{"id":37421,"date":"2025-08-29T09:20:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T14:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/?p=37421"},"modified":"2025-08-29T09:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T14:20:16","slug":"may-to-present-at-amigos-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/staff-news\/may-to-present-at-amigos-conference","title":{"rendered":"May to Present at Amigos Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda May will be presenting at the Libraries Cultivating Community Conference on September 10. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amigos.org\/services\/online-conference\/libraries-cultivating-community#schedule\">Click here for the complete conference schedule.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Taking A &#8220;Paws&#8221;&#8211; Kitten Cuddle Puddle with Barnie&#8217;s Place Feline Rescue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With over 3,400 students, the University of Missouri College of Engineering is a high-pressure academic environment. To support student well-being, the Engineering Library and Technology Commons (ELTC)\u2014a key resource hub\u2014hosts the Kitten Cuddle Puddle, a Finals Week event in partnership with Barnie\u2019s Place Feline Rescue. Students interact with adoptable cats in a calming space designed to reduce stress and encourage self-care.<\/p>\n<p>This event is one of several ELTC outreach efforts, including the Shamrock Tea, Welcome Cookout, and library programming such as book bedazzling and paper crafts, all aimed at building community and supporting student success. The presentation will cover the evolution of these initiatives, lessons learned, and considerations for forming meaningful partnerships. Attendees will also enjoy photos and stories from past events that highlight the impact of wellness-focused programming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda May will be presenting at the Libraries Cultivating Community Conference on September 10. Click here for the complete conference schedule. Taking A &#8220;Paws&#8221;&#8211; Kitten Cuddle Puddle with Barnie&#8217;s Place Feline Rescue With over 3,400 students, the University of Missouri College of Engineering is a high-pressure academic environment. To support student well-being, the Engineering Library &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[606],"tags":[854],"class_list":["post-37421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-staff-news","tag-presentations-and-publications"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-08-29 09:15:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"private","terms":[0],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37421"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37422,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37421\/revisions\/37422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}