From David Truesdale’s wife: We have permission to park in the office building complex at the corner of Broadway and Pershing. It’s about 1/2 block from my house. You may use any space EXCEPT those in front of, and on the north side of, the last building (the farthest building from Broadway). On the map pictured, you may park in the green area.
Shannon Cary
Mizzou Libraries Closed on June 19
The Mizzou Libraries will be closed on Thursday, June 19, for Juneteenth. Ellis Library will close early at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 18. For a complete list of hours, visit library.missouri.edu/hours.
Friends of the University of Missouri Libraries Announces Winners of the 2025 Robert J. Stuckey Essay Contest
The Friends of the University of Missouri Libraries is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Robert J. Stuckey Essay Contest. The first-place winner will be awarded a $2,000 scholarship, and the second-place winner will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship. Honorable mentions receive $100 each.
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The first-place winner is Josey Whitaker of Harrisburg R-VIII in Harrisburg, for her essay entitled “The Narrative on Life.” The second-place winner is Maggie Cima of Visitation Academy in St. Louis, for her essay entitled “A Planet of Our Own.” Each teacher of these students, Jennie Simpson and Susan Shortt, will also receive a $250 award.
Honorable Mentions in this year’s contest include John Yu’s essay, “From Big Cats to Bigger Questions,” and Sonia Kulkarni’s “Death by a Word.” Yu is a student at Rock Bridge High School in Columbia, and Kulkarni attends John Burroughs High School in Town & Country.
Each year, the essay contest is open to Missouri High School students in grades 9-12, and only one entry is accepted from each school. Each entry must address one or more aspects of books or reading. Common student topics for essays include literary analyses, accounts of personal experiences, and fictional short stories. Each essay should be originally composed by the student without assistance and should not have been submitted to any previous contest or have been previously published.
The Friends of the Libraries have been affiliated with the University Libraries and the University of Missouri since 1960. The Friends have administered the Robert J. Stuckey Essay Contest for the University for the past several years. The late Robert J. Stuckey was a member of the 1963 junior class of Farmington High School and had planned to attend college. He was vitally interested in current events and enjoyed reading. This annual contest is presented in memory of him.
Thank you to this year’s Stuckey Essay judges, who are all a part of our Friends of the University of Missouri Libraries council. Judges Steve Weinberg, Anne Edwards, Jody Feldman, Katie Harris, and Laurie Tourtellot had their work cut out for them with 17 great essay submissions.
Welcome to the Mizzou Libraries
Welcome Tigers! We hope you have a great Summer Welcome experience! We’re so glad you’ll be joining us in the fall and want to introduce you to the library resources and services that will be vital to your success at Mizzou.
- Visit our Welcome website to get started. Here you can learn about library hours, the best places to study and more. You’ll also find a link to all our help services, including our Chat with a Librarian service that is staffed almost 24/7.
- Library tours and intro workshops will be available a the beginning of the fall semester. If you’re an online student, check out our video introduction to online library resources.
- Subscribe to our library newsletter, which will keep you updated on how the Mizzou Libraries can help you have a successful academic career.
Have a great summer, and we will see you in August!
MULSA Update: Website Now Password Protected
To access the MULSA website, you will need to log in with your work email and password. You can access the main site at library.missouri.edu/mulsa or from the link on the committees section of the staff website.
At the MULSA website you can find membership information, the MULSA constitution, all of the MUSE posts, and the current board member list.
Welcome to Jennifer Brady
The Mizzou Libraries are pleased to welcome Jennifer Brady as head of the Zalk Veterinary Medical Library.
Born and raised in Springfield, Missouri, Jennifer brings a deep passion for education, literacy and community service. She holds an Ed.D. in Instructional Leadership with an emphasis in Higher Education Administration and Instructional Design from Lindenwood University. Her dissertation, “Embedded Librarians and Student Success in Graduate Nursing Programs,” reflects her commitment to student achievement and academic support.
She also holds a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Washington iSchool and a B.S.E.d. in Secondary English Education from Missouri State University.
Jennifer has worked in both public and academic libraries since 2014, but her love of libraries began even earlier. As a high school student, she launched her first library as part of her Girl Scout Gold Award project—a GED study center and library housed in the Missouri Hotel, a homeless shelter in Springfield. This project served the community for several years until the facility’s closure.
We are thrilled to have Jennifer. Please join us in giving her a warm welcome!
Missouri Library Association Call for Proposals, Due June 14
My name is Rosie, I am a Co-Coordinator for the Missouri Library Association’s 2025 Conference, and I am writing to share our call for proposals with you.
This is our conference website: https://molib.org/Annual-Conference, and this is the link to our proposal form: https://forms.gle/GExctpBneMUYsztUA.
-Rosie Lopolito
In the News
“Federal orders shaping history preservation at Mizzou”
News Tribune, May 29,2025
Staff Corner
Death notices for June 5, 2025 – Alan Yount: June 6, 1947 – June 3, 2025
Sandy Schiefer was acknowledged in Allen Eskens’ novel Nothing More Dangerous. The lead in the novel needs to access some Columbia Missourian microfilm and is helped by a librarian named Sandy.