- Rozovsky wins prestigious NSF Early Career Award
- UD students meet alumni, experience 'closing bell' at NYSE
- Newark Police seek assistance in identifying suspects in robbery
- Rivlin says bipartisan budget action, stronger budget rules key to reversing debt
- Stink bugs shouldn't pose problem until late summer
- Gao to honor Placido Domingo in Washington performance
- Adopt-A-Highway project keeps Lewes road clean
- WVUD's Radiothon fundraiser runs April 1-10
- W.D. Snodgrass Symposium to honor Pulitzer winner
- New guide helps cancer patients manage symptoms
- UD in the News, March 25, 2011
- For the Record, March 25, 2011
- Public opinion expert discusses world views of U.S. in Global Agenda series
- Congressional delegation, dean laud Center for Community Research and Service program
- Center for Political Communication sets symposium on politics, entertainment
- Students work to raise funds, awareness of domestic violence
- Equestrian team wins regional championship in Western riding
- Markell, Harker stress importance of agriculture to Delaware's economy
- Carol A. Ammon MBA Case Competition winners announced
- Prof presents blood-clotting studies at Gordon Research Conference
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month events, programs announced
- Stay connected with Sea Grant, CEOE e-newsletter
- A message to UD regarding the tragedy in Japan
- More News >>
- March 31-May 14: REP stages Neil Simon's 'The Good Doctor'
- April 2: Newark plans annual 'wine and dine'
- April 5: Expert perspective on U.S. health care
- April 5: Comedian Ace Guillen to visit Scrounge
- April 6, May 4: School of Nursing sponsors research lecture series
- April 6-May 4: Confucius Institute presents Chinese Film Series on Wednesdays
- April 6: IPCC's Pachauri to discuss sustainable development in DENIN Dialogue Series
- April 7: 'WVUDstock' radiothon concert announced
- April 8: English Language Institute presents 'Arts in Translation'
- April 9: Green and Healthy Living Expo planned at The Bob
- April 9: Center for Political Communication to host Onion editor
- April 10: Alumni Easter Egg-stravaganza planned
- April 11: CDS session to focus on visual assistive technologies
- April 12: T.J. Stiles to speak at UDLA annual dinner
- April 15, 16: Annual UD push lawnmower tune-up scheduled
- April 15, 16: Master Players series presents iMusic 4, China Magpie
- April 15, 16: Delaware Symphony, UD chorus to perform Mahler work
- April 18: Former NFL Coach Bill Cowher featured in UD Speaks
- April 21-24: Sesame Street Live brings Elmo and friends to The Bob
- April 30: Save the date for Ag Day 2011 at UD
- April 30: Symposium to consider 'Frontiers at the Chemistry-Biology Interface'
- April 30-May 1: Relay for Life set at Delaware Field House
- May 4: Delaware Membrane Protein Symposium announced
- May 5: Northwestern University's Leon Keer to deliver Kerr lecture
- May 7: Women's volleyball team to host second annual Spring Fling
- Through May 3: SPPA announces speakers for 10th annual lecture series
- Through May 4: Global Agenda sees U.S. through others' eyes; World Bank president to speak
- Through May 4: 'Research on Race, Ethnicity, Culture' topic of series
- Through May 9: Black American Studies announces lecture series
- Through May 11: 'Challenges in Jewish Culture' lecture series announced
- Through May 11: Area Studies research featured in speaker series
- Through June 5: 'Andy Warhol: Behind the Camera' on view in Old College Gallery
- Through July 15: 'Bodyscapes' on view at Mechanical Hall Gallery
- More What's Happening >>
- UD calendar >>
- Middle States evaluation team on campus April 5
- Phipps named HR Liaison of the Quarter
- Senior wins iPad for participating in assessment study
- April 19: Procurement Services schedules information sessions
- UD Bookstore announces spring break hours
- HealthyU Wellness Program encourages employees to 'Step into Spring'
- April 8-29: Faculty roundtable series considers student engagement
- GRE is changing; learn more at April 15 info session
- April 30: UD Evening with Blue Rocks set for employees
- Morris Library to be open 24/7 during final exams
- More Campus FYI >>
4:19 p.m., Feb. 18, 2009----The language of Lincoln filled the Reserve Room of the Hugh M. Morris Library on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at a special celebration marking the 200th birthday of the 16th president.
University of Delaware students in elementary education and the Professional Theatre Training Program read from Abraham Lincoln's own writings, as well as works by poet Walt Whitman and excerpts from the address delivered at Lincoln's funeral by the Rev. Matthew Simpson.
Readers and their selections included:
--Ellen Michael, a senior elementary education major, reading Lincoln's poem, "My Childhood's Home";
--Ben Charles, a PTTP graduate student, reading excerpts from Lincoln's address at the Cooper Institute in 1860;
--Jasmine Bracey, a PTTP graduate student, reading the Emancipation Proclamation;
--Matthew Simpson, a PTTP graduate student, reading the Gettysburg Address;
--Meaghan Sullivan-Willis, a PTTP graduate student, reading the Second Inaugural Address;
--Catherine Lewin, a senior elementary education major, reading Whitman's "Death of President Lincoln";
--Anand Nagraj, a PTTP graduate student, reading excepts from the Rev. Simpson's funeral address delivered at the president's burial; and
--Donte Fitzgerald, a PTTP graduate student, reading Whitman's "O Captain! My Captain!"
UD Provost Dan Rich opened the afternoon program by welcoming the more than 220 guests, including students, faculty and staff, as well as members of the Lincoln Club and the University of Delaware Library Associates.
Susan Brynteson, vice provost and May Morris Director of Libraries, noted that the event was being presented in conjunction with an exhibition on Lincoln in the Special Collections Exhibition Gallery that includes some extremely rare items, including two different books that were the personal copies from Lincoln's own library.
Thomas Herlihy III, vice chair of the Delaware Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, extended greetings on behalf of the commission and called the exhibit a "wonderful experience" that brings Lincoln to life.
Timothy Murray, head of the Special Collections Department, who co-curated the exhibit with Iris Snyder, associate librarian, said the exhibit is designed to show the complexities of Lincoln and the Civil War era.
"Abraham Lincoln: A Bicentennial Celebration," on view now through June 5 in the Special Collections Exhibition Gallery in the Morris Library, is drawn from the Library's Lincoln Collection, which contains more than 2,000 books and pamphlets, photographs, artwork, sculpture, artifacts, historic documents and miscellaneous material pertaining to Lincoln's life. Included in the collection are copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment signed by Lincoln.
The Feb. 17 program was cosponsored by the Office of the Provost, the College of Arts and Sciences, the departments of English, history and theatre and the Faculty Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events, in addition to the University of Delaware Library.
Article by John Brennan
Photos by Kevin Quinlan