FCC Bess & Frank Gladhill Learning Commons

Another puzzle finished! Stop by the Tutoring & Writing Center for a study break to see our new puzzle. 🧩🔎

Spring Break is almost here! 🌷🐝🌼🌳

While the Learning Commons and Learning Centers will be closed Saturday, April 4th- Wednesday, April 8th, we will be open:

Thursday, April 9th: 8:30am-5:00pm
Tutoring: 9:00am-4:00pm
Friday, April 10th: 8:30-4:30pm
Tutoring: 11:00am-4:00pm
Saturday, April 11th: 11:00am-4:00pm
Tutoring 11:00am-4:00pm

We had a special visitor come and help us out last week. 🐾😍

Diego was so kind and helped us run the library today!!! @fccengage video description: Diego the dog answers phone, reshelves books, and writes on a whiteboard

This Wednesday! Come over to the Learning Commons between 11:30am and 5:00pm to get a Frederick County Public Library card and gain access to FREE movies, e-books, audio books, and more!

Library cards are free to anyone who lives or works in Maryland. Proof of name and address are required.

An upgrade to the Library Print Catalog system will begin Wednesday, February 4 at 10:00 p.m. and is expected to last about 15 hours. During this time, users may see errors when attempting to log into their personal library accounts in the catalog. You will still be able to search and use the catalog as usual; only account logins may be temporarily unavailable.

Congratulations to Joshua Paiz, Assistant Dean, School of Technology, Trades, Business, and Hospitality on the publication of 📖Collaborative AI: Artificial Intelligence, Expertise, and Pedagogy in English Language Teaching. 📖

Check the book out at the FCC Library or from the publisher, University of Toronto Press

Winter Break Hours: ❄️☃️
Learning Commons/Library
December 15th-19th
Mon.-Thurs. 8:30am-5:00pm
Fri. 8:30-4:30

CLOSED December 20th-January 4th

Congrats to everyone who helped to complete this 2,000 piece puzzle!

Who's ready for the next one? 🧩

There are currently 8 more pumpkins left!

Here are some clues 🎃🎃🎃:

1)Where midnight lingers though the sun still shines,
And whispers drift between the lines.
Where shadows speak of what once was,
And silence stirs without a cause.
If spirits wait in tales retold —
For a golden pumpkin seek the place where the haunting unfolds.

4)Where futures grow from pennies saved,
And careful choices make paths paved.
Where numbers speak of what’s to keep,
And wisdom guards what others reap.
If wealth begins with learning first —
Seek a golden pumpkin where money quenches thirst.

6)Where order speaks before the floor,
And voices wait for ‘seconded’ more.
Where motions rise and chaos stills,
By calm command and structured wills.
If rules decide who gets their turn —
Seek a golden pumpkin where order helps people learn.

Day 3: Here are some new clues to find🎃🎃🎃 and get 🍭🍭

1)Where midnight lingers though the sun still shines,
And whispers drift between the lines.
Where shadows speak of what once was,
And silence stirs without a cause.
If spirits wait in tales retold —
For a golden pumpkin seek the place where the haunting unfolds.

2)Where heroes rise and villains fall,
In frames and speech bubbles one and all.
With ink and art the stories speak,
Of capes, of quests, of mystic mystique.
Look for a shelf where panels reign—
Your next golden pumpkin hides among the frame.

3)Where mountains watch and rivers wind,
The past still whispers if you listen in kind.
From Monocacy’s fields to clustered spires bright,
Old footsteps linger just out of sight.
If you seek stories time refuses to bury,
For another golden pumpkin,
Look to the places where history is carried.

4)Where futures grow from pennies saved,
And careful choices make paths paved.
Where numbers speak of what’s to keep,
And wisdom guards what others reap.
If wealth begins with learning first —
Seek a golden pumpkin where money quenches thirst.

5)Not in the cloud nor on a screen
That travels fast through Wi-Fi’s beam.
These stories live in cases kept,
Where scenes wait silent, tightly slept.
For a golden pumpkin, seek films that you can hold,
Look where the reels don’t travel by code.

6)Where order speaks before the floor,
And voices wait for ‘seconded’ more.
Where motions rise and chaos stills,
By calm command and structured wills.
If rules decide who gets their turn —
Seek a golden pumpkin where order helps people learn.