Are you planning a course for spring 2025 where students might benefit from discovering 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Libraries Special Collections & Archives?
Students who explore the collections preserved by find a window into understanding the history and continuing importance of the Las Vegas Valley, gaming and gambling, and the cultures and communities of the region.
The Libraries would like to support faculty who engage students with these unique cultural and historical records. We're recruiting a cohort of 8 faculty to spend two days together planning individual assignments for a course they are scheduled to teach in spring 2025.
The retreat will provide time and space to work independently selecting material for students and to receive feedback from colleagues on an assignment you design using primary source materials from Special Collections & Archives. Participants will receive a $500 honorarium and will be invited to share insights about how the assignment worked at the end of the semester.
in 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ University Libraries' Special Collections & Archives to be held on January 14 and 15, 2025, from 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Wondering ? Our brief video highlights key collection themes and topics; to dig deeper. You can also read about our collecting strengths:
Interested? indicating the topic of study and the collecting strength it aligns with.
If you need additional help in determining if our collections will fit in with your topic and assignment idea, please email Su Kim Chung. Applications are due by Friday, November 22. Selected participants will be notified on Monday, December 2.
