Congratulations to Sean Witzman who graduates this semester with a Masters in Library Science.

Lee Henson 1940-2013

The Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative staff invite you to a memorial for our colleague Lee Henson who passed away Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. Over the past 20 years, Lee dedicated his work to making MU a more inclusive place for persons with disabilities, and he will be greatly missed. His obituary and guest book can be found at http://www.parkerfuneralservice.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2203624&fh_id=11542.

Matt Gaunt’s mother, Elinor Powell, passed away last Friday.  The service is Sunday, August 11,  at 3:00 pm with visitation following the service at:

Memorial Baptist Church
1634 Paris Road
Columbia, MO 65201

The obituary appeared in the August 7^th Tribune:

http://www.columbiatribune.com/a/rop/elinor-powell/article_0d4fe516-ff82-11e2-b5e6-10604b9f6eda.html

Thanks to all who came to Karen Darling’s retirement party.  Pictures are available here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44462665@N00/

Mireya del Castillo, former librarian at Ellis Library, University Archives and the Law Library, will be remembered at a service at the Newman Center in Columbia on Saturday, August 10th. There will a reception at 10:00, followed by a mass at 11:00 and a light lunch after that. This date and times were just confirmed by her son, Jose Samayoa. Mireya died on June 17, 2013.