(Information about the recipients was written in the year in which they received the award and is not up to date.)
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2010 Student Loan Recipients: |
| | David Anderson is a graduate student at the University of
Maryland, College Park, and he manages Northern Virginia Community College's
Arlington Center Library. David is working on an MLS with a specialization in
archives and records management, and he is currently building a digital archive
for NOVA. He plans to work with digital collections upon completion of his
degree in the May of 2011. |
| | Ivey Glendon is a distance education graduate student
student at Florida State University, and she is also a Digital Conservation
Specialist at the Library of Congress's Serial and Government Publications
Division. Ivey is working on an MLS with a specialization in digital
preservation, and she plans on pursuing her work in an academic or research
library after completing her degree in May of 2011. |
| | Jeffrey Nelson is a graduate student at
the School of Library and Information Science at The Catholic University of
America and is concentrating his studies in law librarianship. Jeffrey is is
currently a Library Assistant at the Washington, DC, law firm of the Groom Law
Group. He hopes to work for an international law firm after graduating in May
of 2011. |
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2009 Student Loan Recipients: |
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Kristen Armstrong
is a D.C.-area native and graduate student at Catholic University’s
School of Library and Information Science. Her goal is to become a
middle or high school library media specialist. She graduated from the
University of Michigan in 2005 with degrees in English and clarinet
performance. Currently, she works part time at Aladdin’s Lamp
Children’s Bookstore in Arlington, VA. Kristen is an American Library
Association Spectrum Scholar and is one of the 2009 Library of Congress
Junior Fellows. |
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Felicity Brown
is the Acquisitions Coordinator for American University's library. She
has been volunteering and working in public, school and academic
libraries almost her entire life. Felicity has a B.S. in Economics from
American University, and is pursuing her M.L.I.S. through Drexel
University's iSchool. She would eventually like to become a library
director or administrator. |
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Jennifer L. Pollock
is currently a joint-masters degree student at Catholic University of
America, working on degrees in Library and Information Science as well
as in Religious Studies. She currently holds a graduate student
position at the National Archives and Records Administration. It is her
desire to continue on in the archives field after she obtains her
degrees, and hopes one day to combine both of her masters degrees by
being able to work with Religious Archives. |
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2008 Student Loan Recipients: |
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John Danneker
is currently pursuing his Masters in Library Science from the School of
Library and Information Science at Catholic University, with an
anticipated completion of spring/summer 2009. He currently serves as
the manager of the Eckles Library, the library on the mostly-freshman
Mount Vernon Campus of George Washington University, and he plans to
continue to work in administrative/leadership positions in academic
libraries after finishing his MLS. John's interests in academic
libraries include effective management, public services and space use,
and his eventual goals are to lead a university's main research library
or utilize his prior degrees in musicology as a director of a music
library. |
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With a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Reed College, Roshin Mathew
plans to obtain her MLS from the University of Maryland at College Park
in May 2009. As Roshin has pursued her MLS she has had the opportunity
to teach older adults to use computers to find information at the New
Carrollton Public Library, and she hopes to continue to be a librarian
who teaches in order to help build people and communities up. |
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2007 Student Loan Recipients: |
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Andres Ciriello is a systems analyst at American University’s Bender Library.
With a Bachelor of Arts degree in film studies from the University of
California at Berkeley and a Master of Arts in media and communications
from New York University, Andres plans to obtain his MLS from the University
of Maryland at College Park in May 2008. |
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Cameron Gowan has a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology
from the University of Southern California and a Doctor of Jurisprudence
from Thomas Jefferson School of Law. She has worked
in various legal settings in California, Arizona, and DC. She is an
active community volunteer and has raised funds for literacy programs.
Cameron is working toward an MLS from Catholic University
while employed in a local law firm. |
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Yujung Park is a staff member in the Collections Access, Loan
and Management Division of the Library of Congress. She began
at LC as a volunteer in the Acquisitions Division and then
worked in the Law Library and the Asian Division. She has a
Bachelor of Arts in Japanese language and literature from Kyong
Hee University in South Korea. She studied computer graphics at
Montgomery University in Maryland and she is currently working
on her MLS from Catholic University. |
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2006 Student Loan Recipients: |
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Cambria Backus
has held several positions at Reading is Fundamental, Inc. and is
currently the Assistant to the President. She has been a volunteer at
the Mount Pleasant Branch of DC Public Libraries since 2004. Cambria is
enrolled in the School Library Media program at the University of
Maryland College of Information Studies and she expects to graduate in
2008. |
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Kimberly Peach
is in the Binding and Collections Care Division at the Library of
Congress. A willing and able volunteer, Kimberly is the secretary of
the Library of Congress Professional Association and the treasurer of
the LC Cooking Club for 2006. She is also a book repair volunteer with
the Washingtoniana Division at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Library of DC Public Libraries. She is a student at Catholic University
and expects her MLS in the fall of 2007. |
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Robyn Weisman
is a Circulation Desk Specialist at the American University Library.
She had previously worked at the George Mason University Johnson Center
Library while getting her B.A. in integrative studies concentrating on
literature and drama. She has worked in libraries for ten years in
various capacities including service as a volunteer at the Fair- fax
City Library from 1995-1996. She is enrolled at the University of
Maryland College of Information Studies and she expects to graduate in
May 2007. Her current career goal is to be a librarian in a public or
academic library. |
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2005 Student Loan Recipients: |
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Rachel Kirkland
has served as the day supervisor of circulation, reserves, and media
services and is currently a reference assistant and student supervisor
at the Johnson Center Library of George Mason University. A graduate of
George Mason with a BA in English, she is currently in the University
of Tennessee at Knoxville distance learning program in library science
and expects to complete her degree requirements in 2006. In January
2005, she received the George Mason University Employee of the Month
Award. She also serves as a reference assistant at the Manassas branch
of the Prince William County (VA) Public Library. |
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Sarah Palacios Wilhelm
currently serves as the public services and reference coordinator at
the Eckles Library, George Washington University, and recently served
as acting manager of the Eckles Library while the manager was out on
maternity leave. As a freshman at George Washington, she founded the
Eckles Library Student Advisory Board to help increase communication
between the student body and the library administration. She graduated
in 2003 and is currently enrolled in the library science distance
learning program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She
plans to earn a law degree and pursue a career in international law
librarianship working for a non-profit advocacy group or NGO. |
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2004 Student Loan Recipients: |
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Marie Folk has
served in the military and has been a military wife. She has had a
variety of library positions at Duke University’s Perkins Library, the
Bad Toelz American Elementary School in West Germany, the Library of
Congress, and the Beaufort Elementary School in South Carolina. She
completed her bachelor’s at the University of South Carolina. Since
Oct. 2000, she has been a library technician in Serial Records at the
National Library of Medicine. A member of ALA and SLA, Marie is
interested in archives, book arts, and special collections. Marie is
also a member of the Chi Delta Chi Veterans' Honor Society and of BIG
(Blacks In Government). |
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Christine Hall was
a practicing bankruptcy lawyer in Florida for 27 years after graduating
from the University of Miami School of Law. She served for several
years as a member of the Law Library Committee of the Broward County,
Florida Bar Association. Shortly after 9/11, she was inspired to change
to a career in librarianship to "do something to make a difference."
With the Ruth Fine Memorial Student Loan assistance, she will be able
to complete her master’s this summer. She looks forward to working in a
federal, military, or academic library where her legal education and
experience will be an asset. |
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2003 Student Loan Recipients: |
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Deborah L. Hensley
is a resident of the District of Columbia and is the Library Media
Specialist at Watkins Elementary School on Capitol Hill. She has worked
in banking, in the theater, and in schools as a substitute teacher and
volunteer. She has a B.A. in economics from Wellesley College. Deborah
would like to bring quality literature to life and she enjoys story
time with children. She sees the school library as the key to opening
vistas of opportunity for children. |
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Veralrose Hylton
is a Research Information Associate at AARP where she is responsible
for serials control. Previously, she had worked for Telesec in various
library settings and for Howard University as a library work-study
student. She has a B.S. in environmental science and pre-law from
Howard University and she graduated magna cum laude. Veralrose is
interested in a position as a reference or Internet librarian in a
special library. She would like to be a mentor to others. |
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2002 Student Loan Recipients: |
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Joy C. Jackson
is a District of Columbia resident who will begin her library education
at the University of Maryland this fall. She is currently a Spanish
teacher at St. Margaret of Scotland Academy in Seat Pleasant, MD. A
1995 graduate of the University of Virginia, she had a double major in
Spanish and sociology. Joy is planning to focus on services to young
adults in a school or public library setting. |
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Zewdu Mantegbot is
a library proctor at the Central Library of Arlington County Dept. of
Libraries. He already has completed several courses at Catholic
University. He earned a teacher training diploma and a B.Ed in Ethiopia
and he has had advanced training in Kenya, Tanzania, Germany, and the
U.S. He has worked as a teacher, a trainer of teachers, and the
director of an institute for the training of teachers in Ethiopia. He
states that he is committed to serve in public libraries where he can
reach people of different backgrounds and cultures. He is currently a
member of the Arlington County Dept. of Libraries Services to New
Americans Team. |