Winner Selected for BRASS Student Travel Award
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The SimplyAnalytics team would like to congratulate Rachel Holder, MLS candidate at Indiana University for being selected as this year's recipient of the BRASS Student Travel Award! The award, sponsored by SimplyAnalytics, includes a $1,250 monetary prize given to a student enrolled in an ALA accredited master’s degree program to fund travel to and attendance at the ALA Annual Conference and a one-year membership in the Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS) of the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA). |
| Holder has successfully applied her coursework, her practical experience at Indiana University's Business/SPEA Information Commons, her two internships, and her work as a graduate research assistant. Her major focus as the business library intern has been spearheading the implementation phase of a project to expand career research consultations to another library on campus. In addition, she serves as the elected representative of the Department of Information and Library Science to Graduate and Professional Student Government. | |
Congratulations, Rachel!
For more information on the BRASS Student Travel Award, visit RUSAUpdate.org.
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