September 2022
Signature Lectures: Valerie Boyd Tribute
Georgia Writers Hall of Fame: Valerie Boyd Tribute Who: Rosalind Bentley, Karen Good Marable, Latria Graham, Tayari Jones, and Shay Youngblood, writers who collaborated with noted author and former UGA faculty member Valerie Boyd Location: Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries, Room 285 Atlanta native Valerie Boyd was a writer, teacher, editor and acclaimed biographer of Zora Neale Hurston. Her 2003 book, “Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston,” was celebrated as “the definitive Hurston biography for many…
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Signature Lectures: Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, John Lewis Tribute
Who: Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell, co-author and illustrator of John Lewis’s “March” trilogy; moderated by Charlayne Hunter-Gault Location: Richard B. Russell Building, Special Collections Library, Room 285 Inspired by Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis joined the Civil Rights Movement and became one of the founding figures of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) while attending Fisk University. With SNCC, Lewis led and participated in peaceful protests against segregation, including sit-ins at segregated lunch counters and Freedom Rides on…
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Honors College Spring Convocation, Reception, and Activity Fair
The Honors College will host its Spring Convocation for current first-semester Honors students on Friday, January 20th in the Auditorium of the Richard B. Russell Jr. Special Collection Libraries. An Activity Fair and Reception will precede the event from 3:00-4:15pm in the Exhibit Hall of the Special Collections Libraries, followed by the Convocation ceremony from 4:15-5:15pm in the Auditorium. Attendance is limited to current first-semester Honors students only. Contact: Emily Ramsey, emily.ramsey@uga.edu.
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Lunch & Learn about UGA’s Special Collections Libraries
REGISTRATION REQUIRED - Sign up via the Honors Network Join us for a field-trip Honors Lunch & Learn on Wednesday, February 8 from 12:00-1:30. An information session and exclusive tour will be led by Instruction and Community Engagement Librarian Kathryn Manis and Exhibition Coordinator Jan Levinson Hebbard. For this special on-location visit to the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries, Kathryn Manis and Jan Levinson Hebbard will discuss all things Special Collections, answer your burning questions about UGA’s most…
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