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  • Faculty Spotlight: Anna Hulseberg, Michelle Twait, and Leah Zacate

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    Anna Hulseberg, Michelle Twait, and Leah Zacate (all of the Library) co-presented a session, “The Plot Thickens: Writing the Next Chapter for Access Services,” at the 21st Annual Brick & Click Academic Library Conference on November 5, 2021. In this virtual session, they discussed how working through the pandemic lessened barriers around library staff roles,…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Anna Hulseberg and Michelle Twait

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    Anna Hulseberg (Library) and Michelle Twait (Library) co-presented a session, “The Library as a Growing Organism: Developing Collaborative E-Resources Management During a Pandemic,” at the virtual Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference on March 10, 2021.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Julie Gilbert

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    Julie Gilbert (Library) was interviewed twice in November on KTOE. She first spoke about her work as a librarian and later returned to discuss her forthcoming young adult novel, Cemetery Songs, which will be released on December 15, 2020.

  • Rachel Flynn, 2020 Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence Winner

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    Rachel Flynn (Library) was selected as the 2020 recipient of the Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence. Presented each year at the final faculty meeting, this award recognizes a Gustavus non-tenure-track faculty member for significant contributions to teaching and learning.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Julie Gilbert

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    Julie Gilbert (Library) published Daisy and the Deadly Flu: A 1918 Influenza Survival Story. The middle-grade novel is part of the Girls Survive series from Stone Arch Books. The novel focuses on the influenza pandemic’s real-life impact on southern Minnesota, especially the community of New Ulm.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Barbara Fister

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    Barbara Fister (Library, Emerita) was on an hourlong Minnesota Public Radio segment covering information literacy, disinformation/misinformation, and “fake news” as it pertains to high school and college students.

  • Jeff Jenson (Library)

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    Jeff A. Jenson became an official member of the DNA Doe Project, a new initiative that uses genetic genealogy to identify John and Jane Does. A go-to organization for law enforcement agencies and medical examiners across the country, the DNA Doe project allows smaller and less-well-funded agencies to take advantage of its services to reunite…

  • Julie Gilbert and Anna Hulseberg (Library)

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    Julie Gilbert and Anna Hulseberg (both Library) presented a session, “Every Book Its Reader: Promoting Recreational Reading Among College Students,” at the Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference in Prior Lake on September 20, 2019.

  • Julie Gilbert (Library)

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    Julie Gilbert published a historical novel for middle grade readers. Lucy Fights the Flames: A Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Survival Story is part of the Girls Survive series from Capstone.

  • Anna Hulseberg and Michelle Twait (Library)

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    Anna Hulseberg and Michelle Twait gave an invited presentation on student research practices at ProQuest Information Solutions in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on June 12, 2019.