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All students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the annual Deck the Columns event. Join the Mizzou community for treats and cocoa, musical performances, photo opportunities with Truman and a chance to win a prize! Attendees are encouraged to spread holiday cheer by giving pack to our community through Tiger Pantry and United Way. More information can be found here.
“Paula Roper named MLA Outstanding Professional Librarian”
Show Me Mizzou, November 6, 2024
The College of Health Sciences and University Data, Analytics, and Institutional Research are teaming up to raise money for the Heart of Missouri United Way.
Buy a $5 ticket for your chance to choose from our intriguing selection of Mystery Boxes and claim the treasure within it. Want more chances to win? Purchase 5 tickets for $20.
Winning tickets will be drawn on November 15 at 106 Clark Hall at 2:00 PM. Winners will get to choose their prize box from the Mystery Boxes available. Those unable to attend the in-person drawing will have a box randomly selected for them.
We are bringing you fun filled mystery boxes. Perfect for the Holiday gift giving season. Each box contains interesting item(s) ranging from new, vintage, delicious, useful, themed or just plain weird and fun treasures. You will want to be here for a fun and exciting opportunity!
Support United Way – enter today $5 each or 5 tickets for $20 for more chances to win!
Enter for your raffle ticket information here: https://tinyurl.com/MysteryBx2024
Pay with Cash, Zelle, Venmo, Cash App, or make checks payable to “Heart of Mo United Way”.
When paying via Zelle through your bank, you can make your payment directly into our United Way fundraiser. You initiate the transfer by typing Christine Ludeman at 573-239-9794 and the transfer is made. If you have questions, please contact Christy Ludeman at 882-4077.
Don’t want to enter the raffle but still would like to donate to United Way, you can do that too with the tinyurl link!
Please contact Rose Hayden Haydenrm@missouri.edu or Christy Ludeman Ludemanc@missouri.edu for any questions.
Let us know if you want to donate a box. We will accept your generous donation!
Please forward this on to anyone you think might also want a chance to win.
Thank you,
From the Lewis Hall Ladies
Vera Elwood will be leaving the University of Missouri Libraries on Friday, November 22nd. I cannot express the level of gratitude and appreciation I have for working with Vera for the last two and a half years while she served in the role as Head Librarian for the Journalism Library. Vera will be deeply missed as she has made such a positive impact and brought forward much needed change at the Journalism Library. She has accepted a newly created position as the Coordinator of Youth Programming for The Center Project, which is a local community organization that Vera has supported and volunteered with for the last several years. Please join me in wishing Vera all the best in her new adventure supporting our local community. I am working to develop a plan for covering the Journalism Library so more details will be announced.
-Chris Pryor
National First-Generation College Celebration Week is November 8-16. We will be celebrating 5,000+ First-Gen students, faculty, staff, and alumni at our 20+ events campus wide. Please visit the first-gen website and register today! Events open to all; faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.
We also want to share a few ways the MU Libraries will be participating in supporting First-Generation Students this week, and ways that we are working to support First-Generation students throughout the full year!
Library Events for First-Generation Student Week
Additional Ways the MU Libraries are Working to Support First-Generation Students, Faculty and Staff at MU!
Thanks to Taira Meadowcroft and Terri Hall for organizing our visit to the hospital. Thanks to Shannon Cary, Gwen Gray, Chris Pryor, Terri Hall and Isabella Bickhaus for representing the MU Libraries.
Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 3. That means you should move your clocks back one hour Saturday night before going to bed. It is also recommended that you use this as a reminder to change all batteries in fire alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.
As you know, the election is next Tuesday, November 5. Early voting is already taking place. If you haven’t voted yet, here is the University’s policy regarding taking time off to vote. The policy, HR-411 Voting Leave, can be found online. Please review the policy. It details the conditions for granting time off, including the requirement that employees must contact their supervisor before election day to request to be absent from work for voting. Supervisors can specify when employees are out of the office to vote so there is coverage.