OSU Students Win Library Award
May 5, 2008
For Immediate Release
STILLWATER -Four OSU Library student employees were awarded the Dr. James B. and Verena J. Wise Outstanding Student Assistant Award at the Edmon Low Library Staff Association Awards on April 25.
The winners were: Casey England, a journalism and broadcasting senior working in the Mary L. Williams Curriculum Materials Library; Jeremy Lovecamp, a natural resources ecology and management senior working in the Interlibrary Services department; Kelly Morris, a philosophy senior working in the Cataloging department and Bethany Stone, a studio art/jewelry/metals senior working in the Government Documents department. Each winner received a $500 scholarship.
Dr. James B. and Verena Wise established the scholarship in 1990 to encourage outstanding performance by student workers in the OSU Library and to provide some financial assistance to students supporting themselves through school. Dr. Wise, an ophthalmologic surgeon in Oklahoma City, worked as a library student assistant when he attended OSU.
Wise Award recipients are selected each spring semester by a committee appointed by the Dean of Libraries. The nominees must be full-time students and employed at the OSU Library.
The Wise award winners are selected from winners of the Dean’s Excellence Award. This year’s winners were Gina Taylor, Maria Trejo, Samantha Fugate, Trisha Posey, Sunny Sun, Amanda Watson, Kathleen Swinnea, Ruth Mudroch and Rachel Pittman.
Oklahoma State University is a modern land-grant system that cuts across disciplines to better prepare students for a new world. Oklahoma's only university with a statewide presence, OSU improves the lives of people in Oklahoma, the nation, and the world through integrated, high-quality teaching, research and outreach. OSU has more than 32,000 students across its five-campus system and nearly 21,000 on its Stillwater campus; with students from all 50 states and about 110 nations. Established in 1890, OSU has graduated more than 200,000 students who have made a lasting impact on Oklahoma and the world. CREATE - INNOVATE - EDUCATE - GO STATE!
URL: http://www.library.okstate.edu/news/sum08/wise.htm
Last Updated: 09 September 2008
