{"id":23,"date":"2025-03-13T13:15:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:34:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T13:34:01","slug":"student-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/student-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_190\" style=\"width: 665px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190\" class=\"wp-image-190\" src=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_1537-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"View of two student staff members preparing materials for an exhibition\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_1537-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_1537-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_1537-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_1537-820x547.jpg 820w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_1537-720x480.jpg 720w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_1537-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_1537-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_1537-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_1537-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_1537-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_1537-365x243.jpg 365w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_1537-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_1537.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two students preparing materials for an exhibition<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blue Hens have many opportunities to get involved with Special Collections. Each year, the department hires students who welcome researchers coming in to use collections in the Reading Room. Our expert staff also supervise students assisting with projects to describe archival collections. Students have contributed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View from the Vault blog post series<\/a> and shared their research into collection objects like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/06\/a-view-from-the-vault-manuscript-poetry-notebook-of-john-wieners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this notebook of poetry<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/06\/how-to-speak-the-language-of-the-flowers-floral-dictionaries-in-the-horticulture-collection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this floral dictionary<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Past graduate student employees have curated physical and digital exhibitions, like <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/alice-dunbar-nelson-legacy-black-womens-archives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this one about Alice Dunbar-Nelson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/exhibitions.lib.udel.edu\/black-expression-in-black-and-white\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this one about Black bibliography<\/a> <\/span>drawing on items from the collection.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In partnership with the Museum Studies program, the department also offers 8-week mini-internships at select times during the year. Interns have curated small exhibitions and helped to plan public programs. To learn more about such opportunities, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">please contact <a href=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/sendmessage\/?staffid=2777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hillary Kativa<\/a>, Head of Special Collections.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_192\" style=\"width: 693px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192\" class=\"wp-image-192\" src=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_6207-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"View of a student speaking from a podium\" width=\"683\" height=\"456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_6207-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_6207-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_6207-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_6207-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_6207-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_6207-820x547.jpg 820w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_6207-720x480.jpg 720w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_6207-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_6207-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_6207-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_6207-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_6207-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_6207-365x243.jpg 365w, https:\/\/library.udel.edu\/special-collections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2025\/11\/IMG_6207-570x380.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doctoral candidate Monet Lewis-Timmons leads a panel discussion about her exhibition &#8220;Alice Dunbar-Nelson and the Legacy of Black Women&#8217;s Archives&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Blue Hens have many opportunities to get involved with Special Collections. Each year, the department hires students who welcome researchers coming in to use collections in the Reading Room. 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