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Will Biggs: Veteran, Purple Heart Recipient, MSIS Student, Second-Gen Vol

When Will Biggs left the United States Marine Corps after 10 years of service, he started a job hunt that proved to be a bit rougher than he had anticipated. “I was looking at county jobs and had probably applied to at least 15 positions, and nobody gave me a chance until the public libraries…
SIS Director Diane Kelly Serves as Honorary Coach for UT Football Team

SIS Director Diane Kelly was the honorary coach for the University of Tennessee football team in its game versus The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Nov. 2 – a game the Vols won 30-7. This coaching assignment wasn’t just a simple walk onto the field; Kelly first took a tour of the Anderson Training Center…
SIS Clinical Associate Professor Cindy Welch as a Faculty Innovator

SIS Clinical Associate Professor Cindy Welch was chosen by the University of Tennessee’s Teaching & Learning Innovation to be a Teaching Innovator for 2019. “When it comes to Teaching & Learning Innovation, I never say no because they’re so great at what they do,” Welch said. TLI provides support to faculty members, teachers, and staff…
Alum Q&A: Jenny Moore Turned Her Love of Research into Librarianship

Featured Alum: Jenny Moore Location: Maryville, Tennessee What is your education background and how did you end up in East Tennessee? I went to Berry College in Rome, Georgia, and was a biology major – it’s a small school as far as students, but I think it’s the largest acreage campus in the world. I…
SIS Represents at ASIS&T, Best Paper Awarded to Faculty & Alumni

Faculty, alumni, and students from the School of Information Sciences participated at the 2019 Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting in Melbourne, Australia this past week, and several received honors for their work. Most notably, SIS Associate Professor Wade Bishop, SIS Assistant Professor Carolyn Hank, and SIS alumni Joel Webster (‘18) and…
SIS Alum Marcellus Turner on Finding the Perfect Career, Job and City

Throughout his career as a librarian, Marcellus Turner (’88) has often chosen his next position by the city rather than the job itself – soaking in each new location’s culture, challenges and opportunities. He always had his eye on the Pacific Northwest and is currently celebrating his eighth year as chief librarian for The Seattle…
SIS Welcomes Two Visiting Scholars from China

SIS welcomed two visiting scholars this fall, Professor Tao Yang (left) and Associate Professor Wei Wei Zhang (right). Visiting scholars pursue their research while here, and also observe SIS faculty and students during their stays. It is an opportunity for them to learn about educational practices and enjoy United States college traditions. Yang is a…
MSIS Student Frankie McGinnis on Being a Student, Live Organ Donor, and Caregiver

Since this article was published in the SIS “Spark” magazine, Frankie McGinnis’ daughter, Laura, passed away. But, the University of Tennessee created and approved a new employee leave policy and named it the Laura McGinnis Policy on Organ Donation in January 2020 in her honor. You can view the entire “Spark” magazine here. When SIS student Frankie…
Four SIS Students Awarded Graduate School Fellowships

The School of Information Sciences is proud that four of its incoming students were selected for prestigious fellowships from the UTK graduate school. “SIS students often receive fellowships from the Graduate School, but none of us can remember such a large number of students being recognized in the same year. This is just another testament…
Alum Rebecca Howard Uses History and MSIS Degrees to Archive the Past

Rebecca Howard’s (’19) interest in archives was first piqued while working at her university library. She was earning her undergraduate degree in history from Stockton University, and was working at the university’s library when it merged with the Noyes Museum of Art, which gave her an opportunity to be an archives assistant. “They had documents…