[Asis-l] Kent State SLIS awards scholarships

[Cunningham, Flo]

The School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University recently awarded scholarships ranging from $500 to $6,500 to 13 students in recognition of their academic achievements and potential. These students are enrolled in the Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree program. The funds have been credited toward their tuition costs.
Andrea Hirsh of St. Louis, Mo., received the A. Robert Rogers Memorial Scholarship for $1,000, which is awarded on the basis of "academic performance and potential scholarly research." Her recent research project involved the study of how race and racial relations are portrayed in romance novels, about which she had also published an article as an undergraduate. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, with minors in Chinese, Asian Studies and Gender Studies, from Missouri State University in 2009. She completed the MLIS degree in December 2010 and is currently working as a reference librarian for the Springfield-Greene County Public Library.
Sarah Hay of Tallmadge, Ohio, received the Alice R. Miller Children's Librarian Scholarship for $500, given to a student interested in becoming a children's librarian in a public library. Hay expects to graduate in August 2011. In addition to working on her MLIS degree, she is a library assistant at Cuyahoga Falls Library where she provides reference support in the Children's Department, presents story times and assists with other special programming. She received her undergraduate degree in Advertising/Marketing with a History minor from the University of Akron.
Keith L. Cawrse of Mansfield, Ohio, received the J. Allen Oakum Memorial Scholarship for $500, awarded on the basis of "academic excellence, accomplishments, financial need and demonstrated desire to specialize in school librarianship." Currently employed as a financial services professional, Cawrse previously taught business and vocational business in Mansfield City Schools and would like to return to the educational field as a school librarian. He received his Bachelor of Education from the University of Toledo and is currently enrolled in the school library media specialist program.
The $500 James E. Cook Scholarship in Young Adult Librarianship this year goes to Sarah Wright of Dublin, Ohio, a student at the SLIS location in Columbus.  The scholarship is awarded to the student best demonstrating academic excellence, financial need and desire to specialize in teen librarianship. Wright holds a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary social science and in geography from Michigan State University, as well as a master's in geography from Ohio State University. She currently volunteers at the Northwest Library in Worthington, Ohio, under the direction of the Teen Lead Librarian. Throughout her college years she has been involved in advocating for teens in libraries and promoting literacy and reading skills.
The Jesse H. Shera Memorial Scholarship for $500 is awarded to the student who best demonstrates academic excellence, accomplishments and potential for scholarly research and publication. Elizabeth Burns of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, is this year's recipient.  She volunteers at an inner-city school library media center and seeks to expand library access throughout communities with the hope of creating greater cultural awareness. Her bachelor's degree in International Studies and French, with a minor in English, is from Ohio State University.
Two Lubrizol Scholarships of $2,000 each have been awarded to Stefanie Walesch of Strongsville, Ohio, and Glennis Siegfried of Riverside, Calif. This scholarship is awarded to students who establish academic achievement or demonstrate academic potential in a combined baccalaureate/master's program with a focus on library services.
Walesch is working on a bachelor's degree in English along with her Master of Library and Information Science.  A Kent State Honors College student, she is studying to be a children's librarian. She has been on the Dean's List every semester of her college career, including her post-secondary work at Cuyahoga Community College when she was a high school student. As a high school senior she also won first place in a poetry competition sponsored by Kent State's Wick Poetry Center.
Siegfried is working to complete both a Bachelor of Science in Photojournalism with a minor in writing and an MLIS degree. She also works on campus as the assistant coordinator for the CCI Commons (College of Communication and Information living/learning community) and at Blueberry Hill Stitchery where she updates records and maintains the website. Last year she completed an internship with the Kent Historical Society by photographing their artifacts for the new cataloging database.
This year's recipient of the Mary T. Kim Endowed Scholarship for $1,000 is Amy McCoy of Cedarville, Ohio. The scholarship award is for a student in the SLIS program in Columbus who is interested in management or research. McCoy is interested in studying how changes in library collections and technologies will affect how libraries serve their patrons. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from Reed College and an M.A. in Intercultural Studies and Biblical Languages from the Baptist Bible Graduate School of Theology in Springfield, Missouri. She currently works as circulation services manager at Cedarville University.
Stokely Klasovsky of Austintown, Ohio, has received the Marion Porter Huffman Scholarship of $500, awarded on the basis of a student's potential for future scholarly research and publication, as well as community and campus leadership. Klasovsky intends to apply the research skills he acquires through the MLIS program to a Ph.D. in rhetoric and composition. His experience teaching composition and creative writing courses has helped him understand the essential function of research in writing of all forms. He also volunteers with the Red Cross and the Bowling Green State University Graduate Writer's Club. He holds an associate degree in liberal arts (English and Psychology) from Trident Technical College in North Charleston, S.C.; a B.A. in English with a minor in Philosophy from College of Charleston, Charleston, S.C.; and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Poetry) from Bowling Green State University.
The Rose Vormelker Scholarship for $1,000 is awarded to the student showing the most promise in the field of special librarianship. This year's recipient is Kelly Kotel of Youngstown, Ohio. She recently volunteered as a library assistant at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and is now a graduate reference assistant at the Kent State University Library. She also has worked in data entry at M & M Manufacturing in Cortland, Ohio, and on special projects for the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Hiram College. Upon completion of the MLIS degree, Kotel hopes to continue her work in research, evaluation and publishing articles that contribute to the body of knowledge.
Sarah Baker of Mount Vernon, Ohio, is this year's recipient of the Rowfant Club Annual Scholarship for $6,500, given to a student in the bibliographic arts who embraces the love of books and the preservation of the written word. Baker is enrolled in the MLIS program at the SLIS Columbus location in the State Library of Ohio. She is currently an intern at Kenyon College Library and serving as a research assistant to conduct a preservation literature review for two SLIS faculty members. She has previously interned at the Denison Museum in Granville, Ohio, and the Art Works Gallery in Newark, Ohio. Baker holds a B.A. in Art History, minor in Biology, from Denison University, and a Master of Arts in History of Art from the University of Bristol, U.K.
Also awarded were an Alumni and Friends Council Endowed Minority Scholarship for $1000 and the Little Rose Children's Librarian Scholarship for $4,000.
Kent State's School of Library and Information Science offers the only Master of Library and Information Science degree program in Ohio that is accredited by the American Library Association, and one of the nation's few master's degrees in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management. The school is recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of the nation's top 20 graduate schools, and its youth librarianship program is ranked 13th. It is one of the largest library schools in the country, with nearly 700 students enrolled.

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