On Friday, February 21, join the English Department for its annual Hermanns Lecture Series. This year's theme is "Rooted Narratives: Writing Family Histories." Organizers have an incredible roster of creative writers who each approach this topic from different genres and angles. The readings and Q&A will take place between 9am-noon on the sixth floor of the Central Library. Claire Lombardo's debut novel, The Most Fun We Ever Had, was an instant New York Times bestseller and has been translated or is forthcoming in over a dozen languages. Her second novel, Same As It Ever Was, was released in June 2024 from Doubleday Books. Claire is a graduate of the University of Illinois-Chicago and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Rachel Richardson is the author of three books of poetry, SMOTHER (forthcoming from W. W. Norton & Co., 2025), Hundred-Year Wave (2016) and Copperhead (2011), both selections in the Carnegie Mellon Poetry Series. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and Wallace Stegner Program at Stanford University. Rachel received an MFA in Poetry from the University of Michigan, where she won the Hopwood Award and the Theodore Roethke Prize. She is currently Distinguished Visiting Writer at St. Mary's College of California's MFA in Creative Writing Program. Catina Bacote is a nonfiction writer from New Haven, Connecticut. Her book project chronicling the lasting impact of the illegal drug trade on families and communities will be published by Holt in 2026. She is a 2024 Mellon Arts and Practitioner Fellow at the Yale Center for the Study of Race, Indignity, and Transnational Migration. Among other honors, Bacote has received fellowships from the Jerome Foundation and the American Association of University Women. She is a graduate of the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa, and currently she serves as assistant professor of English at Trinity College.

Join C.R.E.A.T. at the Central Library to learn the basics of web development! This event is free and open to all students, faculty, and staff. Learn the basics of HTML, CSS, and Javascript. This event will be hosted by Creative Spaces and Services at the UTA Libraries.

Read (or do homework) silently with Sigma Tau Delta!

The Pilates Method is a full-body conditioning program that develops deep abdominal and back strength, together with increased flexibiity and ease of movement. This class is aimed at "core stability," designed to work on lengthening muscles to help tone and strengthen muscles, using breathing to enhance relaxation.

Join us at the FabLab to create a handmade mini pin or magnet! Learners will be guided through the foundations of kiln formed glass, general safety, and glass cutting techniques. Learn the skills to utilize the tools to create unique designs with glass sheets, using the tack fuse firing technique with our glass kilns.No prior experience is required. Please wear closed toed shoes.Limited spots are available. Sign up by filling out this form: https://forms.office.com/r/LMqgqtaMun.

Interested in becoming a SCUBA diver? The first step is enrolling in an open water course with a dive shop! The Maverick Dive Club is unaffiliated with any dive shop, and Nathan Goode has some useful information to help you get started in your diving career. Stop by and learn what it takes to become a SCUBA diver.