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Special
Projects |
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Education
Room- Altered the physical appearance of the room
(paint, décor, materials), |
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creating a visually appealing learning environment. |
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Traveling
Trunks- Dramatically increased the usage of traveling
trunks by
soliciting |
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teachers for suggestions. A total of 6 new trunks created. |
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Educator
survey- Developed and implemented first survey targeted
to visiting educators. |
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Field trip teachers returned anonymous surveys which were
overwhelmingly positive. |
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Educational
Advisory Council- Recruited outstanding area educators
to meet
to advise |
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in educational program development |
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Christmas
In Kentucky- Organized and implemented annual family
oriented museum-wide |
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event. 1,000 attended December, 2007. |
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Kentucky
Themed Christmas Ornaments- Organized and implemented
program
for area 4th |
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and
5th grade students. Ornaments displayed as an exhibit. |
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International
Holiday- Partnered with the WKU Theatre Department
to stage three
school |
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day
performances (800 attendance) and two public performance of International
Holiday |
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Volunteer
Awards and Appreciation Dinner- Organized and implemented
an annual volunteer |
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recognition
dinner and presentation. |
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KYLM
email lists- Collect and organize email addresses
for volunteers, educators, targeted
WKU |
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students,
etc. Have thousands of email addresses in a variety of lists to
distribute KYLM educational |
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and
programming information. |
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Educational
Web Page- Worked with Sandy Staebell to completely
redesign Education web page |
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for educators. |
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Education
Programs & Tours Booklet- Composed, printed
and distributed booklet targeted
to |
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educators
promoting the various tours and programming offered by the museum. |
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Diary
of Johnny Underwood-Used text composed by Nancy
Baird and designed and
printed a |
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diary
for area school children as part of BG/Warren County study. |
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A
Star in Each Flag Resources-Developed
a host of Civil War activities and resources for educators and visitors
in |
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conjunction
with new exhibit. |
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Duncan
Hines Resources-
Researched and developed the 1950s activity center for use with
Duncan Hines exhibit |
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including:clothes
closet, phonograph player, and dinner detectives activity. |
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Teacher
Workshops- Received a grant for two teacher work
shops for October, 2008 to be held |
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at
the KYLM. |
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KHS
History Mobile- Arranging and coordinating the Lincoln
mobile for the museum. Coordinating |
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with
WKU Education Department professors and area schools for tours and
activities. |
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Girl
Scout Badge Workshop- Assisted with the organizing
and implementing of a Badge Workshop |
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Daily
News- Became part of Daily News newspaper in education
program partnership with area |
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school
systems. Develop weekly ads that promote a variety of Education
Department programming |
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Student
Employee Orientation- Developed a comprehensive
new student worker orientation |
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presentation,
written standardized policies and dress code for KYLM. |
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KYLM
Facebook and MySpace Websites- Developed
and maintain sites in a concentrated effort to reach younger |
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and
divergent audiences that may not visit our official website. |
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Partnerships |
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International
Holiday-Partnered
with the WKU Theatre Department to stage three school day performances
(800 |
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attendance)
and two public performance of International Holiday |
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Mischief
Makers-
Partnered with the WKU theatre Department to stage two school day
performances (637 |
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attendance) |
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Southern
Kentucky Educational Attractions Association-Christy
and Rho Lansden, of Lost River, |
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conceived
of and formed SKEAA. Organized area venues. Published and distributed
thousands of “one stop” |
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brochures
for area school systems. |
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Partner
with Capitol Theatre, Historic Railpark-for
field trips and cross promotion of Christmas |
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programming. |
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Research |
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Articles |
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Spurlock,
Christy. "The White Stone Quarry of Bowling Green, KY"
The Register of the Kentucky |
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Historical
Society (Winter 1994) 44-72. |
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Working
on several articles for possible future publication. Topics include
1792 KY waterway transportation, museum |
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education
and WKU alumni connections. |
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Exhibits |
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A
Star in Both Flags: Conflict in KY- Researched 4th
and 5th grade Core Content, textbooks, |
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solicited
area educators for suggestions in exhibit development. |
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Kentucky
Themed Christmas Ornaments- Ornament making program
through the Education |
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Department
for area 4th and 5th graders. |
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WKU
100-
Designed and distributed comprehensive cross curriculum Core Content
guide for the exhibit. |
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Consultantships |
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Historic
Railpark & Train Museum-
Served as a consultant to the museum to assist with Education |
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materials
development |
• |
Kennerly’s
Chapel Meeting House Project- Served as advisor/researcher
in preparation for 200th |
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anniversary
celebration. http://www.kennerlyschapel.org/ |
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Conferences/Presentations |
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|
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Guest
speaker Kentucky Association of Museums. Presentation entitled,
“Fighting for the Field |
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Trip
Dollar: Wooing Teachers to Your Door” |
• |
“Kentucky
Library & Museum”- PowerPoint presentation of brief history
and current “Kentucky |
| |
Library
& Museum”- PowerPoint presentation of brief history and
current programming and exhibits. |
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Make
this presentation throughout the year to a variety of civic, student,
and educator groups. |
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Attended
Interpreting Slavery at KY Historical Sites, KY Historical Society |
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Attended
Southeast Regional Conference of ALFAM American Living History Farm
and Agricultural |
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Museums |
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Public
Services |
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|
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Professional
Organizations |
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American
Association of Museums |
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Kentucky
Historical Society |
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Kentucky
Association of Museums |
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Museum
Education Roundtable |
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American
Association for State and Local History |
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Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums |
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Capitol
Theatre Education Committee |
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Departmental/
University Committees and Task Forces |
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|
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DLSC
Search Committee for Weekend/Evening Event manager |
• |
DLSC
Acquisitions committee |
• |
DLSC
Civil War Exhibit Committee |
• |
DLSC
Program Committee |
• |
DLSC
Brochure Committee |
• |
DLSC
Christmas in Kentucky Committee- Chair |
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DLSC
Volunteer Dinner Committee- Chair |
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University
Libraries Search Committee for Community Outreach Director |
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University
Libraries Search Committee for Marketing Coordinator |
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University
Libraries Search Committee for Digital Librarian |
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WKU
Faculty Senate Alternate |
•
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WKU
Faculty Senate |
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Other |
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Landmark
Association Bowling Green Warren County- Board member |
• |
Capitol
Theatre Education Committee- Advised in upcoming programming decisions
and to |
| |
partner with the
Capitol for certain performances/field trips |
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Networking
Women BG/Warren County Chapter |
•
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BG/WC
Humane Society Volunteer |
•
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WKU
Alumni Association |
•
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WKU
Cupola Society |
•
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Friend
of WKU Libraries & Museum |
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Friends
of Riverview |
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BG
Schools/Pritchard Committee/Educators & Parents: a Powerful
Alliance |
