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This past week all three Reynolds campus libraries were bursting with student projects! A showcase of student work from many disciplines was on display proving that Reynolds students are inquisitive & creative when it comes to turning out projects.  256 students from 29 courses provided the dazzling array of works.

Almost 500 of event-attendees voted on the “People’s Choice” or best in show to crown the following winners:

You can view pictures of the events at the following links:

• Photo Album of the Event
• DTC Projects
• GC Projects
• PRC Projects

Here are some of the comments from student participants:

“Participating in the student expo was a great tool to allow me to actively involve myself in an education based event.”

“The student expo is really cool and made me more interested in the course”

“It encouraged me to apply myself more.”

“It gives you a sense of pride to have a piece displayed to a public audience.”

“I had to make sure my assignment was the best it could be because it was being presented to many people”

“Knowing that it would be displayed to the public provided extra incentive to make an attractive prototype.”

“This is the best program EVER.”

 

Special Thanks go out to all of the faculty who donated projects to the Library for this event:

Downtown	Goochland	Parham
Shalini Upadhyaya	Jerrod Hunter	Beth Bensen
Clifton Webb	Karin Stretchko	Sylvia Clay
Jerrod Hunter	Betsy Trice	Teresa Creech
Kathy Larue	David Pippin	Jerrod Hunter
Lynne Miller	Ben Pryor	Karen Lou
Puja Wingfield	Mike Vaughan	Karen Neal
Carolyn Parrish	Lou Luchsinger	Karen Steel
Jill Newbauer		Laurie Weinberg
Estelle Kendall
Kathy Pettyjohn
Mary Penzer

The Student Expo proved once again that Reynolds students churn out amazing projects as part of their coursework. Thank you for letting us catch a glimpse into what it is that you, our students, are studying and thinking about!

The 2017 Reynolds Student Expo drew nearly 600 students, faculty and staff to Reynolds Libraries to view and admire 165 projects representing 187 students from 22 classes.

For those who had to miss the event, you can watch a video of the event (created by Librarian Will Weaver) or check out pictures from each individual project here!

A big “Thank you” to the following instructors who encouraged their students to participate and submit their projects:

Downtown:	Goochland	Parham
Shalini Upadhyaya	Eric Adams	Karen Neal
Jerrod Hunter	Karin Stretchko	Gayle D’Andrea
Kathy LaRue	Nancye Winter	Sid Bass
Favienne Roop	Betsy Trice	Chris Thomas
Melinda Ripley	David Pippin	Stephen Sowulewski
Sharon Newbery	Various Automotive Instructors	Karen M Layou
Mary Penzer		Wendell Andrews
Kirsten Inocencio

Congratulations to the following “People’s choice”  winners who were voted by 552 students, faculty and staff!

Downtown Campus: Caroline Horiuchi, Monica Anderson, and Brandy Bailey: Wedding Cake HRI 286 Instructor: Favienne Roop
Goochland Campus: Ben Pryor: The Dragon WEL 155 Instructor: Eric Adams
Parham Campus: Jordan Bock: Virginia’s Mineral Resources GOL 106 Instructor: Dr. Karen M. Layou

This event has become a most beloved one among the library staff, faculty, and students. We enjoy seeing the amazement on people’s faces as they travel around the exhibits and see just how amazing our faculty and students are. We look forward to the 4th annual Expo in 2018! Stay tuned for details.

Have you ever found yourself with one too many books?!

Members of the Reynolds Library Staff and the Student Senate partnered up to help you out because WE GET IT!

Beginning in the spring 2017 semester, you’re going to notice a book cart outside each campus library with a sign that looks like this attached to it:

Don’t over think it – these carts make it easy for you to not only donate books that you’ve loved (or perhaps not loved), but also to take a book that might interest you! Don’t have a book to donate but see one you’d love to read?! No problem. No one’s judging you – just go for it!

This is our way of contributing to the Little Free Library movement going on around the county!

**Please don’t return library materials on the carts!**

Welcome back!

December 6^th is the feast day for St. Nicholas.

Who is he and why is he celebrated?

• He gave three bags of gold to three girls to be used as their dowry, saving them from prostitution.
• Nicholas and the three children:
  • In many paintings and manuscripts, St. Nicholas is often depicted standing next to a tub of three small children. According to the Oxford Dictionary of Saints, St. Nicholas is “said to have raised to life three boys, after they were murdered in a brine tub by a butcher.”
• He saved three unjustly condemned men from death
• And rescued three sailors near the coast of Turkey.
• The Institution of Santa Clause:
  • Based upon his patronage of children, with the custom of giving them presents on his feast day.

Farmer, David Hugh. “Nicholas.” The Oxford Dictionary of Saints. 5th ed. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1978. 385-86. Print.