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From Africa to Appalachia: The Tie That Binds
No full textThe Reece Museum is home to a communal collection of artifacts that help us remember and retell stories that are important to our identities as a community. The objects we choose to collect, display, and research act as historical documents that form the foundation of the lore that comprises our living narratives, which are “ever evolving, out of the stories of our most recent ancestors” (Bastet and Houlbrook 2023, 188). The movement of collections from personal stories and belongings into collective and institutional artifacts is something I spend a lot of time thinking about.
I learned to enjoy collecting from my maternal grandfather. I remember staying with my grandparents in South Carolina when I was out of school for the summer, and I always looked forward to the Saturdays when me and my Poppaw would get up before daylight in order to spend the morning going from flea market to flea market, searching through the stalls for buried treasure before it got too hot. He loved antiques and unusual decorative objects, and I enjoy recalling pleasant memories of those longago summers when I glance around my home and see some of the objects he and I collected together.
The experience of sharing in a collection as a way to commune with our recent or distant ancestors feels like the most prominent story being told by this exhibition. What we fill our homes and our galleries with reveals subtle information about our priorities, when it comes to the work of memory keeping. Material culture gives us tangible and concrete places to house our memories, capturing the experiences, thoughts, or even spirits of those Artists Once Known, friends and family, or makers we personally know and respect.
Something that Sammie Nicely knew, and that as a museum we aspire to, is that having a collection is important, but it’s what you do with the collection that really counts. Developing exhibitions, educational content, and research opportunities that deepen our understanding and appreciation of these collections is at the heart of our mission. This work would be impossible without the support of an extensive and dedicated community, and I want to say thank you to every collector who has entrusted us to preserve and share these artifacts as an important part of our collective story.
In gratitude,
Rebecca Proffitthttps://dc.etsu.edu/reece-exhibit-pubs/1003/thumbnail.jp
Nurse-Led Home-based Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program to Enhance Functional Performance in COPD Population Living in South Central Appalachia
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Getting Started in Graduate School: An Online Tutorial for New Graduate Students
No full textIn August 2024, our library launched an asynchronous online tutorial, Getting Started in Graduate School. The purpose of the tutorial was fourfold: to complement existing student orientation programming at the library and the university; to situate the library as a valuable resource for graduate student academic success; to align with a similar library-designed online tutorial for new undergraduate students; and to provide practical information about graduate school expectations, framed through existing library resources and programming. The tutorial was created using the Springshare LibGuide and LibWizard platform and features a mix of static and interactive elements, which were developed and embedded using the open-source platform H5P. In this article we discuss the process of developing the tutorial, its promotion, and student engagement with the resource. We conclude by discussing aspects of the tutorial that worked well, how the tutorial might be used in the future, and reflect on how other library educators may approach the design of similar resources for their graduate student populations
Methodologies for Generating Passive Income as a Digital Artist - Preview Image
No full textPreview image from Levi Stone\u27s Methodologies for Generating Passive Income as a Digital Artist.https://dc.etsu.edu/digitalmedia-culminating-experience-gallery/1006/thumbnail.jp