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CONTACT:
Kristine
Gobbo
561-297-1168,
kgobbo@fau.edu
FAU Hosts Events to Commemorate
Constitution Day
BOCA RATON, FL (September 14, 2010) – Florida Atlantic University will host several events to commemorate Constitution Day, the anniversary of the creation and signing of the United States Constitution. The following events will take place:
FAU Libraries Host Letterpress Appreciation Day Open
House at the Jaffe Center
The free event will take place
on Saturday, September 18, from noon to 5:30
p.m. at the
Arthur
and Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts at FAU Libraries, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus.
The Arthur and Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts Gallery is
hosting an inaugural “Letterpress Appreciation Day Open
House” in celebration of the 0.918-inch height of standard
Anglo-American type materials. The open house offers an
introduction to the print aspects of the Jaffe center, which is
home to four different relief presses that are used by students
and artists to create hand-printed books and literary broadsides.
Guests may tour the shop, print on the center’s antique
Wesel Iron Handpress and learn the difference between pressing
print and actually printing. Since Constitution Day falls on the
day prior to the open house, participants will print a piece on
the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which has been the
subject of much recent political debate. Metered parking for
visitors is available in the lot outside of the library. For more
information on the open house, visit
www.jaffecollection.org
and click “events,” or contact John Cutrone at
jcutrone@fau.edu
or 561-297-0455.
Issues in American Citizenship, Past and Present on
Display at FAU Libraries
The free exhibition will take place
now through
Thursday, September 30, outside of the special
collections department at
FAU Libraries, second floor east, 777 Glades Road, Boca
Raton campus.
Issues in American Citizenship provides a
thought-provoking look at the changing definition of
citizenship in America and how it has affected taxation,
property rights, elections, labor practices, taxes and
patriotism. The exhibition showcases rare books, pamphlets,
sheet music and prints from FAU Libraries’ historical
collections. The display can be viewed during regular library
hours, which can be found at
http://www.library.fau.edu/geninfo/hours.htm
or by calling 561-297-3770. For more information, e-mail
lysca@fau.edu
or call 561-297-3787.
Constitution Day Interactive Display Table
The display will be available on
Friday, September 17,
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the
Atrium on FAU’s Jupiter campus, 5353 Parkside
Dr., Jupiter.
The interactive display table will highlight the history of
the Constitution in video and written format. Constitution
Day quizzes, as well as giveaways related to American history
will also be available.
-FAU-
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University serves more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses and sites. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering & Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.
