Our pals at Paws Across Texas returned for our Student Library Advisory Boards Finals Week event on May 7 from 2-4pm in Willis Library!
In case you missed it, here are some photos of the dogs:
Thank you to all the students, faculty and staff who stopped by! We hope it eased the stress a bit.
~Lilly
Enjoy! ~ Lilly Co-advisor for the Undergraduate Student Library Advisory Board)
Constitution Day celebrates the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787. This year, the University of North Texas is looking at the constitutionality of a new Texas law, Senate Bill 4 (SB 4,) that goes into effect on September 1, 2017. This is a forum style discussion featuring Texas House Representative Ramon Romero, who argued vigorously against SB4, and Texas House Representative Lynn Stucky, who is a strong supporter of the new law.
This event will be live-streamed in Willis Library.
Date: Thursday, September 14th
Time: 11:00 am to 12:30pm
Location: Room 250H, 2nd floor of Willis Library
Students will be able to ask the speakers questions via Twitter using hashtags #UNT #Constitution Day. U.S. Pocket Constitutions will be available at the event or you can visit the Eagle Commons Library in Sycamore Hall to receive a copy. For questions and additional information, please contact govinfo@unt.edu.
Posted on behalf of Julie Leuzinger, Political Science Subject Librarian/LLS Department Head.
Thank you to Paws Across Texas for bringing Pet Therapy Dogs to UNT Willis Library from 2-4pm on May 9, 1017. Over 300 people signed in to see these cute and helpful pups during the stressful time that is Finals Week! Class photo by Lilly.
The second of our two 2016 finals events was Coffee and Cookies. Volunteers included the advisors and members of the Student Library Advisory Boards (SLAB),This year, the event was co-sponsored by the UNT Graduate Student Council (GSC) who, coordinated by Graduate SLAB member Giselle, provided a couple of volunteers, granola bars and GSC branded supplies.
Feedback from two nights of this event was positive.
https://twitter.com/lillylibrarian/status/809106753266876416
Finals are done. Phew : )
Hope every one enjoys the break!
~ Lilly
The first of our two 2016 finals events was Paws and Relax pet therapy dogs courtesy of Paws Across Texas. The event was sponsored by the Student Library Advisory Boards (SLAB), and volunteers included the advisors and members of the boards. We not only had hundreds of students stop by, but saw UNT faculty and staff enjoying the event as well!
https://twitter.com/lillylibrarian/status/808768570515722249
One of our Undergraduate SLAB members, Evi, did a Paws and Relax UNT libraries news story for the library website and included several great pictures if you would like to learn more about the event.
Thanks to all involved!
~ Lilly
Welcome!
We have a library webpage in honor of International Education Week Nov 14-18.
Thank you to Nicole at UNT International for reaching out to me, and cross-promoting out “Foreign Correspondent” Reel to Real Classics film showing (11/16 from 5-7pm, Willis Library 340) on the calendar of events. Thank you to User Interfaces for the amazing customized logo and collaborating and posting the web page. Thank you to Access Services for processing a few books to put on the book drop.
Have a great week!
~ Lilly
Thanks! ~ Lilly
Members of the UNT Libraries Student Library Advisory Boards as well as several library staff helped with giving out coffee and cookies to approximately 620 students during Finals Week. We also had comment cards available for students to fill out and here were some of the comments we received.
Many thanks to Undergraduate Student Library Advisory Ambassador Leonard Martin and Graduate Student Library Advisory Board Ambassador Giselle Greenidge as well as Lilly Ramin, Jennifer Stayton, Briana Knox and Emily Strouse from our staff for helping hand out coffee and cookies. Additional thanks goes to Dianne Jansing from our User Interfaces Division and Mandy Rausch from our External Relations Division for helping us in marketing the event.
On Monday, May 11, Lulu, Buddy, Maggie, Macie, and Garda from Paws Across Texas visited the Willis Library from 2:00 pm-4:00 pm to welcome students and provide stress relief during Finals Week. The event was well attended with approximately 500 students filling the Willis Library Forum. Comment cards were available for students to fill out during the event. Here are some of the comments we received.
“I enjoyed petting the dogs. Please bring this back again over the fall semester!”
“This made finals worth it.”
“The dogs were amazing. It was stress relieving.”
Paws Across Texas, Inc. (PAT) is a nonprofit, incorporated, charitable organization founded in 1986 and based in Fort Worth, Texas. Its purpose is to provide diversified therapy programs using trained volunteers (representatives) and their privately owned companion animals (registered therapy dogs).
