Copley Connects Spring/Summer 2025

2025 Winners of the Roy and Marian Holleman Copley Library Student Assistant Scholarship By Jasmin De Unamuno , Budget and Operations Manager The Roy and Marian Holleman Copley Library Student Assistant Scholarship is a $1,000 scholarship awarded annually to five Copley Library Federal Work Study students. Qualified candidates must be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student, worked at least one semester for Copley Library, have committed to work at least one semester the next academic year for Copley Library, and have an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher. For 2024-2025, the scholarship selection committee members were Jasmin de Unamuno, Jordan Kobayashi, Catherine Paolillo, and Gabrielle Wood. The scholarship selection process is based on a student’s essay, GPA, and performance evaluation. This year’s essay prompt was: If you were tasked with developing an outreach or promotional campaign for Copley Library, please describe your approach. Which library services and materials would you consider important to highlight?

The winners and the titles of their essays:

Keana-Leoni Balalio To Buy or to Borrow

Nathalie Diazgranados Outreach/Promotional Library Campaign

Garrett Lindaman Copley Library Book Writing Competition Prototype

Kylie Reyes Connecting Students to Copley Library: A Focused Outreach Strategy

Grace Szpila Sharing the Benefits of Copley Library

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