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Library hours
Fall 2017 Semester
Monday-
Thursday
9:00am-8:00pm
Friday
9:00am-5:00pm
Saturday
1:00pm-4:00pm
Mondays open until 10:00pm
{closed during Chapel}
Library telephone
671.558-1821
Library website
www.piu.edu/
library
In this issue:
Library Hours 1
APIASF Scholarship
Five Recommendations
from Paul Drake
1
1
Be A Student For Life
Some New Books in the
Library
Library Mission Statement
2
2
2
Five recommended books
from Paul Drake Each month a different person is asked to
recommend five library items for
people to read or watch. After almost
two years we finally get this guy to
post. Library Director Paul Drake has
been at PIU since September 8 2014.
He chose a photo from a 5k event..
These are his (my?) recommendations
1. The Singer by Calvin Miller. A retelling of the Gospel written in a poetic style that flows. There are two sequels : The Song is based on the Book of Acts and The Finale is based on the Book of Revelation.
2. Fearless by Max Lucado. One of a number of books by Max Lucado that I’d recommend. I find his writing practical and I can relate with him. In Fearless he discusses fear and presents solutions as illustrated in the Bible.
3. Student Atlas of the Federated State of Micronesia by Danko Taboroski and Yvonne Neth. One of a number of publications by the Island Research & Education Initiative (IREI) that the Library has. A most comprehensive book on the environment, plants, animals, people, society of the FWSM with an additional chapter for each state. Well designed with lots of photographs, illustrations, and maps. More of an encyclopedia than an atlas.
4. Whose Slippers Are These? By Marilyn Kahalewai and illustrated by Gavin Kobayashi. I learned what slippers were by reading this children’s book—I called them flip-flops. A fun book to read with others.
5. Greater [DVD]. A feature film based on the lives of two brothers, the younger with a desire to play college football. One brother lives by faith, the other learns about faith.
Pacific Islands University
October 2017 Volume 6 Issue 2
PIU Library News
APIASF Scholarship for $2,500 for Fall 2018 semester
Are you a Pacific Islander or Asian American Student?
Planning on being a full-time student in Fall 2018?
With a GPA of 2.7 or better?
And able to complete the online application and write three fantastic essays?
Then you are able to apply for a scholarship from the Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund. http://www.apiasf.org/scholarship_apiasf.html Deadline Jan 11 2018.
Start your application now. See Financial Aid Delight or Library Director Paul for assistance.
Pacific Islands University Library 1 7 2 K i n n e y ’ s Drive
M a n g i l a o , G U USA 9 6 9 1 3
( 6 7 1 ) 588-1821 www.piu.edu/library/
PIU Library’s
Mission Statement:
To support the academic
programs of the school with
books, media, research
materials, and online
access;
To help students develop
effective research and
information gathering
techniques using a variety
of traditional and electronic
resources;
To serve as a resource to
the local supporting church
community and Christian
school teachers.
Some New Books in the L ibrar y
The Library collection continues to grow in large part to generous donations.
The Library maintains a wish list of titles requested by faculty and staff. To make a donation or possibly give a book on the Wish List, contact Library Director Paul Drake at [email protected]
Here are a few of the new titles added this summer: (a monthly list is posted on library website)
Essential Teen Bible Study; Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2017. The Holy Bible (KJV/ERV)
Resurrecting the Trinity; a Plea to Recover the Wonder and Meaning of the Triune God by M. James Sawyer, 2017.
The Lego Principle; the Power of Connecting to God and One Another by Joey Bonifacio, 2012.
Adult Children of Alcoholics [expanded edition] by Janet Geringer Woititz, 2000 Guam Early Learning Guidelines for Ages Three to Five, 2015.
Does God Exist; Building the Scientific Case [DVD] 2012. 2 DVDs and print guide Masterless [DVD] 2016.
Show support by becoming
a Friend of the Library
and be able to borrow
books from the largest
theological collection avail-
able to the public in Micro-
nesia.
Application form available
on the Library’s webpage:
http://
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files/2013/03/FOL-application
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Community members are
most welcome to come at no
charge to the Library and use
its resources for study.
Be a Student for L i fe From “7 Tips for Study Success”
http: / /www.christ iancol legeguide.net/ar t ic le/Seven -Tips - for -Study-Success?page=3
College isn't all about the "A." Education doesn't begin and end in the classroom.
Actually, this brings us back to finding the balance at college. Good grades are
important, but if you overstress on the grade, you'll miss out on what's really important—
being a well-rounded person. Make that a well-rounded Christian person. In an address last October to an auditorium full of freshmen, Dr. Leland Ryken, professor of English at Wheaton College, said:
"A Christian student's calling is the same as it is for a Christian in any vocation. Its focus is the individual's relationship to God. Loving and serving God should be the foundation for everything else that you do at college. It is a requirement, not an elective. … You might graduate with a high GPA. You might also get into the graduate school of your choice. But if you haven't grown in Christian virtue and remained in some measure a whole person during your years here, you'll have missed the mark."
Education is what you make of it. If you love learning for its own sake, you'll approach
the college experience as an opportunity to learn, grow and develop your God-given
gifts and abilities. Your success as a student real ly comes down to two things:
1) your abi l i ty to focus on what 's important , and
2) 2) your abi l i ty to organize your t ime into a wel l -ordered but
f lexible schedule . With a balanced approach to your studies,
you' l l not only survive, you' l l thr ive dur ing your col lege years.
