SI alumna Kate Williams will be the last speaker of the Community Information Corps seminar (SI 575) this fall. She will speak from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4 in 311 West Hall. This presentation is free and open to the public.
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CIC Presents: Community informatics and Digital Divide
December 1, 2009CIC Seminar: Increasing access to justice
October 28, 2009Liz Keith, LawHelp program manager at Pro Bono Net and SI alumna, will be speaking at the Community Information Corps fall seminar series (SI 575) on Friday, Nov. 6 from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in 311 West Hall. This event is free and open to the public. Her topic is “Increasing Access to Justice Through Technology-Enabled [...]
Missed the JSB Symposium? Watch the video
October 22, 2009For those who couldn’t make it to the John Seely Brown Symposium on Technology and Society, the video of the event is now available from the symposium Web site.
Alumni invited to reception at MLA
October 22, 2009All alumni and friends of the School of Information are invited to this reception held during the Michigan Library Association conference. You do not need to be registered for the conference to attend the reception.
SI people in the papers — again
October 19, 2009SI strikes again. In this week’s University Record, there’s a profile on master’s student Alex Pompe, coordinator of the Peace Corps at the U-M International Center. It seems to be a trend for SI people. Recently, the Michigan Daily featured master’s student Ashleigh Donaldson, and the University Record spotlighted alumnus Garin Fons (MSI ‘07).
Remembering Mark A. Bard
September 11, 2009Those who knew alumnus Mark A. Bard will always remember him for his engaging personality and willingness to lend a hand, especially when it came to solving problems related to connecting people with technology. Mark, 26, was seriously injured on Oct. 1, 2007 when he was hit by a drunken driver while walking in Alexandria, Va. He died early Friday, Sept. 11 near his hometown in western Michigan.
SAA cites SI’s Kathleen Fear with Pease Award
July 27, 2009Kathleen Fear, a spring graduate of the Master of Science in Information program at SI, will be honored in August at the annual conference of the Society of American Archivists with the Theodore Calvin Pease Award. The award, created in 1987, recognizes “superior writing achievements by students of archival studies.”
SI Career Development: Same service, new name
June 25, 2009Sometimes as services consolidate, the merging of names that describe the office functions end up being a bit unwieldy. That turned out to be the case for what has been known as SI Career Services and Practical Engagement Program.
Volk ‘outstanding’ in dispensing health information
June 4, 2009Alumna Ruti Volk (MILS ‘99), librarian and manager of the Patient Education Resource Center at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center and Mardigian Wellness Resource Center in the Cardiovascular Center, has received accolades for her work in helping consumers understand health issues.
See you at our ALA reception in Chicago
June 2, 2009The Chicago area is home to 350 School of Information alumni — and we want to meet with as many as possible at our reception being held in conjunction with the American Library Association annual conference. You’re invited to mix and mingle with fellow alumni (and some faculty and current students). You’ll also get an update on what’s happening here in Ann Arbor.
