e-news for Aug. 17, 2005
Week of Welcome kicks off fall semester
Morris Library helps new students find their way
Saluki Kids' Academy receives $5,000 donation
Research shows expanded Kincaid Mounds
Saluki Sports History donated to Morris Library
Medical School gets preeclampsia study grant
Morris Library helps new students find their way
Staff members of Library Affairs for the first time are offering a service to help students new to campus get off on the right foot when the fall semester opens.
On Monday, Aug. 22, the first day of fall classes, and on Tuesday, Aug. 23, staff members will be in a tent outside Morris Library's north entrance handing out maps and bottled water between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. In addition to general campus maps, staff will hand out maps with "yellow arrow" paths from the library to popular campus destinations, including Woody Hall, Lawson Hall, Engineering and others. Kevin Davie, with the library's Geographic Information Systems unit, designed the map.
"Any large university campus can be intimidating for new students to navigate," Dean David H. Carlson said. "Making new students feel welcome and comfortable in their new environment is paramount. Library staff can help students find their way, and I think that will be one small contribution to student retention."