What's Happening in the Library?
Fall 2026
August 20 (Thu)
Library Open House 11AM-2PM
September 1 (Tue)
Cookies with the Dean 3PM
September 5-7 (Sat-Mon)
Labor Day Holiday (CLOSED)
September 9 (Wed)
Design Your Own Tote Bag with Student Friends of the Library 2PM
September 14 (Mon)
Resume Road Show 10AM-2PM
September 17 (Thu)
Board Games with Student Friends of the Library 3PM
September 21 (Mon)
2026 iREAD Lecture 7PM in White Concert Hall
September 24 (Thu)
Flu Shot Clinic 9AM-12PM
September 25 (Fri)
Kansas Book Award 4PM in Plass 120
September 26 (Sat)
Kansas Book Festival 9AM-4PM
September 27 (Sun)
Bookworm Bods discuss Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro 5PM
October 3-6 (Sat-Tue)
Fall Break
October 4–10 (Sun-Sat)
Banned Books Week
October 8 (Thu)
Flu Shot Clinic 10AM-1PM
October 19-25 (Mon-Sun)
Open Access Week
October 20 (Tue)
Cookies with the Dean 3PM
November 3 (Tue)
Cookies with the Dean 3PM
November 8 (Sun)
National First-Generation Day
Nov 26-30 (Thu-Sun)
Thanksgiving Break (CLOSED)
December 1-5 (Mon-Fri)
Success Week
December 7-12 (Sun-Fri)
Finals Week
Dec 24 - Jan 1 (Wed-Thu)
Winter Holiday Break (CLOSED)
Spring 2026
February 1-28
National Library Lovers' Month
February 5 (Thu)
WU Day of Giving
February 16 (Mon)
Resume Road Show 10AM-2PM
February 17 (Tue)
TRIO Student Support Services Table 11AM-1PM Outside PL 218
March 1 (Sun)
Bookworm Bods discuss Pet by Akwaeke Emezi 3PM
March 14-22 (Sat-Sun)
Spring Break
March 29 (Sun)
Bookworm Bods discuss The Witches are Coming by Lindy West 3PM
April 1 (Wed)
Read a Poem Together and Discuss with Curtis Becker 3PM
April 8 (Wed)
Poems about Springtime with Eric McHenry 3PM
April 16 (Thu)
Share your Favorite Poem with Cynthia Maxwell 3PM
April 19-25 (Sun-Sat)
National Library Week
April 21 (Tue)
Poetry Writing Workshop with Dennis Etzel Jr. 3PM
April 26 (Sun)
Bookworm Bods discuss Instructions for Traveling West: Poems by Joy Sullivan 3PM
April 28 (Tue)
Black Out Poetry with Melanie Burdick 3PM
May 1 (Fri)
Create Your Own Short Story 3PM
May 4-8 (Mon-Fri)
Success Week
May 4 (Mon)
Pizza in Plass with WSGA 11AM-1PM
May 5 & 7 (Tue & Thu)
Sensory Friendly Study Break 1:30-2:30PM
May 10-15 (Sun-Fri)
Finals Week
Fall 2025
August 24 (Sun)
Roaming Readers Walking Book Club 6-7PM Plass North Parking Lot 11 (more info)
August 30-September 1 (Sat-Mon)
Labor Day Holiday (CLOSED)
September 4 (Thu)
Pizza in Plass 11AM-1PM
September 18 (Thu)
2025 iREAD Lecture 7PM in White Concert Hall
September 19 (Fri)
Kansas Book Award 4PM
September 20 (Sat)
Kansas Book Festival 9AM-4PM
September 21 (Sun)
Roaming Readers Walking Book Club 6-7PM Plass North Parking Lot 11 (more info)
September 25 (Thu)
Flu Shot Clinic 10AM-1PM
October 5-11 (Sun-Sat)
Banned Books Week
October 6 (Mon)
Flu Shot Clinic 10AM-1PM
October 9 (Thu)
FAFSA Completion Session 4-5:30PM in Room 224C (more info)
October 11-14 (Sat-Tue)
Fall Break
October 14 (Tue)
FAFSA Completion Session 4-5:30PM in Room 224C (more info)
October 20-26 (Mon-Sun)
Open Access Week
October 28 (Tue)
FAFSA Completion Session 4-5:30PM in Room 224C (more info)
November 8 (Sat)
National First-Generation Day
November 13 (Thu)
STEEP Book Talk with Dr. Craig Yorke 4PM
Nov 26-30 (Wed-Sun)
Thanksgiving Break
December 1-5 (Mon-Fri)
Success Week
December 7-12 (Sun-Fri)
Finals Week
Dec 24 - Jan 1 (Wed-Thu)
Winter Holiday Break
Spring 2025
February 6 (Thu)
WU Day of Giving
February 12 (Wed)
FAFSA Completion Session 4-6PM in Room 224C (more info)
February 17 (Mon)
Resume Road Show 10AM-2PM Library's Main Level
February 18 (Tue)
FAFSA Completion Session 4-6PM in Room 224C (more info)
February 19 (Wed)
Bookworm Bods discuss The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe 5:30PM
February 27 (Thu)
FAFSA Completion Session 4-6PM in Room 224C (more info)
March 3-7 (Mon-Fri)
Open Education Week
March 12 (Wed)
Bookworm Bods discuss My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite 5:30PM
March 13 (Thu)
Tea Time Study Break 3:30PM
March 15-23 (Sat-Sun)
Spring Break
April 6 (Sun)
Bookworm Bods discuss Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate by Anna Bogutskaya 5:30PM
April 6-12 (Sun-Sat)
National Library Week
May 5-9 (Mon-Fri)
Success Week
May 11-16 (Sun-Fri)
Finals Week
