home Staff news New Vice Provost to Start on September 16

New Vice Provost to Start on September 16

Kara Whatley, our new vice provost for Libraries and university librarian, will begin at MU on September 16.

home Staff news Congratulations to Kimberly Evans

Congratulations to Kimberly Evans

Please congratulate Kimberly Evans on her new role as Head of Ellis Circulation/Reserve. She started Monday, July 8th.

home Staff news Welcome to Piper-Brown Kingsley

Welcome to Piper-Brown Kingsley

MU is pleased to announce the hire of Piper Brown-Kingsley as the Information and Data Services Librarian at the Health Sciences Library starting June 3. Piper is a May 2024 graduate of the University of Wisconsin Library School. In addition, she’s been working as a Remote Data Curation Intern at the National Network Data Archive (NaNDA) at the University of Michigan. We’re so excited to have her join the Information Services Team at the Health Sciences Library. She will be work remotely full-time until the Health Sciences Library reopens.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the interviews and provided feedback on the candidates.

Diane Johnson, on behalf of the search committee:
Rebecca Graves
Caryn Scoville
Taira Meadowcroft
Terri Hall
Rae Thudium

home Staff news New Librarian Promotions

New Librarian Promotions

The following librarians have received promotions:

Seth Huber, Promotion to Librarian III
Taira Meadowcroft, Promotion to Librarian III
Rae Thudium, Promotion to Librarian II

home Staff news SAVE THE DATE: Trulaske Graduate Programs Open House for MU Employees- June 13 (12-1pm)

SAVE THE DATE: Trulaske Graduate Programs Open House for MU Employees- June 13 (12-1pm)

Have you thought about pursuing your graduate degree? Are you looking for a career pivot or to earn a promotion?

If you answered yes, join us for light refreshments in Cornell Hall 306, June 13th, from 12-1pm, to learn more about how you or your spouse could benefit from the 100% online, flexible Crosby MBA at Mizzou or our 100% online Master of Science in Finance or even our in-seat Master of Accountancy.

For eligible UM System Employees, you may receive 75% of your tuition waived up to 15 credit hours per year. Spouses/dependents can receive 50% of tuition waived up to 140 college credit hours.

RSVP here. Please email askjoe@missouri.edu for additional questions.

home Staff news 2024 Celebration of Service Comments

2024 Celebration of Service Comments

2024 Celebration of Service Comments

home Staff news Goodbye to Burt Fields

Goodbye to Burt Fields

With much appreciation for his many years of service, Ellis Circulation bid farewell to Burt Fields on April 26th. Thank you to Terri Hall for stepping in to provide some extra assistance while we search for a new circulation supervisor. Please direct questions normally sent to Burt to Terri or Cindy Cotner.

home Staff news Welcome to Emilee Flores

Welcome to Emilee Flores

Welcome to Emilee Flores. Emilee moved to Missouri from Louisiana, where she previously worked in the circulation and ILL units for several years in Sims Library at Southeastern Louisiana University. She hopes to eventually enroll in the School of Information Science and Learning Technology here at Mizzou.

home Staff news Welcome to Jade Lemmon

Welcome to Jade Lemmon

Jade Lemmon has joined the University Libraries’ advancement team as Coordinator of Donor Engagement, beginning her duties December 8. Jade was born and raised in Rock Port, Missouri, and is a graduate of Northwest Missouri State University. Following graduation in 2019 she moved to Charlotte, North Carolina to begin her career in marketing. She’s excited to return to Missouri and put her talents to work at Mizzou. Jade enjoys traveling with friends and family and relaxing with her six-year-old cat, Dorothea. Welcome to Mizzou, Jade!

home Staff news Travel, Training and Time Off Requests

Travel, Training and Time Off Requests

See the new Travel, Training and Time Off requests information under Travel Forms on our website: https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/staff/forms

Please email completed request forms to muellislibraryrec2@missouri.edu