The American Association of University Women (AAUW) will be holding its annual Jan Hawks Memorial Book Sale on Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 18-19, 2013 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Student Union.
Jan Hawks was a founding member and director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women’s Studies.
Hawks served as assistant professor of history and was the first director of the Isom Center, as well as the last dean of women at The University of Mississippi.
Book donations for the sale are being accepted until Feb. 15.
“Books can be left in the lobby at Kroger or at Yerby Center, or at the storage company Your Extra Closet just off Highway 7 South by the fire station,” said Christina Torbert, head of continuing resources.
The AAUW has had a long partnership with Your Extra Closet because of the services the company offers.
“Not only do we accept books for them, but we also help with inventory of the books,” said Andrew Richardson of Your Extra Closet.
Torbert said volunteers are needed from the Friday before the sale starts until the event’s close, adding that a lot of volunteers will be needed to clean up on Feb. 19. Community service hours will also be logged for all volunteers.
Torbert said the money raised by the book sale is used to fund scholarships for female students from Mississippi who are studying to be teachers.
According to Tolbert, the scholarship is named after Sarah Robinson, who has been a member of AAUW for more than 50 years.
After serving as a guidance counselor in Greenville, Robinson moved to Oxford where she still lives today.
The AAUW is looking for all types of books, ranging from fiction to non-fiction: novels, dramas and scholarly works as well as textbooks.
