Resource of the Month:

Eaglet Food Pantry

When Gunter Library opened its self-service food pantry in September, the goal was to address any food insecurity among GCRL affiliated students and employees. Since opening, the pantry has been restocked three times with deliveries from the Gulf Park campus Food Pantry and donations at the boxes sponsored by our partner, the Marine and Estuarine Graduate Student Association (MEGSA). Gunter Library is now the delivery site for food packages sent from the Gulf Park panty for individuals at GCRL. All GCRL affiliated students, faculty, and staff are welcome to come to the Gunter Library Eaglet Food Pantry and utilize the available resources free of charge from 8 am to 5 pm Monday-Friday. The pantry is located just inside the Gunter Library by the bulletin board.

MEGSA is supporting the food collection for the pantry by having collection boxes at Cedar Point in the Research Building and in Caylor, Oceanography, and Research buildings at the Halstead/East Beach campus. We accept donations of non-perishable foods—cans and bags with an emphasis on easy to prepare/quick meals. 

Gunter Holiday Open House Wrap-Up

On December 12, Gunter Library welcomed students, staff, and friends to its 24th annual holiday open house. Over 50 people joined the celebration which had a hiatus for 2020 and 2021. This potluck party is our way of saying thank you to everyone who visits and supports Gunter Library all year long. Thank you to everyone one who shared a dish and everyone who enjoyed the delicious food! If you missed Martha’s special crockpot hot chocolate, see below!

Martha’s Crock Pot

Hot Chocolate

• 1 12 oz bag semisweet chocolate morsels
• 6 cups milk
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1. Add all ingredients to slow cooker & stir.
2. Cover, cook on high for 1 hour. Stir occasionally (chocolate will melt on the bottom of the slow cooker if you don’t stir it occasionally)

Recipe can be doubled or tripled and use whatever type of chocolate you like!

Gunter Library End of Year Closing

Gunter Library closes at 5 pm on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, and reopens on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. Online resources never close for holidays! Visit https://lib.usm.edu for access to online journals, databases, and e-books!

MEC Wins Architecture Award

USM Gulf Coast Research Lab’s Marine Education Center was unanimously voted the Winner of America By Design! This competition selected creative architectural projects at scales from residences to skyscrapers, discussing their merits with a broad panel of judges. Congratulations to our award-winning colleagues at Cedar Point!

The Marine Education Center is a collaboration between Lake|Flato and USM Gulf Coast Research Lab's Marine Education Center, Unabridged Architecture and Studio Outside.

Time to Submit Your Book Recommendations

All faculty, students, and staff--now is the time to submit your recommendations for books to be purchased to support your teaching, research, and learning. Please include as much information as possible--author, title, date, publisher, etc. Please indicate your preference for print or e-books. Please note there are some publisher restrictions with e-books including the number of pages you can download (usually 60 pages or less). If this will impede your use of the book, then be sure to indicate you are requesting print. We need your recommendations asap. Print books ordered for COA are housed at Gunter Library at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory.

Please email to: guntergcrl@usm.edu

Thank you for your support of Gunter Library!

Gunter Library Book Tree

Thanks to Megan Le for this year's book tree.

Shaw Recognized at 2022 Mississippi Library Association Annual Conference



In October, Head of Gunter Library Joyce Shaw received the Mississippi Library Association’s (MLA) Peggy May Award. The Peggy May Award was created to memorialize Peggy’s professional accomplishments and to recognize individuals who exemplify her outstanding achievement in library development and/or recruitment of personnel to the library field. Nominations are submitted to the MLA Awards Committee and the award is presented during the Association’s annual conference. 

The "Jim Franks Merry

Fishmas Fun Run" Returns

Message from Elizabeth Greenheck - Thank you to all who participated in the 2022 Jim Franks Merry Fishmas Fun Run! We had a great turn out and raised money for the MSAFS Student Subunit to support student travel and to subsidize student attendance of the 2023 MSAFS Chapter Meeting in Natchez, MS. Aaron Lamey came in 1^st place for the 5K, James Klein came in 2^nd, and Mike Andres + Jenn Frey upheld their longstanding reign for best costume!

If you ordered fun run shirts or if you’d like to purchase a fun run shirts (design attached), they are $10 each and can be picked up from the Fisheries Building throughout the week. Sizes S–L & Youth M–L are available.

Also, a reminder that the pre-order for the MSAFS Fishing shirts ends December 19^th. The pre-order price is $15 and the price per shirt will increase to $20 afterwards. Please place your order if you would like a shirt! The design and color of those shirts is shown on the pre-order form. 

AAUP@USM

The USM chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) offers opportunities for faculty and graduate students to promote communication, transparency, and shared governance. The group meets virtually once a month and twice a year co-sponsors with the Faculty Development Center Faculty First Friday after work social events. For graduate students, there are faculty who are available to serve as mentors.

Membership is $20 for faculty and staff and $5 for graduate students payable at Venmo: @AAUP-USM. 

GCRL Science Café -

Tuesday, January 31st - 6:00 - 7:00 pm 

Speaker and subject to be announced at a later date