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East Carolina University News Services
 
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Contact: Dawn Wainwright, wainwrightd@ecu.edu

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GREENVILLE, N.C. (7/7/2009) – A Fine Art Print set will be on display in the Exhibit Area on the second floor of East Carolina University’s Joyner Library now through Aug. 31.

The exhibit is sponsored by the faculty and staff of Joyner Library’s Teaching Resources Center.

The display draws from the North Carolina Adopted Textbook Collection given to the Teaching Resources Center by ECU alumna Kathy A. Taft. Taft represents the first education district on the North Carolina State School Board.

As a member of the Textbook Reconsideration Committee, Taft receives copies of all textbooks and auxiliary items approved for adoption in N.C. public schools.  Following the textbook selection process, committee members can designate how the collection provided to them will be utilized.

Taft’s gift in-kind to Joyner Library’s Teaching Resources Center is valued at more than $2 million and is heavily used by education students, area educators and home-schoolers.  

The Fine Art Print set is an ancillary portion of this collection. The event is free and open to the public.