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Caleb Mechem
MLIS, 2021
As of 2023, Caleb was working as the print collection strategist at UVA Library. He stewards the circulating physical collections at all library branches, including an offsite high-density storage facility. He was coordinating the move of 1.2 million books into UVA's renovated main library, scheduled to open in spring 2024.
Matthew Mun
Informatics, 2021
As of 2021, Matthew was working for Amazon as a software development engineer.
Jamie Poirier
MLIS, 2021
As of late 2022, Jamie was the Deputy Director of Public Services for the Solano County Library in California. She oversees all nine public branches and the adult literacy program.
Conrrado Saldivar
MLIS, 2021
In 2023, Conrrado reports:
"I received the Wyoming Library Association's 2023 Outstanding Hero Award for work done to combat adverse legislation against Wyoming librarians.
"Working alongside WLA's Legislative Committee Chair and co-recipient of the Award, I testified against three separate bills that would have criminalized librarians for doing their jobs. Throughout this effort, WLA was able to build a strong coalition with non-library partners that we maintain today, all to support Wyoming libraries."
Harkiran Saluja
Informatics, 2021
As of 2024 Harkiran was a product researcher at Coursera.
Jayesh Satish
MSIM, 2021
In late 2022, Jayesh reported: "It's been almost two years since I joined Campfire Analytics as a Data Engineer and have been working full time since my graduation. It feels like I am making a difference to a great community of people I work with at my firm. I have also been connecting with few of the current MSIM students to help them with any questions regarding the program or getting internships, as I feel I was in the same place about few years ago. But it has been a good few years full of learning and new challenges and hopefully new year brings the same."
Maureen Shaughnessy
MSIM, 2021
As of 2022, Maureen was working at Microsoft as a program manager and getting to use skills from the MSIM program in UX design and information architecture to better the onboarding experience for new employees.
Ashmann Syngle
Informatics, 2021
As of 2021, Ashmann was working as a software engineer at HBO Max.
Erik Thomas-Hommer
Informatics, 2021
As of 2021, Erik was working as a Software Developer at Amazon while trying to start a hospitality SaaS company on the side.
Abigail Tish
MSIM, 2021
As of 2023, Abigail was doing cyber/risk consulting at Deloitte.