Budget of the United States

You may have noticed on news sites or programs that the president unveiled his 2011 budget today. If you want the details, the complete thing is available from the Office of Budget and Management.

2010 Census

It's that time again. The U.S. Census Bureau is about to begin its Constitutionally-mandated count of everyone who resides in the United States. While their web site provides plenty of information about the census process, here are some highlights:

• March, 2010: Census forms will be mailed or delivered to American households.
• April 1, 2010: National Census Day - if your forms are not returned by that date, you will probably be visited by a census taker. Census takers, who will be working to collect data between April and July of 2010, will not come to your home if you've mailed in your census questionnaire.
• Be sure to check out this information about what to expect and how to verify the identity of a census worker.
• If you're concerned about the security of the information you report, be sure to read Protecting Your Personal Information.

Marjorie Stephenson Scholarship

Applications are available in the main office on the second floor of the library for the Marjorie Stephenson Scholarship. Ms. Stephenson was a member of the library faculty who made provisions in her will for a scholarship for undergraduate students at SRU. Black female students receive priority consideration--all full-time students, however, are welcome to apply. Full details are available with the applications.

National Book Awards - 2009

Looking for the perfect book to either give as a gift or to get as a gift... The National Book Awards might be a great place to start. The 2009 winners have been announced, and, as always, the categories are broad enough to please almost any reader: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People's Literature. If you aren't looking to purchase the book, stop by Bailey Library. We have a great selection of National Book Award winners both past and present.

International Ornaments & Emblems

Dr. Myra Balok’s International Fyrst Seminar and April Longwell’s Honor’s Fyrst Seminar students made these ornaments and emblems of their countries on display in the first floor Reference area at Bailey Library.

Name Our Newsletter Contest

Bailey Library needs your help. We plan to launch a newsletter starting next semester, but we can't decide on a name. So, we are enlisting your help, and we are asking you to enter our "Name Our Newsletter Contest." The top 3 suggested names will be voted on early next semester. The person who submitted the winning name will win a $10 SGA Bookstore gift card, along with bragging rights. Those who submitted the second and third place names will win $5 SGA Bookstore gift cards.

How to Enter:

• E-mail your newsletter name suggestion to catherine.rudowsky@sru.edu by Thursday, Dec. 17 with the subject line "Newsletter Name."
• Provide your name and contact information in the event that your suggestion is the winning entry.
• Check back in January to vote on the winning name form a list of the top three suggestions.

Gobble, gobble, gobble

I never knew how many things I didn't know about Thanksgiving. Thanks to the History Channel, I now know enough to annoy everyone at the dinner table this Thursday.

Take the Thanksgiving Quiz to see how much you know, and if you don't know as much as you thought, take a minute to have fun learning.

Thanksgiving Fun Facts

Mayflower Myths

The First Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Proclamation

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!