The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) at 麻豆频道University Libraries is now accepting proposals for two Faculty Fellows who would like to provide students with an opportunity to handle, analyze and interpret SCRC鈥檚 primary source materials in their classes.
for the development or revision of a three-credit course to be taught in the Fall 2022 or Spring 2023 semester from any discipline on campus are being accepted through June 4.
Religion professor James Watts (right), recipient of the 2019 Faculty Fellow grant, helps a student examine a cuneiform tablet in the Special Collections Research Center. [Please note, this image was taken prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and does not reflect current public health guidelines.]
The Libraries is thankful to George Bain G鈥�06, a member of the Library Associates, for his generous gift funding toward the Faculty Fellows in 2022-23. The original funding for the SCRC Faculty Fellows Program was made possible through the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, which promotes the advancement and perpetuation of humanistic inquiry and artistic creativity by encouraging excellence in scholarship and in the performing arts, and by supporting research libraries and other institutions that transmit our cultural heritage.
The SU Libraries and Library Associates invite gifts to support the SCRC Faculty Fellows Program and this unique opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students. Each $5,000 gift will support a Faculty Fellow for a semester-long class. Please contact Ron Thiele, assistant dean for advancement for the Libraries, at rlthiele@syr.edu or 315.560.9419 for more information about making a gift.
