News: Alumni Spotlight

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MLIS Alum Uses Knowledge and Passion to Improve Information Access for Future Queer and Trans People

October 23, 2018 | iSchoolNews
During their tenure, Hagelin managed the LGBT Equity Library and worked on digital collections and digital collection, which sparked th …
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Kevin Beverly, MLS, Class of 1981

October 1, 2018 | iSchool News
iSchool Alumnus Kevin Beverly works to help disadvantaged children realize their potential through community outreach, mentoring, and s …
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Wendy Simmons, PhD, Class of 1990

October 1, 2018 | iSchool News
Wendy Simmons is a retired Foreign Service Officer. She was also an adjunct lecturer for the College of Information Studies from 2015 t …
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Alice Crites, MLS

September 28, 2018 | iSchool News
Alice Crites, Washington Post researcher, has been a part of a half-dozen Pulitzer teams.
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Tracy Jeffcott, MLS, Class of 2012

September 25, 2018 | iSchool News
Tracy Jeffcott is the recipient of the 2017-18 Maryland School Librarian of the Year award, which honors a school librarian for exempla …
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Dr. Diane Ledbetter Barlow, MLS, Class of 1975

August 30, 2018 | iSchool News
Dr. Diane L. Barlow, who passed February 6, 2018, was a monumental figure in the history of the University of Maryland College of Infor …
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Jamuna Sundararajan, MIM, Class of 2005

August 10, 2018 | iSchool News
Jamuna is currently the President and CEO of Cyberbahn Federal Solutions LLC. Cyberbahn Federal Solutions LLC was Jamuna's dream since …
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Melissa Wertheimer, MLIS, Class of 2017

July 30, 2018 | iSchool News
Meet Melissa Wertheimer, Archivist of the Music Library Association and Music Reference Specialist at the Library of Congress.