Gain a sense of wonder and learn about the world and its history through the objects presented. Each object has a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) focus and invites endless exploration.
Dating to the 16th century the cabinets functioned as early museums in wealthy collectors' homes. Cabinet contents leaned towards the rare, eclectic, and esoteric. For more information, ask at the desk.
Monday 1-4:30, Tuesday-Thursday 1-6:30 until mid-September.
College Hill Library is partnering with the Career and Transfer Services by hosting a table of resources to help students and staff fulfill their degree and career goals. The nook can be found near the reference section books in the center of the library. If you can’t find what you need, ask a library staff member for help.
Did you know that there is a Prayer and Meditation Room in the College Hill Library? This room can be used individually or in small groups. It is open to any member of the Front Range Community College community.
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You can apply for a library card in person by visiting the library, or by COMPLETING THIS FORM (you'll be informed by email when you card is ready to be picked up). Library cards are available to students, faculty, and staff at Front Range Community College's Westminster campus. The library card may also be used to borrow materials from the Westminster Public Library. In addition, FRCC students, faculty, and staff who reside within Westminster city limits may also use their library card to access electronic resources through the Westminster Public Library.
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Don’t forget to explore the travel and adventure mystery bags. Each bag explores different themes related to travel or adventure. Now is the perfect time to plan your next trip, choose your next adventure, and read about bold explorers!
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Forgot your charger? The library has some phone chargers for short-term checkout and use within the library! Stop by the main desk in the library and see what we have available.
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This guide is a shout out to a neighboring city, Lafayette, Colorado and the man indirectly responsible for its name. Yes! That character in the musical, Hamilton named Lafayette. In 1824, both Congress and President Monroe had invited the Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving Major General of the Revolutionary War to the United States, with the hope that his visit might reignite patriotic fervor in a politically divided America fast approaching its 50th Anniversary. 2024, is the 200th anniversary of his tour, and a good time to remember Lafayette and his contributions to both the United States and France. For more information about Lafayette, both the Revolutionary War hero and our neighboring town of Lafayette, click here.
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"The United States is still typically conceived of as an offshoot of England, with our history unfolding east to west beginning with the first English settlers in Jamestown. This view overlooks the significance of America’s Hispanic past. With the profile of the United States increasingly Hispanic, the importance of recovering the Hispanic dimension to our national story has never been greater." "Armesto organizes the book in a unique way--focusing on diverse Latin civilizations to tell the story, more than a more chronological pattern.
"Thirty-three million people in the United States speak some variety of Spanish, making it the second most used language in the country. Some of these people are recent immigrants from many different countries who have brought with them the linguistic traits of their homelands, while others come from families who have lived in this country for hundreds of years. John M. Lipski traces the importance of the Spanish language in the United States and presents an overview of the major varieties of Spanish that are spoken here."
"The compelling history of how Latino immigrants revitalized the nation's cities after decades of disinvestment and white flight. Thirty years ago, most people were ready to give up on American cities. We are commonly told that it was a "creative class" of young professionals who revived a moribund urban America in the 1990s and 2000s. But this stunning reversal owes much more to another, far less visible group: Latino and Latina newcomers. Award-winning historian A. K. Sandoval-Strausz reveals this history by focusing on two barrios: Chicago's Little Village and Dallas's Oak Cliff....Barrio America uses vivid oral histories and detailed statistics to show how the great Latino migrations transformed America for the better."
This poetry collection is presented in three movements, each one chronicling Blanco's understanding of a particular facet of life from childhood into adulthood. As a child born into the milieu of his Cuban exiled familia, the first movement delves into early questions of cultural identity. The second, begins with poems peering back into family again, examining the blurred lines of gender, the frailty of his father-son relationship, and the intersection of his cultural and sexual identities as a Cuban-American gay man living in rural Maine. In the last movement, poems provide lessons about his own impermanence in the world and the permanence of loss. Looking for the Gulf Motel is looking for the beauty of that which we cannot hold onto, be it country, family, or love.
"A fascinating account of the effort to outlaw unfair testing practices that led to minority children being placed in special education classes. During the 1960s, California public schools used English-language, culturally biased IQ tests to determine placements for students. This resulted in over 100,000 non-native English speakers and other minority students being routed into special education tracks. This engaging account talks of the multiple court cases that led to lasting positive change. The authors' final message warns that protecting equitable education remains a challenge, and that there needs to be ongoing vigilance to ensure this basic right for all children." Review by Kathleen McBroom for Booklist.
"This reference series contains completely updated information on hundreds of the biggest and best scholarships, fellowships, grants, loans, awards, and other funding opportunities available specifically to support Hispanic American students interested in working on an undergraduate or graduate degree at a public or private college or university." This book must be used in the library.
"Occupied America: A History of Chicanos offers an authoritative, accessible approach to Mexican American history. It's among the most comprehensive and definitive introductory Chicano history texts available today. Rodolfo Acuña is one of the foremost and most highly regarded voices in Chicano history and ethnic studies. Passionately, engagingly written and extensively researched, the text covers Chicano history in its entirety. Timelines provide clear contexts for the most important events, illuminating today's struggles in the process."
"Santiago's autobiographical account cinematically recaptures her past and her island culture. What is particularly appealing about Santiago's story is the insight it offers to readers unaware of the double bind Puerto Rican Americans find themselves in: the identity in conflict. Is [she] black or white? Is she rural or urban? Even more importantly, is she Puerto Rican or is she American? [One] can only be grateful that Esmeralda Santiago has chosen to explore her culture and share what she has found."--The Los Angeles Times Book Review
"In Mestizos Come Home! author Robert Con Davis-Undiano documents the great awakening of Mexican American and Latino culture since the 1960s that has challenged this omission in collective memory. He maps a new awareness of the United States as intrinsically connected to the broader context of the Americas. At once native and new to the American Southwest, Mexican Americans have “come home” in a profound sense: they have reasserted their right to claim that land and U.S. culture as their own."
"Just Like Us" offers a powerful account of four young Mexican women coming of age in Denver--two of whom have legal documentation, two of whom who don't--and the challenges they face as they attempt to pursue the American dream. It is a book about identity—what it means to steal an identity, what it means to have a public identity, what it means to inherit an identity from parents. The perspective of the author gives the reader insight into both the most powerful and the most vulnerable members of American society as they grapple with the same dilemma: Who gets to live in America? And what happens when we don’t agree?"
"Early Anglo settlers in the Old West crafted negative images of Latinos in part to help justify the takeover of land occupied by Mexicans and Spaniards at the time. Unfortunately, these depictions were perpetuated throughout the 20th century in art, popular culture, and media … eventually reshaping the narrative of the American West to the exclusion of the non-Anglo people. This book contrasts dominant lore with historical reality to provide a broad overview of the history and contributions of Latinos in the Old West."
Based on little-known sources and one-of-a-kind oral histories with many veterans of the farm worker movement, Matt Garcia’s account of the expansion of the union’s grape boycott reveals how the boycott, which UFW leader Cesar Chavez initially resisted, became the defining feature of the United Farm Workers movement. It drove the growers to sign labor contracts in 1970, but as the union expanded and the boycott spread across the United States, Canada, and Europe, Chavez found it more difficult to organize workers and fend off rival unions. The reader will come away with an entirely new perspective on the UFW and its iconic leader, Cesar Chavez.
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Click here to see some of the new materials that we have recently added to the the FRCC Westminster Library Collection.
