Jee Davis, in the Catalog Dept., was born in Mokpo, South Korea and has worked for MU Libraries for two years and about 3 months. Her education includes a BA in English and English Literature and a Master’s of Science in Information Science.
Jee owns a big dog named Boobie. She says she used to travel the world in her leisure time, but now enjoys fantasy football and watching sports (basketball, baseball and football). One of Jee’s hobbies is Korean knotting.
We asked Jee where the coolest place she had ever visited was. She replied, “I traveled so many cool places in the world, so I am going to pick at least two cities: Barcelona and Prague. There are many fantastic buildings by Gaudi in Barcelona (some pictures of Gaudi buildings: http://images.google.com/images?q=gaudi%20barcelona&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=N&tab=vi). Ever since I visited the city I have become a fan of Gaudi.
“Prague is another cool city that I visited. The architectural style there is very different from the Western Europe. There are many fun things happening on the street every day such as puppet shows, flea markets, live music, etc. People are super nice in Prague, at least ten years ago or so.”
Jee would like Sandra Oh to portray her in a movie. “I watched one of her movies called “Double Happiness.” In the movie, she portrayed a Chinese Canadian second generation who was struggling between her own needs and her parents’ expectations. I think that she can portray my life as a daughter and a woman in Korea and as an immigrant in the United States very well.”
Shannon Cary, in Administration, was born right here in Columbia, Mo.! She has worked at MU Libraries for about 5 years. Her education includes an English degree from MU, a Masters in English from Auburn University and an MLS from Louisiana State University. The team mascot was a tiger at all three schools!
Shannon has a cat named Cereal, and enjoys playing with her two boys, reading, watching movies, yoga, cooking and baking.
“probably one of the coolest things I did was see Pink Floyd’s The Wall performed at the Berlin Wall (or what was left of it) in 1990.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_-_Live_in_Berlin
In a movie of her life, Shannon would like to be portrayed by Sandra Bullock.