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Announcements: Around Campus
The George M. Modlin Book Award
The Modlin Book Award was established by the faculty in 1971
to honor Dr. George M. Modlin upon his retirement as president
of the University, promote a scholarly interest in books and
the development of personal libraries and to encourage undergraduate
students to accumulate collections pertaining to some
particular area of interest. Collections are eligible for the award
only during the student’s senior year. Students should submit to
the University librarian by Friday, April 1, 2005, a list of not
more than 50 entries from the collection. This should include a
full bibliographical citation for each entry and a one-to-two
page rationale for the collection’s theme. The award will be a
check for $500. In case of a tie, the award will be shared, and
each winner will receive a check for $250. The recipient’s name
will be inscribed on a plaque in Boatwright Memorial Library
and will be acknowledged in the commencement program. A display
from the winning collection may be shown in the library.
An award may not be made in a given year if not merited.
James W. Jackson Award for Excellence in Library Research
The library committee is pleased to announce the annual James
W. Jackson Award for Excellence in Library Research. The
award recognizes and encourages excellence in the use of library
research skills in the social sciences. Upper-division students
are eligible, based on a research project completed during the spring of
2005 or during the calendar year 2004. Papers previously submitted
are ineligible. The winning paper should demonstrate a depth
and breadth use of research materials in the social sciences and
clear evidence of thoughtful command of these resources.
Excellent research projects, which do not make significant use
of library research materials (e.g. experimental projects) unfortunately,
cannot be considered.
Students must be nominated by a faculty member. Each
faculty member may nominate one or two students by submitting
the research paper(s) by noon on Friday, April 1, 2005. Please
send papers to Jackson Award Subcommittee, University
Librarian’s Office, Boatwright Memorial Library. The award
will be a check for $450. In case of a tie, the award will be
shared and each winner will receive a check for $225. The
recipient’s name will be inscribed on a plaque in the library and
will be acknowledged in the commencement program.
Build It fundraising week
Build It 2005 needs your muscle and your money. The studentdriven
initiative to blitz-build a Habitat for Humanity house
and enhance three Henrico County public schools during the
week of April 4-9 has set an on-campus fundraising goal of
$10,000 from students and $5,000 from faculty and staff. Committee
members will set up a table in Tyler Haynes Commons
Feb. 21–25 to solicit donations to the community service
project during a fundraising “blitz.” A giant poster will track
each day’s contributions. For more information, contact
Maggie Place at maggie.place@richmond.edu.
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