Author: Kiran Williams

The second Help-Desker featured in today’s twofer in the iSchool Help Desk’s Meet the Graduate Assistants series for Spring 2023 is Matthew Monteith! We harangued Matthew about his favourite hometown quirk, his perfect place to call home, and more!

Matthew

Matthew is also an Illinois native from Southern Illinois, which he describes as a unique part of the state. He is a second-year student in his last semester of MSLISs program at the iSchool, hoping to go somewhere to use tech or to be a public librarian.

• What is your favorite part about working at the Help Desk?
  • Co-workers including the full-timers

• What is your favorite board/video game?
  • RimWorld

• If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?
  • Pacific Northwest

• Where’s your favorite spot to hang out on campus/CU?
  • HopScotch Cafe/Help Desk area

• If given the opportunity, what book would you choose to reread again for the first time?
  • The Lord of the Rings Collection

• What would your superhero superpower be?
  • Shape shifting/Time control (tie)

• What technology are you *really* most interested in for teaching/learning?
  • Collaboration Software, Google docs, etc.

• If you were an animal, what would you be?
  • Raven

• Who would (or would you want to) play you in a movie about your life?
  • Robert Downey Jr, and/or Weird Al

Today, we continue with yet another pair of posts for Meet the Graduate Assistants Spring 2023 for the iSchool Help Desk! Our first Help-Desker of the day is Rachel Nelson! We quizzed Rachel on her post-grad career goals, favourite card game, and more.

Rachel Nelson

Rachel is a Champaign, Illinois native, who likes her hometown for its big city/small town feel. Rachel is a second-semester student at the iSchool, interested in going into archive or metadata curation and/or museums post-graduation.

• What is your favorite part about working at the Help Desk?
  • Co-workers and the environment

• What is your favorite board/video game?
  • Coup

• If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?
  • London, Edinburgh or Italy

• Where’s your favorite spot to hang out on campus/CU?
  • The Literary (in downtown Champaign)

• If given the opportunity, what book would you choose to reread again for the first time?
  • Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

• What would your superhero superpower be?
  • Know every language

• What technology are you *really* most interested in for teaching/learning?
  • Notion (Collaborative tool)

• If you were an animal, what would you be?
  • Otter

• Who would (or would you want to) play you in a movie about your life?
  • Emma D’Acry

This week, as part of our Meet the Graduate Assistants series for 2023 at the iSchool Help Desk, we are highlighting fabulous Graduate Assistant Delaney McCoy! We asked Delaney about her hometown, animal alter ego, and favourite part of being a part of Team Awesome!

Delaney

Delaney comes all the way from Kansas City, Missouri; her favourite part about her hometown is the BBQ! She is a second-year student in her last semester of the MSLIS program, interested in pursuing a career as a museum librarian.

• What is your favorite part about working at the Help Desk?
  • Learning new technologies

• What is your favorite board/video game?
  • Tetris

• If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?
  • Northern California

• Where’s your favorite spot to hang out on campus/CU?
  • Analog

• If given the opportunity, what book would you choose to reread again for the first time?
  • One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

• What would your superhero superpower be?
  • Supersonic good hearing

• What technology are you *really* most interested in for teaching/learning?
  • LibGuides

• If you were an animal, what would you be?
  • Cat

• Who would (or would you want to) play you in a movie about your life?
  • Rachel Weisz

Continuing our Spring 2023 run of the Meet the Graduate Assistants series for the iSchool Help Desk, we have another spectacular GA spotlight for today: Adam Hathaway! We harangued Adam to get the scoop on the best board game, his favourite spot in Champaign-Urbana, and the new instruction tech tools he’s most excited about.

Adam

Adam came to the iSchool from Scandia, Minnesota, where his favourite part is the lakes. He is a second-year MSLIS student in his last semester, interested in working in a public or academic library upon graduation.

• What is your favorite part about working at the Help Desk?
  • You can ask others for help

• What is your favorite board/video game?
  • Monopoly/RimWorld

• If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?
  • Summer Home in New Zealand

• Where’s your favorite spot to hang out on campus/CU?
  • Home

• If given the opportunity, what book would you choose to reread again for the first time?
  • The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

• What would your superhero superpower be?
  • Invulnerability

• What technology are you *really* most interested in for teaching/learning?
  • Webtools

• If you were an animal, what would you be?
  • Porcupine

• Who would (or would you want to) play you in a movie about your life?
  • I don’t know. Myself or Robert Patterson. Jason Ralph was recommended

We’re excited to introduce you to another wonderful iSchool Help Desk Graduate Assistant today, this time a familiar face in the Meet the Help Desk GAs series! We quizzed Isaac Wink on his go-to board game, favourite campus hang-out spot, and his job (!) plans after graduation.

Isaac

Isaac is an Illinois native from Burban and a second-year graduate student in his last semester at the iSchool. As an MSLIS student, he was interested in pursuing academic librarianship, digital humanities, and lowering barriers to technology. After graduation, Isaac will be working as a Research Data Librarian at the University of Kentucky. He’s very excited for it!

• What is your favorite part about working at the Help Desk?
  • Getting to meet professors, staff and what’s going on, events, free food!

• What is your favorite board/video game?
  • Twilight Struggle

• If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?
  • Live in a bunch of house types, loft, cabin, tiny apartments in NYC etc.

• Where’s your favorite spot to hang out on campus/CU?
  • The Blind Pig

• If given the opportunity, what book would you choose to reread again for the first time?
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

• What would your superhero superpower be?
  • Invisibility

• What technology are you *really* most interested in for teaching/learning? Zoom is not an acceptable answer. 😀
  • Google Colab

• If you were an animal, what would you be?
  • A duck.

• Who would (or would you want to) play you in a movie about your life?
  • Oscar Isaac.

We’re back with another to get to know the GAs of Team Awesome at the iSchool Help Desk. Today’s fabulous GA feature is Hanna Foster! We asked Hanna all about her future career plans, ideal superpower, and her dream place to call home.

Hanna

Hanna is originally from Austin, Texas where she loves all of the fresh water to swim in! She’s a second year in her last semester at the iSchool, interested in pursuing public librarianship ideally working with teens and/or with a special interest in working with folks who are incarcerated.

• What is your favorite part about working at the Help Desk?
  • The friends I’ve made while working here!

• What is your favorite board/video game?
  • The New York Times Crossword

• If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?
  • The desert in New Mexico, because of cold desert nights and all the chile!

• Where’s your favorite spot to hang out on campus/CU?
  • The Literary

• If given the opportunity, what book would you choose to reread again for the first time?
  • Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

• What would your superhero superpower be?
  • Teleportation

• What technology are you *really* most interested in for teaching/learning?
  • Interactive learning tools and other technologies that could be used during library programs

• If you were an animal, what would you be?
  • Stingray

• Who would (or would you want to) play you in a movie about your life?
  • Abbie Jacobson