PARTNERSHIPS
PARTNERSHIPS
Priddy Library has developed strong relationships with the various departments and partner programs at the Universities at Shady Grove, resulting in collaborating to organize and host events.
UMCP Communication Photo Exhibit (November 2021)
Students of Professor Ilse Genovese’s UMCP - Communication class shared their photo assignments which were displayed in the library. The winners were selected by Priddy staff and Professor Genovese.
UMBC Oral History Workshop (March 2022)
In partnership with UMBC’s Public History Coordinator, Dr. Melissa Blair, Montgomery College’s Professor of Anthropology, Dr. Maria Sprehn, and UMBC at USG’s History Student Association, the library organized an Oral History workshop in March 2022. Interested students gained insights into best practices for gathering stories and the importance of interviewing their family members to preserve their history.
Towson’s Family Reading Night (April 2022)
To acknowledge the “Week of the Young Child,” an annual celebration created by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the Priddy Library collaborated with Towson University Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education/Special Education Programs, hosting its first Early Childhood Education Reading Night. This event brings together young children, families, teachers, and community members to celebrate and recognize early learning programs and services. For the Reading Night many children’s books were selected from the shelves in the library and put on display in the collaboration area. The event was wonderful! We had a number of families attend and the children really enjoyed sitting with our future teachers and hearing stories that they selected themselves.