Hamersly Library, Western Oregon University

03/21/2025

Congratulations on reaching the last day of finals week, Wolves! The library is closed this weekend and next, and open 9am-5pm Mon-Fri next week during spring break. You can always find our hours here: https://library.wou.edu/hours/ and remember that the 24-hour student lounge is always open for WOU students, even when the library is closed. 🌷🐝🌞🏝

03/21/2025

Finals study break anyone??! 🐱

What could be a better stress reliever than cuddling kittens?? We’re open 11am to 5pm everyday except Mondays and the kitties are ready for cuddles and playtime! Today (3/20) through Saturday, show your student ID and get $2 off your cat lounge visit! See you soon!

03/20/2025

How are your final exams and projects coming along, Wolves? to students hard at work on their basketry class projects in 1904 🧺️ photo courtesy of the WOU Archives.

03/18/2025

Do you have a Good Boy or a Chonky Queen? 🐶😺 We want to see them! Enter the Food Drive Pet Photo Contest sponsored by Library and Academic Innovation to support the WOU Food Pantry as part of the Governor's Food Drive: https://wou.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9XFwyHCs9HVbWuO. Winners will have their cuteness trumpeted via email, website, and social media, not to mention get bragging rights for as many weeks as their friends and colleagues can stand! Submission cost $5 and close on Friday, March 20th.

03/17/2025

Are you coming to eat 🥞 breakfast with us tomorrow morning?!

📢Next Tuesday, March 18th: Hamersly Library is hosting a pancake breakfast from 8-11am for a $5 donation to the Governor's Food Drive. Please come enjoy breakfast and good company while library staff prepare pancakes in HL107. We’ll have gluten-free and vegan options, and coffee and tea. Hope to see you there! 🥞☕️🤤

03/14/2025

📢Next Tuesday, March 18th: Hamersly Library is hosting a pancake breakfast from 8-11am for a $5 donation to the Governor's Food Drive. Please come enjoy breakfast and good company while library staff prepare pancakes in HL107. We’ll have gluten-free and vegan options, and coffee and tea. Hope to see you there! 🥞☕️🤤

03/14/2025

Happy Women's History Month! We have a new display up in the library celebrating women’s history, stories, and art. Find it on the first floor next to the computers and check something out for your finals study breaks!

03/13/2025

Happy Prep Week! to students in the 1960s/1970s walking around campus. Behind them is the College Center (now known as the Werner University Center). photo courtesy of the WOU Archives.

03/12/2025

The library has extended hours this week to help support your finals studying needs - including being open on Saturday from 2-9pm! Also remember we can help you with your research. Just go to https://library.wou.edu/help/ or drop by the Info Desk Mon-Thurs 1-4pm. Good luck!

03/05/2025

We reached our goal! Thank you so much to everyone who supported us on Giving Day, whether by donating, spreading the word, or just cheering us on. We had 15 generous donors give to the library fund, which means we unlocked the Dean’s $1800 gift. All these gifts will go a long way toward making the Writing Center into a space our hardworking students deserve! Thank you again 🐺🙏🫂🥰️

03/05/2025

We’ve gotten 10 donors so far, which means we only need 5 more to reach our goal of 15 and unlock the Dean’s gift! Even a small donation will help us raise the funds we need to make the Writing Center a welcoming space where students can harness their creativity. Visit https://givingday.wou.edu/campaigns/hamersly-library-1 to donate, and thank you! 🐺🫶

03/04/2025

It’s time to 🐺 Today’s Giving Day! We only need 15 donors to unlock a large gift that will get us a long way toward our goal of raising $5000 to makeover the Writing Center space with new furniture, artwork, and more. Will you be one of the 15? https://givingday.wou.edu/campaigns/hamersly-library-1

03/03/2025

Tomorrow is Giving Day! This year, the library is raising funds to make the Writing Center, now located in Hamersly, the innovative and comfortable space our students deserve. Will you help? Every donation, no matter how much, helps us get there. Check out our Giving Day page for more info and thanks in advance! https://givingday.wou.edu/campaigns/hamersly-library-1

02/27/2025

to members of the Toxopholite (Archery) Club practicing their skills in the 1950s. It’s week 8, Wolves, stay on track and you’ll hit the target (i.e. spring break! 😉) 🎯🏹 photo courtesy of the WOU Archives.

02/25/2025

Whether you’re a student facing writing anxiety or a faculty member trying to integrate writing as a daily teaching tool, The WOU Writing Center can help. Visit them now in their new location in Hamersly Library on the 1st floor, and unleash your creativity!

02/20/2025

In honor of last week’s snow day, here’s a to a snowy day some time in the 1940s showing the Campus Elementary School (now the ITC) covered in a thin layer of the white stuff ❄️☃️🌨 photo courtesy of the WOU Archives.

02/19/2025

Heads up, students! The WOU Writing Center is hiring student tutors. Are you looking for a campus job that has flexible and hybrid hours, gives you intellectually stimulating conversations and projects to work on with other students, and is located in the best building on campus (Hamersly Library, of course! 😉) If so, apply to be a Writing Tutor or Bilingual Writing Tutor in Handshake or here: https://wou.edu/writingctr/employment-opportunities/

02/13/2025

Happy Galentine's Day 😉👭and to the Monmouth Book Club in November 1908, a group of about 30 women (including two young girls) who gathered at the home of a Mrs. Sunday. Are you a part of any book clubs? photo courtesy of the WOU Archive.