Providence, R.I.--Providence College is currently showcasing the heritage of its buildings and the award-winning literary work of a PC faculty member in two exhibits at the Phillips Memorial Library.

The exhibits--"Historic Buildings of Providence College" and "Celebrating Faculty Research at Providence College"--will remain up for public viewing until December 15.

Historic Buildings, which is on display in the library foyer, primarily focuses on the College's earliest and oldest facilities. It includes photographs of Harkins Hall, Dominic Hall, Martin Hall, and Guzman Hall, taken as early as 1919, when Harkins was formally dedicated. Much of the gallery depicts various activities in those buildings, especially in the 1940s and 1950s.

One other area of interest in the exhibit is a series of architectural drawings of a proposed library building that was never built.

The Celebrating Faculty Research exhibit is located in the Leisure Reading section of the library. This exhibit is dedicated to the work of E.C. Osondu, assistant professor of English at PC.

During the summer, Osondu earned the 2009 Caine Prize for African Writing for the year's best English-language story by an African author. Osondu's short story, "Waiting," tells of two young African refugee children waiting to be adopted by a foreign family.

Within the small glass case dedicated to Osondu's project are photographs from the Caine Prize presentation in England, a copy of the story as published on July 27 in New Statesman magazine, and a handful of international media releases announcing the story's selection as a winner.

The Osondu exhibit will fill in the space dedicated each term to the Celebrating Faculty Research series, which previously recognized the American Revolution research project of Norman Desmarais, professor and acquisitions librarian in the library.

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