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LC Updates: March 2, 2021

March 2, 2021 by Leeward CC Learning Commons | 0 comments

Learning Resource Center

MORE NEW COURSES for peer tutoring now available at the Learning Resource Center: BUS 101, CHEM 161/L, CHEM 162/L, and MGT 121. Please visit our LRC Updates page for the full listing of courses and more information.

The Library

The Writing Center

Success Connection Workshops

Show Me the Money: Ways to Find Funds for College
Thursday, March 4: 12pm via Zoom

Looking for ways to find money for college?

Join presenters Junie Hayashi and Tasha Williams for an informative workshop that will show you how to get the money you need to fund your education! Everyone is welcome to attend—success connection workshops are open to all LCC students, faculty, and staff.

  • The Zoom link and password will be posted on the Writing Center website (go.hawaii.edu/Gp8) on the day of the workshop.
  • Recorded review sessions of the past SC Workshops are also available on the Writing Center website (go.hawaii.edu/983).

LC Updates: February 23, 2021

February 23, 2021 by An | 0 comments

Learning Resource Center

NEW COURSES for peer tutoring now available at the Learning Resource Center: BIOC 141, PHYL 141/L, and PHYL 142/L. Please visit our LRC Updates page for the full listing of courses and more information.

The Library

Friday, February 26: Last day for Blind Date with a Book activity!

The Writing Center

Success Connection Workshops

Self-Talk for Success: Get More Done … Feel Better Doing It
Wednesday, February 24, Noon – 1pm, via Zoom

Uncertainty and overwhelm can feel commonplace over the last year. This session will show you how to spot the default self-talk that can drive our pessimism and procrastination. Learn three simple intrapersonal techniques to flip the script so you can get more done and feel better doing it.

Presented by Chris Gilbert

  • The Zoom link and password will be posted on the Writing Center website (go.hawaii.edu/Gp8) on the day of the workshop.
  • Recorded review sessions of the past SC Workshops are also available on the Writing Center website (go.hawaii.edu/983).
  • Check back to see if this workshop will be recorded.

 

LC Updates: February 16, 2021

February 16, 2021 by Leeward CC Learning Commons | 0 comments

Learning Resource Center

The Learning Resource Center will be closed Friday, Feb. 19.

The Library

Wednesday, February 10 – Friday, February 26: Blind Date with a Book

The Writing Center

Success Connection Workshops: ONLINE SUCCESS Series

UH Common Scholarship
Wednesday, February 17, Noon – 1pm, via Zoom

Need Money for College?

Come Join Us! Find out the “Who, What, When, Where, Why and How?” about the Online UH System Common Scholarship Application.

You could be eligible to receive grants and scholarships to help pay for your college education.

Presented by the Leeward FA Office

The Zoom link and password will be posted on the Writing Center website (go.hawaii.edu/Gp8) on the day of the workshop. Recorded review sessions of the past SC Workshops are also available on the Writing Center website (go.hawaii.edu/983).

 

LC Updates: February 11, 2021

February 10, 2021 by Leeward CC Learning Commons | 0 comments

Learning Resource Center

The Learning Resource Center will be closed Monday, Feb. 15th and Friday, Feb. 19.
Coming soon: New courses available for tutoring. Please visit the LRC website for updates.

The Library

The Writing Center

Success Connection Workshops: ONLINE SUCCESS Series

UH Common Scholarship
Wednesday, February 17, Noon – 1pm, via Zoom

Need Money for College?

Come Join Us! Find out the “Who, What, When, Where, Why and How?” about the Online UH System Common Scholarship Application.

You could be eligible to receive grants and scholarships to help pay for your college education.

Presented by the Leeward FA Office

The Zoom link and password will be posted on the Writing Center website (go.hawaii.edu/Gp8) on the day of the workshop. Recorded review sessions of the past SC Workshops are also available on the Writing Center website (go.hawaii.edu/983).

 

February 2021: Blind Date with a Book

February 10, 2021 by An | 0 comments

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Blind Date with a Book Display

Join us for our Blind Date with a Book event!

We selected books from a variety of genres, wrapped them up, and wrote personal ads to get you to check them out. Give our books a chance! They came highly recommended.

For your convenience, we placed our ads online.

Instructions for Online Book Dating

  1. Go to our Blind Date with a Book page
  2. Click on a “Personal Ad #” link to check its availability
    • If your book date is a physical print book, you can submit a request to pick it up by going to the “Get It” section
      • Sign in with your UH Login
      • Click “Request Specific Copy“
      • Fill out the form and click “> Send Request“
      • You will receive an email notification when your book date is ready for pick up!
    • If your book date is an e-Book/audiobook, you can check it out yourself by going to the “View Online” section
      • Sign in with your UH Login
      • Click the database’s link (OverDrive, EBSCOhost, etc)
      • Click “Borrow” or “Read Online“

*Leeward IDs are required to participate in Blind Date with a Book 

OPTIONAL: After you return your book date, Rate Your Date at go.hawaii.edu/62J. Your matchmakers welcome the feedback!

For instructions on taking a book date out from our display, visit our Blind Date with a Book: Library Display page or just come by & we’ll show you how it’s done!

We hope you enjoy this activity as much as we enjoyed putting it together! Our book dating service will end Friday, February 26th. If you have any questions, see Circulation Desk staff.

LC Updates: Feb 1-5

February 2, 2021 by An | 0 comments

The Library

 

  • February is also National CTE Month! Visit the Learning Commons to view Leeward CTE’s awesome display!

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CTE displays past and present in the Learning Commons

 

  • Coming Soon – Blind Date with a Book!

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Blind Date with a Book: Thank you!

February 24, 2020 by An | 0 comments

Leeward CC Library's Blind Date with a Book logo

We would like to thank everyone for supporting our Blind Date with a Book activity [New Window]! We had to re-stock the display each week!

There are a few books left if you would like to snag a book date. Thursday, February 27th, will be the last day for this activity. Before you return your book date, please fill out the Rate Your Date slip (inserted inside of the book’s cover) so we can improve on our matchmaking skills!

February 2020: Blind Date with a Book

February 4, 2020 by An | 4 Comments

Leeward CC Library's Blind Date with a Book logo

Blind Date with a Book Display

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This February, join us for Blind Date with a Book!

We selected books from a variety of genres and wrote personal ads to get you to check them out. Drop by the library soon to get a book date before they’re all gone!

Instructions

  1. Look through the personal ads without unwrapping them.

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  2. Take your book date to the circulation desk to check it out. If your book date is an e-Book, you can check it out yourself by scanning the QR code with your mobile device or type in the book’s url in your browser.
  3. You can now unwrap your book date!
  4. Take your book date home–give it a chance! It came highly recommended.
  5. (Optional) Rate your book date after you return it. We welcome the feedback.

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We hope you enjoy this activity as much as we enjoyed putting it together!

If you have any questions, see Circulation Desk staff.

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