N. Scott Momaday

N. Scott Momaday enjoys a Shoshone honor song at Fort Washakie school Friday night.

N. Scott Momaday signs a book at Fort Washakie school for a young admirer.

Your instructor's favorites

We asked CWC instructors for their favorite book from their field. Many had a hard time choosing just one!

Andy Deering (Adjunct English): The reptiles of North America; a review of the crocodilians, lizard, snakes, turtles and tortoises inhabiting the United States and northern Mexico by Ditmars, Raymond L.

Suki Smaglik (Chemsitry and Geology): Cosmos;The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan and Rising from the Plains by John McPhee

Steve McAllister (Biology): The Selfish Gene. Richard Dawkins. Oxford University Press 1976. and On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin. 1859.

Jewel Dirks (Psychology): Phantoms of the Brain by V.S. Ramachandran.

Todd Guenther (History and Anthropology): War On Powder River by Helena Huntington Smith and History of Wyoming by T. A. Larson

Nita Kehoe (Art): Passages in Modern Sculpture by Rosalind E. Krauss

Eric Heiser (Computer Technology): Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why we need a Green Revolution by Thomas Friedman and Good to Great by Jim Collins

Wes Connally (English): Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Darren Wells (Outdoor Education): Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv

Wayne Montgomery (Human Services): Uppers, Downers, All Arounders by Darryl S Inaba and William E. Cohen

Carol Cooper (Biology): Why Science? by James Trefil

Jim Thurman: (Political Science) Political Order in Changing Societies by Samuel Huntington for Political Science, Peter the Great by Robert Massie for History and The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh for International Studies.

Dr. Jo Anne McFarland (College President): A Sense of Urgency by John P. Kotter

Marilú Duncan (Director of Student Support Services):
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire & A Different Mirror by Ronald Takaki

Mike Myers (Theater): Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee

Angel Sparkman (Business Management): Fish by Lundin, Paul and Christensen

Helsha Acuna (Native American Studies): Spirit and Reason by Vine Deloria, Jr.

How to download free audiobooks

NOTE: THIS SERVICE HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH ONECLICK DIGITAL AUDIOBOOKS. (March 9, 2012) SEE NEW DIRECTIONS HERE:

Netlibrary is the best thing since sliced bread.

After exhausting the collection of the public libraries here (of all things I was intersted in anyway) I forayed into the world of Netlibrary, where hundreds of books are available for checkout. The files stop being available after 3 weeks, but can be renewed once.

Netlibrary is provided to every Wyoming resident with a library card (public or college). You simply need to register and begin searching. It's that easy.

Step 1. If you have a CWC library card, go to the CWC Library page, choose Databases and select Netlibrary from the list.

Step 2. Create a free account (top right corner)

Step 3. In another tab or window, go to Netlibrary.com and sign in.

Step 4. Search for a book you like (browse by subject or search for a title or author)
[NOTE: Netlibrary has both audiobooks and ebooks. Make sure you search for audiobooks only]

Step 5. Decide: will you be listening to this on your computer or on your mp3 player?
[NOTE: If you plan to listen on an mp3 player, make sure yours is on their list of tested players. Not all mp3 players are compatible with the digial license technology they use.]

Step 6.
A. If you will be listening on your computer, you can download the radio-quality version.

B. If you will be listening on your mp3 player, you must download the CD quality version.

You will probably have to allow your computer to download the file.

Step 7. Choose a location and save the file.

Step 8. Once the download is complete, open the file to acquire the digital license.

Step 9. If desired, copy the file to your mp3.

Further notes:

- Check out period = 21 days.

- Maximum number of items checked out at one time = 10.

- Does not allow burning to CD.

- Unlimited quantities of each title.

- Titles may be renewed one time.

- Titles are automatically checked in, and cannot be checked in early.

- Titles must be downloaded all at one time. Cannot download by chapter or section.

- Titles must be downloaded in the Internet Explorer browser. Firefox and other browsers do not download correctly.

We'll be happy to help you get started. Enjoy!!
- Cory

N. Scott Momaday @CWC

Central Wyoming Collge is delighed to present N. Scott Momaday, the first Native American to win the Pulitzer Prize. Dr. Momaday will be here for two days of dialogue at CWC and around the Wind River Indian Reservation. Please join us for any or all of the events; they are all open and free to the public.

Dr. Momaday's visit is made possible with grants from the Wyoming Humanities Council and support from the Wind River Casino.

Schedule of events:

April 2:

Q&A with CWC Students 2:30-3:50 pm Peck Theater

Keynote presentation, “Establishing Good Relations: Recognizing What We Have in Common,” 7:30-9 pm Peck Theater

Book signing 9 pm Peck Theater Gallery

April 3:

Q&A with students at St. Stephen's High School 9:30-11 am

Q&A with students at Wyoming Indian High School 1:30-3:30pm

Community feast to honor Dr. Momaday 6-9 pm Fort Washakie School

To learn more about Dr. Momaday, visit Literature Resource Center from our database page or his agent's website.

Celebration of Creativity

We had a great turnout for our exhibit of student and staff work. We had cross-stitch, photography, music, drawing, quilting, basketmaking, paintings, sewing and many other forms of creativity. Voters chose three winners for the People's Choice award:

First place: Retha Reinke's Circle Quilt
Second place: Anita Duran's "Dusk"
Third place: Robert Snyder's "Flesh Genesis"

Craig Johnson to delight CWC audience March 12

Fremont Room
3:30-5 pm
March 12, 2009

We are delighted to have Craig Johnson coming back to CWC after he was such a favorite at our 2007 Author Showcase. Craig's wit and mastery of plot, character and the Wyoming ethos have gained him a loyal following. If you aren't yet a fan, come to this event. You will be!

February Staff Picks

Carol: Oktoberfest with original Bavarian music

Marlo Scheder-Bieschin

OVERSIZE GT 4403 .O41 2007

Cory: The Solace of Open Spaces

by Gretel Erlich

WYOMING PS 3555 H72 Z476 1985

Kristy: College Prowler's Big Book of Colleges '09

Carlie: Wind River Country: Hidden Heart of Wyoming

OVERSIZE F 767 .F8 F791 2008

Steven: The Hero with A Thousand Faces

by Joseph Campbell

BL 313 C28 1949

Kristen: Kerouac: Road Novels 1957-60

by John Leland

PS 3521 .E735 Z7 2007

Maja: Persuasion

by Jane Austen

PR 4034 .P4 2007