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/ GRADUATION GUIDE / THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2011 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
Wide range of options available for new graduates
BY CLAIRE MCINERNY editor@kansan.com
As some seniors are preparing for jobs and planning their lives after school, some students are experiencing a different scenario the end of college.
er. One opportunity that enables students to make that happen is through Teach for America. Teach For America is a program that allows recent college graduates to teach in public schools in low-income communities. The assignment lasts for two years.
Wiechman spent his two years in Saint Lucia doing community development. He helped a farmers' cooperative develop a grant proposal to get funding for a composting project from the United Nations and also taught reading and music at a school.
The Peace Corps was an attract-ive option for Wichman because
a way to prolong having to find a job, but rather look at it as a way to find new opportunities and new ways for students to use their passions. She said a lot of politicians who now work in Congress were in the program and are now fighting for education rights.
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2011
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CONSTRUCTION
Library to get facelift after large donation
BY WESTON PLETCHER wpletcher@kansan.com
The summer is in full swing and so is construction on campus at the University of Kansas. Many of the buildings on campus are undergoing renovations and that includes the libraries.
Anschutz, Spahr, Spencer and Watson libraries are all seeing construction this summer, but the Kenneth Spencer Research Library is receiving the biggest face-lift.
Kent Miller, associate dean of libraries, said the 5,000-square-foot Stokstad Reading Room will enhance the experience of all users of the book and manuscript collections in this library. Some of the improvements that students will see in the new reading room include an increase in the size and seating in the reading room, a higher quality in lighting, better sound control and an enclosed study space for group work.
After construction is complete, the Spencer Research Library will have a new interior reception space and the current reading room will be known as the Marilyn Stokstad Reading Room. Stokstad is the Judith Harris Murphy Distinguished Professor Emerita of Art History.
This is a sketch of what the new reading room in the Kenneth Spencer Research Library will look like. Construction should be finished in September.
Stokstad gave the libraries $250,000, which should cover the entire cost of renovations. She is a retired faculty member and a renowned art history scholar. Her donation will allow the new reading room to be more open,
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historical artifacts like the Gutenberg Bible, Irish literature collections from James Joyce and it is also home to the University Archives, which contains the history of the University of Kansas.
"Our goal is the upgrading of spaces and equipment which support the work of our user community," Miller said. "Staff spaces are important too, but our primary goal is to make sure the spaces students and faculty use are comfortable and meet their needs."
"The archives contain Chancellors' papers, photos, Jayhawker yearbooks and the presentation of the Jayhawk," Kanning said.
Sarah Kanning, communications coordinator for the libraries, said the Spencer Research Library is home to
Libraries are like other public buildings, which need constant maintenance refreshment to support comfortable, safe and convenient access by the user community. Miller said. Students provide quality input before and after renovation projects, he said.
The Spencer Research Library is home to extensive book collections, manuscripts, photos and other items since its opening in 1968.
"We've received very positive feedback from students on past projects and we're happy about that," Miller said. "The biggest concerns students have voiced recently have been about study spaces, the number of computers available and building hours, which is part of the reason we are doing some of these projects."
This donation from Stokstad isn't the first time she's been generous to
the University. She has supported the Spencer Museum of Art, the Hall Center for the Humanities, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Lied Center.
Construction is being done by design and construction management and facilities operations and is scheduled to be completed by the end of September.