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2025 MU Remembers: Honor with Books

This year’s MU Remembers ceremony, commemorating students, faculty and staff who have passed away in the last year, will be held Friday, April 5. A book in remembrance of each honoree will be added to the University of Missouri Libraries’ collection. Commemorative bookplates are placed inside the books, and honorees’ names are placed on the books’ library catalog records.

Honor with Books

The honorees’ names and the books selected in their memory are listed below.

Student
Candyce Richie: Gitlin, M. (2024). The spirit of freedom: Powerful women of the civil rights movement. Rowman & Littlefield.

Faculty and Staff

William D. Allen: Wójcik, D. (2024). Atlas of finance: Mapping the global story of money. Yale University Press.

Wanda Birchler: Taylor, M. (2022). How birds live together: Colonies and communities in the avian world. Princeton University Press.

Sadie Chandler: Burroughs, C. & Gainor, J. E. (Eds.). (2024). The Routledge anthology of women’s theatre theory and dramatic criticism. Routledge.

Joseph Chirillo: Fischer, C. S. (1994). America calling: A social history of the telephone to 1940. University of California Press.

Hope Christofferson: Magaloni, D., Domenici, D., & de Carteret, A. (Eds.). (2024). We live in painting: The nature of color in Mesoamerican art. DelMonico Books.

Jean Day: Tallamy, D. W. (2019). Nature’s best hope: A new approach to conservation that starts in your yard. Timber Press.

Doreen Frappier: Koutsopolous, T. (2024). A new approach to dogs and dog training: Human-canine synergy in theory and practice. Springer.

Jordan Garza: Consalvo, M. (2016). Atari to Zelda: Japan’s videogames in global contexts. MIT Press.

Michael Goldschmidt: Lucas, D. (2021). Ecological buildings: New strategies for sustainable architecture. Braun Publishing.

Sheryl Kilbourn: Sanjek, R. (2024). American popular music and its business in the digital age: 1985-2020. Oxford University Press.

Wang-Sik Kim: Lim, S. (Ed.). (2024). Politics, international relations and diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula. Routledge.

David Kropf II: Kunze, P. (2023). Staging a comeback: Broadway, Hollywood, and the Disney renaissance. Rutgers University Press.

Douglas Lammers: Eberl, J. T. & Decker, K. S. (Eds.). (2022). Star Wars and philosophy strikes back: This is the way. Wiley-Blackwell.

Charles Marra: Pierotti, M., Monreale, A., & De Santis, F. (2024). Artificial intelligence in accounting and auditing: Accessing the corporate implications. Palgrave Macmillan.

Glenda Payne: Symes, M. (2024). Prints and the landscape garden: Image, illusion, illumination. John Hudson Publishing.

Anna Romero: Alonso, P. (2024). Digital satire in Latin America: Online video humor as hybrid alternative media. University of Florida Press.

Matthew Smith: Wilkinson, C. (2024). Treaty justice: The northwest tribes, the Boldt decision, and the recognition of fishing rights. University of Washington Press.

Jim Sowers: Rao, G. H. R., & Das, U. N. (Eds.). (2025). Cardiometabolic diseases: Molecular basis, early detection of risks, and management. Elsevier Academic Press.

Haoyi Wang: Klein, B. (2024). The insect epiphany: How our six-legged allies shape human culture. Timber Press.

Jon White: Marshall, H. W. (2022). Keep it old-time: fiddle music in Missouri from the 1960s folk music revival to the present. University of Missouri Press.

Paul Whittier, Jr.: Cherrington, J. (Ed.). (2024). Mountain biking, culture and society. Routledge.

Andrew Youkilis: Marks, W. J., & Ostrem, J. L. (Eds.). (2022). Deep brain stimulation management (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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A NEW Wellbeing Collection is now available for checkout in Ellis Library. The Wellbeing Collection consists of hundreds of new books for students, faculty and staff who want to focus on their mental health or just need a break from the stress of everyday life. The collection can be found on the first floor near the atrium (just ask any staff member to point you in the right direction).

The collection includes books from the following subject categories:

· General Wellbeing: sleep, yoga, movement, meditation

· College Basics: cooking, time management, laundry, dorm life

· Student Success: study tips, note-taking, first-year support, first generation student topics

· New Adulting: budgeting, personal finance, relationships, communication

· Mental Health: stress relief, anxiety and depression, happiness, neurodivergence support

· Skill Development: leadership, public speaking, self-help

· Leisure Reading: popular fiction and non-fiction titles

· Hobbies: gardening, crochet, manga drawing, gaming

This collection was made possible by Mizzou Forward Student Success Enhancement Grant.

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Gwen Gray Receives Business Librarianship Award

Gwen Gray, business, economics and entrepreneurship librarian at the University of Missouri, is the 2025 winner for the BRASS Excellence in Business Librarianship Award. BRASS is the Business Reference and Services Section of the Reference and User Services Association, a division of the American Library Association.

Jaya Ghosh, program director of the MU Coulter Biomedical Accelerator, stated in her nomination letter, “Through her contributions to MU’s translational research funding, training and mentorship programs and other entrepreneurial offerings such as the regional I-Corps Program (advisor), MU EQ
Student Accelerator (mentor), Mizzou Venture Mentoring Service (mentor) and Entrepreneurship Workshop Series (mentor), Gwen’s work significantly enhances the innovation and entrepreneurship capacity of MU, and by extension of Missouri and the U.S. at large.”

Gwen’s contributions include supporting entrepreneurial initiatives at local and national levels, fostering community partnerships, supporting student success, and providing professional mentorship to LIS students. Gwen has dedicated years of her career to develop and strengthen networks that have created long-lasting impacts on her community and the broader profession.

Gwen stated, “I am humbled to receive the BRASS Excellence in Business Librarianship Award and am deeply grateful to LSEG Data & Analytic and RUSA for this recognition. Many thanks to the committee for selecting me to receive this honor. I’ve had wonderful support throughout my career at the Mizzou Libraries and would like to especially note Rhonda Whithaus and Jeannette Pierce who (unbeknownst to me) spearheaded the nomination effort. They along with so many of my colleagues have been supportive and encouraging, giving me the freedom to explore and go in new directions. I would also like to recognize Doug Moesel, associate professor of management, who started my work in entrepreneurship by inviting me to join a campus committee on the topic in 2004. Greg Bier, executive director of Entrepreneurship Programs, has been a tireless champion of librarians, making sure the entrepreneurship ecosystem knows our value. Thank you to all the faculty, staff, students and community members not named (and there are many) who have made me better than I would be on my own. Thank you again for this honor.”

Congratulations to Gwen!

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