Extended library hours for Reading Days and finals

’Tis the season for recreational reading! Stretch yourself with Watzek’s (very gentle) reading challenge.

Moss Appreciation Week will return to Watzek Library and other campus locations February 8-15, 2026. Please join us! The full schedule will be posted in mid-January but you can expect many of the classic events to recur including the Moss Petting Zoo, a moss walk, a new Ear Forest installation, a keynote lecture, and terrarium-making workshops, among others…plus a few new surprises. 

This month Watzek is featuring resources available in the library and on campus in support of stress reduction, health, and wellbeing.  Peruse the new sensory maps, which provide guidance on selecting study spaces based on light, quiet, and soft seating.  View the contents of library wellness kits, which are available to check out for 4 hours at the service desk.  Take a digital detox with cutting edge phone seclusion technology.  And more!

This library exhibit explores the career of John F. Callahan and his relationships with Black authors Ralph Ellison, Michael Harper, and Adam Bradley through letters, essays, and documents held in Special Collections and Archives. On display on the top floor of Watzek Library through the end of the fall semester. Curated by L&C student Thomas Schwiebert ’26.