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The USC Upstate Library Display Committee is excited to announce our latest display themed around “Sparty Gras” for Homecoming 2024 at USC Upstate. With Mardi Gras coming up, the university decided this year’s homecoming theme should reflect both the carnival celebration and our campus mascot. Inspired by this theme, our committee wanted to portray our school spirit by highlighting material and decorations about Mardi Gras, while also including campus yearbooks to reflect the university’s history. Every item that is on display is available for checkout. In addition, this display will have a corresponding QR code for people to view a digital campus timeline exhibit for homecoming on their devices. A link to this digital timeline exhibit is also available at the end of this message. The archives and special collections created this digital timeline using their various materials and resources. We hope our patrons will appreciate these items on display and learn more about both Mardi Gras and the campus’s historical 57 years. The Display Committee is now in its second year, and we hope to keep the momentum going by creating more exciting displays and highlighting materials and sections of our library collection. http://tinyurl.com/USCUpstateTimeline

Mimi the Possum visits the library Thursday, February 29, offers your final opportunity to view the exhibit, Real People, Real Climate, Real Changes. On Friday, March 1, we'll begin the process of packing the exhibit and shipping it to its next location.

Over the last two months, it's been a joy for the library to host the exhibit, on loan by its creators, the National Science Center (NSF) National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Center for Science Education. Hosting the exhibit also offered us a wonderful opportunity to collaborate with the university's Watershed Ecology Center, the Pollinator Garden, and other campus sustainability initiatives in an exhibit open house. And let's not forget the cuddly fun of getting to meet and greet a "real live" Mimi the Possum, a resident of the Watershed Ecology Center!

Importantly, we've also enjoyed hearing your impressions about the exhibit and the issues and challenges raised. Many of you answered the weekly question on climate change--either with thoughtful words or creative drawings. We've saved your responses and will share those with NCAR/UCAR. It shows the impact that the exhibit has had on you, the viewers.

While the exhibit is exiting the building, Professor Jenny Bonner's painting, "Conserve (Footprint)," will continue to grace our gallery wall for the next few weeks. This work, especially created by Professor Bonner for the exhibit, will eventually be sent to its permanent home at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

The library is open on February 29 from 7:30 am to 12 midnight. We look forward to seeing you take one last look at Real People, Real Climate, Real Changes.

Homecoming 2024 Sparty Gras Display

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