Greetings from The GSLIS Students of Color! I am so happy to report that we have had both a Fall planning meeting and an official meeting on Friday, Sept. 26th for the Graduate School of Library and Information Science Students of Color! These meeting include the introduction of future activities, leadership, and information regarding scholarships and awards: […]
This year, GSLIS SOC was able to commit and structure the ways in which we interact not only with our school, but the academic community. Weekly meetings produced concerns about student retention and funding and professional opportunities for students of color in LIS. GSLIS SOC members met with the newly formed Diversity Committee to discuss […]
GSLIS Students Karen Barton (M.A.), Tracy Drake (M.A.), Latesha Velez (PhD) and Melissa Villa-Nicholas (PhD) discussed librarianship, diversity and technology at the University of California, Irvine’s History Graduate Student Association’s 17th Annual Conference “Responding to Crisis: Historical and Contemporary Strategies of Resistance. The conference brought together graduate students from all over the country to […]
Our first inaugural year in GSLIS Student’s of Color has been full of socials, meetings and organizing. We wanted to wish everyone a great Summer. Please contact us at GSLIS.SOC at gmail dot com if you are an incoming student of color at GSLIS to subscribe to our mailing list and invite you to the […]
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