12. Publications

Scope and Contents This collection contains two types of catalogs (both created by the Office of Community Education): the Community Education Catalogs and Summer Camps and Workshops Catalogs. The Community Education Catalog contains listings of non-credit courses for personal enrichment or professional development. Topics of these courses include computer, general interest, exercise, music, and art classes for either adults or children. Catalogs are published fall, winter, and spring, though occasionally...

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The Spectrum is the College yearbook containing photographs of students, faculty, campus events, clubs, and sports. Early Spectrums contain detailed descriptions of campus buildings, faculty members, seniors, class histories, clubs, and sports teams. The Spectrums are bound in a hard cover with one exception. The 1975 issue titled “Card Catalog” is much smaller, bound in a paper cover and only contains campus building, faculty, sports, and random student pictures.

Scope and Contents This collection contains Student Handbooks from 1950 to 2004 in hard-copy format and from 2008-2023 in digital format. Student handbooks from 2004-2007 and 2020-2021 are not in this collection. Student Handbooks dating from 1950 to 1986 mainly contain a calendar of scheduled campus events, telephone extensions for general college offices, a directory of local churches, and general information about the College including, traditions, activities and organizations, athletics, points of...

Scope and Contents The Cardinal/NC Review is a collection of original works written by North Central College students and faculty. The Cardinal/NC Review contains poems, drawings, photographs, and short stories, and the front cover of the magazine is usually original artwork. The length and size of the publication has varied over the years as has its publication schedule. Originally an annual publication and from 1960-1970 a biennial publication, The Cardinal/NC Review was published fall, winter, and spring...

Scope and Contents The Kindling is published in the fall, winter and spring terms, often with supplementary Special Edition issues. The Kindling, a collaboration of student writing and artwork, contains parodies of campus-related issues as well as current events, humorous stories, and anecdotes. Special Edition issues focus on one topic including men and women (2000), the 5-year Kindling anniversary (2001), and I-posters (2003). Although The Kindling is generally numbered by volume and issue number, special...

Scope and Contents This collection contains This Week from 1990 to 2009. This Week included a calendar of campus events, feature stories, (usually about a faculty or staff member or specific campus event), news about faculty, staff and students, and any major administration or academic decisions. The electronically distributed This Week had an embedded link to the web calendar of events. Hard-copy print-outs of This Week are part of this collection. “Inside NC” is only available in digital...