The USF Libraries hosted speakers Dr. Brenda Walker and Dr. Marquis Holley to discuss Project R.I.S.E.S. (Racism in School Exclusionary Suspensions). Focusing on the high suspension rates of Black/African-American students in elementary, middle, and high schools, this initiative is a part of …Continue Reading
Category: LIB Events
Dyslexia and the Journalist: Battling a Silent Disability
Join us Tuesday, November 16th from 4-5 p.m. to hear speaker Dr. Tony Silvia, Professor Emeritus in the department of Journalism & Digital Communications at the USF St. Petersburg campus, discuss his book Dyslexia and the Journalist: Battling a Silent Disability. Event …Continue Reading
Racism in School Suspensions: Through the lens of students, families & community members
Please join us virtually on Wednesday, November 10th at 4PM, as USF Libraries host speakers Dr. Brenda Walker and Dr. Marquis Holley to discuss Project R.I.S.E.S. (Racism in School Exclusionary Suspensions). Focusing on the high suspension rates of Black/African-American students in elementary, …Continue Reading
The Secret Life of the Cuban Sandwich
YOU ARE INVITED! Come celebrate Latinx Heritage with the USF Libraries, Yelp Tampa Bay, and Lunchpool! This virtual event will be a live discussion led by USF Libraries’ Andy Huse, author of the upcoming book, “The Cuban Sandwich, A History in …Continue Reading
ICYMI: City Within a City, a screening and discussion
Tampa Special Collections & TBHC Celebrate City of Tampa's Archives Awareness WeekFor City of Tampa’s Archives Awareness Week 2021, the USF Libraries Tampa Special Collections and the Tampa Bay History Center (TBHC) screened City Within a City, the 1955 promotional film about Ybor City — created by Paul Rubenstein, Cesar Gonzmart, and the …Continue Reading
City Within a City: Screening and Discussion
Tampa Special Collections & TBHC Celebrate City of Tampa's Archives Awareness WeekUSF Libraries Tampa Special Collections & Tampa Bay History Center are celebrating City of Tampa’s Archives Awareness Week! Join us Thursday, July 15th from 6 – 7 p.m. for a special live virtual screening of the 1955 promotional film about Ybor City, …Continue Reading
Books Save Lives Award Reception
You are invited to the annual Books Save Lives Award Reception celebrating Janice Lynn Mather, 2021 award winner and author of Learning to Breathe. Thursday, February 4th at 2 p.m. Hosted virtually through Microsoft Teams. Please RSVP to receive login information on …Continue Reading
Florida Conversations: A Behind the Scenes Look at Chinsegut Hill
Chinsegut Hill Historic Site in Hernando County has a human history that spans millennia. Florida Indians, enslaved individuals, wealthy planters, 20th-century crusaders and more labored atop the Hill. The History Center’s Curator of Public History Dr. Brad Massey and Collections Registrar Heather …Continue Reading
Florida Conversations: How We Remember Woman Suffrage
Curator Lisa Kathleen Graddy discusses the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History’s “Creating Icons” exhibit and what a 100-year-old collection can tell us about the woman suffrage movement and modern women’s activism. Florida Conversations is free and open to the public, and …Continue Reading
Florida Conversations: Jackson House Update
Plans are now underway to transform Tampa’s only remaining African American boarding house, the Jackson House, into a museum and cultural center. History Center curators Dr. Brad Massey and Rodney Kite-Powell, along with historian Fred Hearns, share plans for this historic downtown …Continue Reading