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First-Year Librarian Reaches Students, Masses Through TikTok

MLIS student Jennifer Miller holds books in a library. To the left is the ILRS department logo on a blue background.

As a first-year librarian, Jennifer Miller turned to social media, specifically TikTok, for tips from others in the field. In less than a year, the UNC Greensboro Master of Library and Information Science student has gone from someone who had never used TikTok to being the most followed school librarian on the platform with over 417,000 followers and 11.3 million likes.


Real-World Research Allows Leck, Huff to Represent UNCG at Graduate Education Day

UNCG students Sarah Leck and Sarah Huff were among grad students from across North Carolina who attended Graduate Education Day in Raleigh, meeting with legislators

Research that is having a direct impact on North Carolinians led to UNC Greensboro students Sarah Leck and Stacy Huff representing the university, and the School of Education’s Department of Information, Library, and Research Sciences, at the annual Graduate Education Day hosted by the North Carolina Council of Graduate Schools.


Sellers Named UNCG Student Teacher of the Year

Melanie Sellers, 2024 UNCG Student Teacher of the Year, headshot on blue background next to the UNCG School of Education logo

Melanie Sellers, enrolled in the Birth-Kindergarten licensure program, was selected as the 2024 UNCG Student Teacher of the Year. Sellers completed her student teaching at WNCSource Children’s Center in Hendersonville, N.C. 


McCaskill, Ho Selected as 2024 Smiley Award Recipients

Mary Beth McCaskill (left) and Youn Jung Ho (right), recipients of the 2024 Smiley Award

The Smiley Award, which supports global educational opportunities for current School of Education (SOE) undergraduate and graduate students, has been presented to undergraduate student Mary Beth McCaskill (Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education) and graduate student Youn Jung Ho (Department of Counseling and Educational Development). These students will represent the SOE as Global Education Ambassadors through international or local engagement.