home Staff news Great University Libraries Bake Off!

Great University Libraries Bake Off!

As promised, here are some more details about our United Way bake sale next week. See the original post below.

  • The bake sale will be in the Admin office, but we will send out photos each day. If staff who are not in Ellis want to participate, just email me with your request. We will try to make deliveries.
  • If you want to buy baked goods, it will help if you have change. So plan ahead!
  • Bakers, please bring your items to the Admin office in the morning. Also, please price your items and have them bagged or wrapped. We will sell large items, like cakes and pies by the slice. We can sell small items in groups, like 2 or 3 smaller cookies.
  • Thanks to Gwen Gray and Sheila Voss who are helping out with the coordination of the bake sale.
  • Can’t wait to see all the yummy treats!

 

To support United Way, we are going to have a bake off (really, it’s a bake sale) on Nov. 4-8. Please participate by bringing in your best bake goods or purchasing the yummy treats! All the proceeds will support United Way’s fight against poverty in Boone County.

To make it more fun and more like the Great British Bake Off, each day of the bake sale will have a theme!

  • Monday: Cakes and Pies
  • Tuesday: Cookies and Brownies
  • Wednesday: Muffins and Scones
  • Thursday: Free for All
  • Friday: Leftovers!

I will send out more details soon!

If you would like to give to United Way right now, go to https://unitedway.missouri.edu.

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RJI and University Libraries Receive Mellon Grant

The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) and University of Missouri Libraries received a $250,000 grant this fall from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help ensure the survival of today’s digital news record for future generations.

During a yearlong project, a team from the Journalism Digital News Archive, a joint initiative of RJI and University Libraries, plans to visit news outlets across the U.S. and Europe. Edward McCain, digital curator of journalism at RJI and the University Libraries, said that during these visits, the team will identify what’s hampering the process of preserving online content by examining the outlets’ technology, workflows and policies.

This project builds on work done during the Journalism Digital News Archive’s five Dodging the Memory Hole conferences, which brought together librarians, memory institutions, newsroom leaders and others between 2014 and 2017 to have conversations about how to preserve and protect “the first rough draft of history.”

For more information, visit Mizzou News.

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Thanks to Everyone Who Helped Out at the Homecoming Open House

We had a successful Homecoming Open House last weekend with a huge crowd. We helped visitors make around 130 library buttons, almost 100 mini pumpkins and lots of tiger masks. We also handed out tons of pencils, post it notes, Special Collections bookmarks and black & gold beads. Visitors enjoyed cider, coffee, pumpkin bars and more!

Check out pictures of the event at https://www.instagram.com/p/B3nT0kmnjnU/.

Thanks to the following librarians and staff who helped with the event:

Shannon Cary
Cindy Cotner
John Fifield
Matt Gaunt
Taira Meadowcroft
Ann Campion Riley
Ali Sauer

home Staff news Announcing the Great University Libraries Bake Off for United Way!

Announcing the Great University Libraries Bake Off for United Way!

To support United Way, we are going to have a bake off (really, it’s a bake sale) on Nov. 4-8. Please participate by bringing in your best bake goods or purchasing the yummy treats! All the proceeds will support United Way’s fight against poverty in Boone County.

To make it more fun and more like the Great British Bake Off, each day of the bake sale will have a theme!

  • Monday: Cakes and Pies
  • Tuesday: Cookies and Brownies
  • Wednesday: Muffins and Scones
  • Thursday: Free for All
  • Friday: Leftovers!

I will send out more details soon!

If you would like to give to United Way right now, go to https://unitedway.missouri.edu.

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home Staff news 2019 Mizzou United Way Campaign

2019 Mizzou United Way Campaign

How does United Way play role in meeting immediate needs while addressing systemic, generational poverty?

  • The underlying issues are the focus of United Way’s work.
    • Education – programs like early childhood education, literacy, tutoring.
    • Health – programs for mental & physical health, substance abuse, healthy lifestyles.
    • Financial stability – programs like job skills, financial literacy & budgeting.
    • Basic needs – programs like food banks & emergency shelters.
  • This year, Heart of Missouri United Way will:
    • Fund 47 grants to 34 different agencies.
      • Grants are DATA DRIVEN and outcomes are measured for every program.
      • Volunteers give more than 460 hours of time to the review and allocation cycle.
    • Invest more than $2 million in the local community through
      • financial support to non-profit agencies for specific programs.
      • coaching, mentoring, and supporting agencies in pursuit of excellence.
      • convening government, industry, education, and the non-profit sectors to identify address top community needs.
    • Despite this significant level of investment, we could only fund 60% of agency requested dollars in the 2019 Community Investment cycle.

If you would like to support United Way, go to the 2019 Mizzou United Way Campaign.