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SIS Alum Shares on the Value of a Practicum

There’s no better way to get hands-on experience in your field while earning a master’s in Information Sciences than by completing a practicum. Practicums are multi-beneficial in providing you with relevant work experience, an opportunity to give a specific job a test run, and you receive three hours of academic credit upon completion. You’ll get…
Student Spotlight: USAF Parachute Trainer Jeremy Horner Earning MSIS to Broaden Career Possibilities

Featured student: Technical Sergeant Jeremy Horner Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado Current job: US Air Force Wings of Blue Parachute Team at the United States Air Force Academy. “We teach cadets how to skydive and how to be a leader. They’ll do about 400-500 jumps with us, doing things like jumping at football games and air…
Faculty Focus: Wade Bishop Named Belmont Forum Human Dimensions Champion

School of Information Sciences Associate Professor Wade Bishop has been named the 2018-19 Human Dimensions Champion for Belmont Forum e-Infrastructures & Data Management. The Belmont Forum, according to its website, is an agency, “Established in 2009 as an international partnership of 25 national science-funding agencies and science councils across the world that supports global environmental…
Library Oasis: SIS Alum Martha Earl Recounts Journey to Dream Job

Martha Earl distinctly remembers the first time she ever heard a librarian describe her job as “fun.” She was working a full-time library staff support job while simultaneously getting her master’s degree in library science – both at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. A supervisor knew Earl’s interest in being a science librarian, but suggested…
Speaker Event: ‘Punks, Body Mods and Drag Queens’

Jessa Lingel has a way of looking at the world through a lens that includes the technological and information services needs of marginalized and oft-ignored populations. She’s an accomplished academic who uses her background in information management and as a librarian to navigate her current research into information inequalities and technological distributions. Lingel is a…
Explore and Celebrate Diversity with Us

Diversity and Inclusion Week 2018 is jam-packed with exciting speakers, panels and open forums that we don’t want our students to miss! Make sure to check out the week’s schedule and pick which events you’d like to attend. Whether it’s a discussion on cultural appropriation, a panel about immigration, or a presentation about how counterculture movements…
SIS Launches Career Exploration Week for Master’s Students

Forging a career path in any field can be challenging, and different positions require different approaches. That’s why the School of Information Sciences is launching its inaugural “Career Exploration Week,” a virtual program that gives current students a chance to speak with an SIS alumni currently working in the information field, which takes place September…
Incoming SIS Students Catch the Volunteer Spirit

It’s all about helping people. This message of service was a running theme throughout the Fall 2018 School of Information Sciences orientation Aug. 16. Incoming master’s program students heard the message from SIS faculty and panelists who spoke about how their professions aid others. Whether it be preserving historical data, making websites easier for users…
SIS Students Enter CCI Doctoral Program

The College of Communication and Information welcomed its new doctoral students at orientation Aug. 15, 2018. Among the nine doctoral students present were two alumni of the School of Information Sciences master’s program: Meredith Goins, who graduated in 2000, and Scott Sikes, who graduated in Spring 2018. “I’m really looking forward to the research and…