year’s Pride Month marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, widely considered to be the catalyst for the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. Here at the Atlanta University Center Robert W.…

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GLAM Collaboration Spotlight: Morehouse Art Song Project – Aaron Carter-Ényì, Ph.D. 2560 1920 aucwoodruff

GLAM Collaboration Spotlight: Morehouse Art Song Project – Aaron Carter-Ényì, Ph.D.

The GLAM Center for Collaborative Teaching and Learning aims to simulate teaching and learning across multiple disciplines through innovative engagement with archival material and artifacts. This month’s spotlight features Morehouse Professor Aaron Carter-Ényì, PhD and his MUS 351/352 Advanced Theory of Music students. Dr. Carter-Ényì students developed original musical compositions based on poetry written by…

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Artstor Workshop Recap 2560 1920 aucwoodruff

Artstor Workshop Recap

On May 8th, the GLAM Center for Collaborative Teaching and Learning held our final faculty development workshop of the spring semester. Representatives from Artstor were on hand to provide an overview of this excellent resource available at the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library. Artstor is a digital library with millions of interdisciplinary images from the…

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GLAM Center Featured Collection: Atlanta University Center Commencement Ceremonies Throughout the Years 800 645 aucwoodruff

GLAM Center Featured Collection: Atlanta University Center Commencement Ceremonies Throughout the Years

Graduation season is upon us and the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library’s GLAM Center for Collaborative Teaching and Learning is taking the month of May to celebrate our #AUCgrads past and present! Spelman Commencement 1979, image courtesy of Spelman College Archives This month’s featured collection on the GLAM portal highlights images from AUC…

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