February 22 - 24, 2019

Welcome Weekend

New Leep - LIS online (Spring 2019) students are required to attend a welcoming weekend of on-campus orientation, community building, and professional networking.

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  Ross brings University history to life at Illinois

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• Monday

  February 25

  Career Fair Prep Workshop

  7:00 - 8:30 PM

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  Internship Spotlight: Federal Reserve Board

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  Get to Know: Dimitria Johnson, Office Support Associate

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  Get to Know: Paolo P. Gujilde (MS ’09), collections & scholarly communications librarian

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• Friday

  March 8

  2019 Gryphon Lecture

  7:00 - 8:00 PM

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Other recent news

Walkow selected for Mozilla Open Leaders Program

February 13 2019

Samantha Walkow, an Informatics PhD student advised by Assistant Professor Matthew Turk, has been accepted into the Mozilla Open Leaders Program. The 14-week mentorship and project management program focuses on internet health and openness. Walkow is part of a cohort in the "culture track," in which participants learn how to design and build an open culture that promotes participation and inclusion.

Wisniewski selected as 2018-2020 iSchool research fellow

February 7 2019

Pamela Wisniewski, assistant professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida, has been selected by the iSchool faculty as a research fellow for the 2019-2020 academic years. Research fellows are chosen because their work is relevant to the interests of the School's faculty and students. During the period of their appointments, fellows give at least one public lecture.

Wilkin wins 2019 Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award

February 6 2019

iSchool Affiliate Professor John Price Wilkin, Juanita J. and Robert E. Simpson Dean of Libraries and University Librarian, has been named the 2019 winner of the Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial Award. Wilkin will receive a cash award and citation during an ALCTS event at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC.

iSchool at Illinois MS/LIS program granted continued ALA accreditation status

February 4 2019

The Committee on Accreditation (COA) of the American Library Association (ALA) has granted continued accreditation status through 2025 to the iSchool's Master of Science in Library and Information Science (MS/LIS) program. The decision was based on the "totality of the accomplishment and the environment for learning" of the program.