What’s New This Week!
“Next morning I had to get outside, and so began a period of long walks in the park. Early November continued bright, with the last sun of the year shining low and coppery over the woods. Striding through heaps of rusty autumn leaves, I ached to see beauty dying all around me. I felt completely alone in that rambling wilderness, save for the crows cawing in their rookeries and the wrens bobbing from hedge to hedge. I began to make studies in my book of the delicate lines of drying grasses and frilled seed pods. I looked for some lesson on how best to live from Nature, that every year died and was renewed, but none appeared.”
― A Taste for Nightshade
Monthly Puzzle and Book Swap
It’s the best week of the month again. The monthly Puzzle and Book Swap is taking place in the Learning Commons. Stop by to check it out and you may just find your next favorite read or puzzle.
Bring your gently used puzzles or books and swap it out to find that next great adventure. Multiple swaps are encouraged.
–Tyler Commons
Holiday Lunch
Please RSVP if you haven’t already.
Sign up to bring a side or dessert.
Sign up to create an ornament with Joni.
After lunch, we will have at least three fun activities that you can choose to participate in if you wish.
1. Van Hope will be the Holiday Trivia Master and host a trivia competition! Everyone who participates will join a small group and complete against other groups to see which group will hold the title of Trivia Team of the Year! Be thinking of fun names for your groups and brushing up on your general trivia.
2. Joni Addis will host holiday ornament crafting. Join Joni to create a lovely holiday ornament that starts as a book and turns into a snowflake! Joni will provide the instruction and the supplies. This event is limited to 10 crafters. The sign-up sheet has a photo of the ornament you will be creating.
3. Cath Bruhnke will be hosting a holiday photo booth. Come have your photo taken alone or with your colleagues! You’ll get a photo sticker to keep, and you can add emojis from the iPad app if you’d like.
We can’t wait to see you there!
–Kellie Marlatt
Celebrating a Birthday in November!
Chris Vinson 11/1
Jim Tolleson 11/1
Michelle Colquitt 11/13
Holly Corbett 11/19
Hannah Hendricks 11/21
Jeffrey Adams 11/20
Mel McDavid 11/25
Meredith Futral 11/26
Yaswanth Mulakala 11/27
Gloria Aragon 11/29
Look who is celebrating a November birthday! Wishing you a very special day of celebration and the best year ahead!
Celebrating a Libraries’ Work Anniversary!
Dominick Bucca – 1 year
Kaitlyn DuBois – 1 year
Karen Burton – 3 years
Sarah Fisher – 3 years
Paula Smith – 14 years
Andrea Grimes – 27 years
We are proud to recognize and celebrate the dedicated service of our colleagues who have reached milestones in their Clemson University Libraries careers.
Please note that these announcements going forward reflect Libraries service time only. The University formally acknowledges total state service through the distribution of pins and certificates. Individuals in the South Carolina Retirement System (SCRS) who have questions about their service time toward retirement should reference their Member Access account. Those enrolled in an Optional Retirement Program (ORP) should consult their selected vendor for retirement information.
Please be aware that calculating total University service time involves individualized research and may include factors such as temporary versus full-time status, student employment, and other considerations. For these reasons, we are focusing our recognition on Libraries-specific service time.
Thank you so much for all the talent and expertise that you bring to the Libraries! We appreciate all you do!
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See you next week!