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by Susan Huynh I started working at SCUA, specifically with the Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project, in August 2024 and my time has been filled with new experiences and opportunities. I learned about processing documents and artifacts, and how to curate an exhibit! I was given the opportunity to curate an exhibit for […]

Two former UNCG student employees share how their experience working at SCUA prepared them for jobs in the archives and public history field. Lacey Wilson In the summer of 2016 I was fortunate to get accepted into the UNCG Museum Studies graduate program.  As I contemplated how I would pay for the out-of-state tuition and […]

The Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives has a strong commitment to student outreach, teaching up to 120 instructional sessions per semester. SCUA’s class sessions often incorporate a PowerPoint presentation, a related “pop-up” display of related archival material, and a hands-on primary source analysis. This exercise integrates a variety of items from across […]