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Friends of the Library annual book sale March 21-23 offers ‘hidden treasures’

About 10,000 volumes will be sold at substantial discounts Thursday through Saturday (March 21-23) at the annual Friends of the Library Book Sale in UNC’s Wilson Library.

Children’s picture books, travel guides, novels, biographies, reference books and books on art, foreign language and history will be sold. Proceeds will benefit UNC libraries, said Liza Terll, executive secretary for Friends of the Library.

"It’s such a wide variety of books," Terll said. "There are some real hidden treasures in there."

Friends members only may attend a preview sale from 7 to 9 p.m. March 21. The public is also invited from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 22 and 9 a.m. to noon March 23. On March 22, Friends may buy books at half price. March 23, others may purchase at half price; Friends will get another 50 percent off.

The sale will close from 10:30 to 11 a.m. March 23 to prepare for its grand finale, selling books at $3 per bag from 11 a.m.-noon. Throughout the sale, a selection of special titles will not be discounted.

Cash and checks will be accepted, but not credit cards. Parking is free in most campus lots after 5 p.m. weekdays and all weekend. For more information, call Liza Terll, (919) 962-1301.

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Harris-Lopez to receive Alabama writer award

Dr. Trudier Harris-Lopez, J. Carlyle Sitterson professor of English, will receive the 2002 Eugene Current-Garcia Award for Distinction in Literary Scholarship from the Alabama Writers' Forum, the Alabama Humanities Foundation and the Association of College English Teachers of Alabama.

"Harris-Lopez is a scholar in the traditional sense. Not only was she born in Alabama and grew up here, but some of the authors she has worked on have Alabama connections," according to the award selection letter.

The Garcia Award recognizes and rewards Alabamians who have distinguished themselves in scholarly writing on literary topics. Harris-Lopez will receive the award and $5,000 May 3 at the Alabama Writers Symposium in Monroeville, Ala.

Harris-Lopez is a native of Tuscaloosa, where she earned a bachelor’s degree from Stillman College.

A 21-year veteran of the Carolina faculty, she is an expert in African-American literature and folklore. Her books include "The Power of the Porch: The Storyteller’s Craft in Zora Neale Hurston, Gloria Naylor and Randall Kenan" (1996, University of Georgia Press); "Fiction and Folklore: The Novels of Toni Morrison" (1991, University of Tennessee Press); "Black Women in the Fiction of James Baldwin" (1985, University of Tennessee Press); and "Saints, Sinners, Saviors: Strong Black Women in African American Literature" (2001, Palgrave).

Photo URL: To download a Harris-Lopez photo, http://www.unc.edu/news/pics/faculty/harris-lopez_trudier.jpg

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School of Education recognized for Best Practice Award for Women's Leadership and Gender Equity

The UNC School of Education recently was recognized with an American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Best Practice Award for Women’s Leadership and Gender Equity at its 54^th annual meeting in New York City.

In announcing the award, the association cited the UNC school’s commitment to social justice, specifically equity and diversity, as well as the encouragement of Dean Madeleine Grumet.

The association said the UNC school’s emphasis on women’s leadership development focuses on four dimensions of gender equity: Advocacy for leadership through program development, integrations of gender issues in the curriculum, proposition of national and state policy initiatives and ongoing research to develop women’s leadership.

According to the association, the UNC program presents strong theoretical material in both the undergraduate and graduate programs in women’s leadership in education that teach networking, competence and confidence.

The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education is a national, voluntary association of colleges and universities with undergraduate or graduate programs to prepare professional educators. The association supports programs in data gathering, equity, leadership development, networking, policy analysis, professional issues and scholarships. Its advocacy efforts shape policy at the local, institutional, state and national levels. The 750 member institutions graduate about 90 percent of the nation’s new teachers and other educators each year.

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