DIS recognizes Ari DeNardo for the 2024-2025 Student of the Year Award!

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Ari DeNardo is recognized for her excellence in academic achievement and her services to the Department and fellow students. During her time at CUA, she served as a president of AGLISS, Association of Graduate Library and Information Science Student, which is the LIS student organization and the ALA CUA chapter. She put a tremendous effort into rebuilding AGLISS by recruiting student officers and organizing various events for students to provide ways to engage students in the CUA DIS community.

"What an honor to be given this award – thank you! My time in CUA’s LIS program was one filled with personal and professional growth, critical study, peer-to-peer collaboration, and new friendships. Its extraordinary faculty challenged me to center equity and future-proof the LIS field. They encouraged me to develop my own praxis of library and information science, whether studying linked open data, preservation, or public programming. Working with AGLISS was a highlight of my time here as well. I learned a lot from my AGLISS teammates and our colleagues on the Alumni Board. It was a joy to witness their creativity and passion for the profession."

 

 Prior Students of the Year:

  • 2024 -- Suzanne E. Joseph
  • 2023 -- Julie Pramis
  • 2022 -- Emily Swain and Katherine DeFonzo
  • 2021 -- Hana Beckerle
  • 2020 -- Hannah Jones
  • 2019 -- Babak Zarin and Mary Cate Matta
  • 2018 -- Lauren Hester
  • 2017 -- Nicholas Brown and Emily Wagner
  • 2016 -- J. Jasmine Chmiel
  • 2015 -- Joseph Koivisto
  • 2014 -- Angela Aranas Kent
  • 2013 -- Yemane Halefom Gebre and Ana Elisa de Campos Salles
  • 2012 -- Nicole Clery and Rebecca Renard
  • 2011 -- Michelle Polchow
  • 2010 -- Abbey Gerken
  • 2009 -- Eileen Boswell
  • 2008 -- Nora Rose Daly
  • 2007 -- Mark Brzozowski and Tiffany Smith
  • 2006 -- Lauren Chase
  • 2005 -- Stephanie Salmon
  • 2004 -- Mara McGarry
  • 2003 -- Mari-Jana Phelps
  • 2002 -- Beverly Lammay
  • 2001 -- Brooke Dine
  • 2000 -- Sandra Provenzano
  • 1999 -- Michael Smith
  • 1998 -- Computer Lab: Scott Davidson, Ruth Owopetu & Joan Weeks
  • 1997 -- Mary Kelly and Adam Button
  • 1996 -- Jean Sudlow
  • 1995 -- Vicki Emery
  • 1994 -- Susan Little
  • 1993 -- Connie Stevenson
  • 1992 -- Myrtle Joseph
  • 1991 -- Maureen Bearden
  • 1990 -- Lynn Hale Riggs
  • 1989 -- Lucille Menschel
  • 1988 -- Shari Weaver
  • 1987 -- Janet Rose Zipser
  • 1986 -- Janet Decring Kinzer
  • 1985 -- Mark Weil Paster