[Michlib-l] Wayne State University SLIS Announces New Library Workforce Development Scholarships!
WSU School of LIS
asklis at wayne.edu
Thu May 21 17:02:09 EDT 2015
The School of Library and Information Science at Wayne State University is pleased to announce a partnership with the Detroit Area Library Network (DALNET) and the Suburban Library Cooperative (SLC) , to offer $6,000 scholarships to paraprofessional employees of libraries within the cooperatives who are pursuing their MLIS degrees. These scholarships will give each recipient $1000 tuition remission per semester, over six semesters, while pursuing the 36-credit MLIS. This special scholarship is funded by the WSU Graduate School. There are eight scholarships available to new MLIS students for the Fall 2015 semester.
Requirements to receive the scholarship include:
* undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher
* two (2) years of relevant work experience
* admission to the WSU-SLIS MLIS program
* Personal statement between 250 and 750 words stating educational background and professional objectives
* Letters of recommendation letters from two (2) individuals who can assess their academic or professional qualifications
Applications will be accepted May 20 - July 20 for the Library Workforce Development Scholarship.
Further information and the scholarship application can be found at http://slis.wayne.edu/library_workforce_development_scholarship.php
Questions? Please contact SLIS at slis.admissions at wayne.edu. Or attend an upcoming SLIS Information Meeting:
* June 3 (on-campus) - http://events.wayne.edu/2015/06/03/slis-prospective-student-information-meeting-57421/
* July 16 (online) - http://events.wayne.edu/2015/07/16/slis-prospective-student-information-meeting-online-57411/
Regards,
Wayne State University
School of Library and Information Science
106 Kresge Library
Detroit, MI, 48202
313-577-1825 • Toll free: 877-263-2665 • Fax: 313-577-7563
www.slis.wayne.edu • asklis at wayne.edu
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail3.mcls.org/pipermail/michlib-l/attachments/20150521/34998a14/attachment.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: fbook.PNG
Type: image/png
Size: 18441 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://mail3.mcls.org/pipermail/michlib-l/attachments/20150521/34998a14/attachment.png>
More information about the Michlib-l
mailing list