Who: Paul Janeczko
What: Confessions of a Collector: 2008 Naomi C. Chase Lecture in Children's Literature
Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library, room 120
When: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 • 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

After teaching high school English for 22 years, Paul Janeczko left the classroom to write full time, visit schools as a poet in residence, and care for his new daughter, now 17. He does all of this from his home in Maine. He has now published over 40 books as both poet and anthologist, including A Kick in the Head, Seeing the Blue Between, A Poke in the Eye, Stone Bench in an Empty Park, and Dirty Laundry Pile.

Janeczko’s lecture will be followed by book sales courtesy of Red Balloon Bookshop, and book signing by the author from 5:30 until 6:30 pm. Appetizers will be served. Kerlan note cards will be on sale by the Kerlan Friends. The Naomi C. Chase Lecture in Children’s Literature is supported by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, the College of Education and Human Development, the University of Minnesota and the Children’s Literature Research Collections, Andersen Library, University of Minnesota.

For information contact Lee Galda at galda001@umn.edu.

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Who: Jan Spivey Gilchrist
What: Book Talk and Signing
Where: Elmer L. Andersen Library, room 120
When: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 • 2 - 3 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Children's book author and artist Jan Spivey Gilchrist will talk about her work. This well known African American author and illustrator teaches for the Split Rock Arts Program the week of June 22 - 27.

On display will be her art including For the Love of the Game: Michael Jordan and Me (1997) and I Can Draw a Weeposaur and Other Dinosaurs (2001).

The event is cosponsored by the Children's Literature Research Collections and the Split Rock Arts Program.

Reservations recommended. Call 612-624-4576 or e-mail clrc@umn.edu.

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What: Exhibit: Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons
Where: Bio-Medical Library, Diehl Hall
When: Through July 31, 2008
Free and open to the public.

This exhibit is the joint effort of the National Library of Medicine and the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture (Baltimore).

What: Presentation to accompany "Opening Doors" exhibit
Where: Mayo Auditorium
When: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 • 4 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

The presenters will be Medical School Dean Powell speaking about the new initiatives to recruit under-represented groups. Dr. Selwyn Vickers, Chair of Surgery, will speak of his experiences, and the final presenter will be Dr. Levi Watkins, Professor of Surgery and Associate Dean of the School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Watkins was the first African American to be accepted to and graduate from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and the first black resident in cardiac surgery at Johns Hopkins. He performed the world's first human implantation of the automatic implantable defibrillator, and helped to develop the cardiac arrhythmia service at Hopkins. The son of a college professor, he grew up in Montgomery, Alabama during the civil rights era and was a member of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church where Dr. Martin Luther King was pastor.

The presentations will be followed by a reception and all are welcome. Sessions will be introduced by Linda Watson, Health Sciences Libraries Director.

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