To register for Autumn Quarter 2023: Sign Up Here! The UW Tacoma Library, in collaboration with the Center for Equity and Inclusion, is pleased to announce that its award-winning social justice book club, Real Lit[erature], will be reading The Shadow Sister, by Lily Meade, for Autumn Quarter 2023! This is the 19th book we have Read More…
Category: Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
Abortion in Fiction
Events on campus often lead our students to seek out books that mirror real life – even in fiction. Sometimes these topics are avoided in the every day, but with controversy often comes discovery. Abortion is often one of those topics. Inspired by upcoming events, here are reads that span the spectrum of the Read More…
Real Lit Reads Love After the End: An Anthology, edited by Joshua Whitehead!
To register for Summer Quarter 2023: Sign Up Here! The UW Tacoma Library, in collaboration with the Center for Equity and Inclusion, is pleased to announce that its award-winning social justice book club, Real Lit[erature], will be reading Love After the End: An Anthology, edited by Joshua Whitehead, for Summer Quarter 2023! “This exciting and groundbreaking Read More…
Free Snacks for Finals in the Library!
The Student Library Advocacy Board (SLAB) is piloting free snacks in Snoqualmie (SNO) and Tioga Library Building (TLB) from May 30th-June 8th. Come for fresh fruit, granola bars, salty snacks — vegetarian and kosher/pareve/halal options will be available on a first come, first served basis. Leftover packed non-perishables will be donated to the UWT Pantry Read More…
Student Library Advocacy Board (SLAB) Report, Spring Quarter 2023
The inaugural members of SLAB — the Student Library Advocacy Group — have created two documents to share with our campus community and beyond of the tremendous work they have been doing since Winter Quarter 2023. We are delighted to share the documents here. SLAB Report 2023 (version 1) SLAB REPORT – Spring 2023 – Read More…
Real Lit Author Talk: Zeyn Joukhadar’s and The Map of Salt and Stars
We are so excited to share our good news! The UW Tacoma Center for Equity and Inclusion (CEI) and UW Tacoma Library’s Real Lit[erature]: Reading for Social Justice will be hosting a author talk with Zeyn Joukhadar on Thursday, June 1st, 2023, via Zoom. Staff, faculty, and students from all three campuses AND community members Read More…
2023 Open Educational Resources Workshop
Applications are now open for a fifth year of faculty training on Open Educational Resources! Open Educational Resources (OER) are free, openly licensed course materials that can be used to replace costly textbooks and customize learning experiences. This summer workshop is designed to help faculty learn about OERs and implement them in a UW Tacoma Read More…
The Traveling Tree
If you’ve been in the Snoqualmie Powerhouse in the past day or two you’ve probably seen a giant tree in the middle of that quiet study space captivating your attention. That tree is part of the United Way of Pierce County’s newest campaign on “Tackling Poverty at Its Roots”. It will be in the Read More…
UWT Library Student Advisory Board – by Liza Vykhovanets
This article was written by UW Tacoma student Liza Vykhovanets, whose biography is included below. Other library staff involved with the Student Advisory Board planning are Marcia Monroe, Kara Peters and Marisa Petrich. ~~~~~~~~~~~ The UWT Library is a central hub for faculty, students, and patrons to access resources, spaces, and research support. However, there Read More…
Real Lit Reads: The Map of Salt and Stars, by Zeyn Joukhadar
To register for Spring Quarter 2023: Sign Up Here! Join us Spring Quarter 2023 for our 17th Real Lit read — The Map of Salt and Stars, by Zeyn Joukhadar! “This “beguiling” (Seattle Times) and stunning novel begins in the summer of 2011. Nour has just lost her father to cancer, and her mother moves Read More…