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Hannah Edlund
MLIS, 2021
Hannah started working at Rice University’s Fondren Library, the Kelley Center for Government Information, in February 2022. The Kelley Center is home to Rice and Fondren’s Federal Depository Library Program and Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC). She is the Government Information Librarian, and most importantly, the PTRC representative. Hannah is primarily responsible for the main Fondren Instagram account and the Kelley Center social media channels.
Greyson Fields
Informatics, 2021
As of 2021, Greyson was working as a product manager at VMware, working on the Cloud Commerce team.
Greyson reports: "I'm working across all of VMware's products and services, helping build an end-to-end SaaS and Subscription Commerce Platform."
Padma Gundapaneni
Informatics, 2021
As of March 2022, Padma was working as a Data Scientist at T-Mobile and pursuing a master’s degree in Data Science from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Locksley Kolakowski
Informatics, 2021
After graduating from the Informatics program, Locksley TA'd for INFO 200 for one more quarter. Then she joined Accenture as a Software Architect Analyst. She's starting the online MSIM program this fall with her two siblings, who are also Informatics alumni. Her twin sister is working at Avanade and her brother at Amazon.
Seth Kurke
MLIS, 2021
As of 2021, Seth was an archivist/Indigenous studies outreach coordinator for Documentary Educational Resources based in Watertown, Massachusetts. They have a large repository of films made by ethnographers and anthropologists documenting various aspects of Indigenous life around the globe. He was hired to revamp their catalog to make it more accessible and also to do outreach to Indigenous communities documented in the film for efforts of digital repatriation. Since it is a new position, Seth has the advantage of creating a workflow for the position and establishing standard practices.
Mahlon Landis
MLIS, 2021
Mahlon accepted a Librarian position with Seattle Public Schools in November 2021.
Kendall Marshall
Informatics, 2021
In 2022, Kendall was working as an IT Project Manager at REI, focusing on IT infrastructure. She was assisting with managing requirements for REI’s fourth distribution center opening and was leading the IT scope for 14 store remodel projects.
Matthew Mun
Informatics, 2021
As of 2021, Matthew was working for Amazon as a software development engineer.
Conrrado Saldivar
MLIS, 2021
In 2022, Conrrado reports:
"Since graduating in August 2021, I was elected as Vice President of the Wyoming Library Association. I then started a new job as Outreach and Development Librarian at the Wyoming State Library at the end of 2021. In January 2022, the President of the Association stepped down and I became acting President. This came right after the Association signed an agreement with EveryLibrary to begin an awareness, advocacy, and training program to combat the attacks on Intellectual Freedom in Wyoming. Learning on the fly, I navigated this experience and partnership to better serve the Association.
"This month, we'll be launching all components of this statewide program to better prepare our library staff for any issues they may face.
"I'm thankful for the Collection Development course, and all of those that touched on advocacy. I'm also grateful for my fellow coursemates for showing me what teamwork really means. There's no way I could have undertaken this sudden Association project without learning how to delegate, communicate, and coordinate with multiple individuals.
"I was also recently appointed to ALA's ODLOS Advisory Committee to offer dynamic perspectives to help guide the strategic direction of ODLOS, will assess program effectiveness, encourage the exploration of new ideas and initiatives, and strengthen the growth of equity and inclusion within the American Library Association and the profession as a whole. My term ends June 2023."
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.