<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">The School of Library and Information Science at Wayne State University is pleased to announce a partnership with the <a href="http://www.dalnet.lib.mi.us/" target="_blank">Detroit Area Library Network (DALNET)</a> and the <a href="http://www.libcoop.net/" target="_blank">Suburban Library Cooperative (SLC)</a>, to offer $6,000 scholarships to paraprofessional employees of libraries within the cooperatives who are pursuing their MLIS degrees. These scholarships will give each recipient $1000 tuition remission per semester, over six semesters, while pursuing the 36-credit MLIS. This special scholarship is funded by the WSU Graduate School. There are eight scholarships available to new MLIS students for the Fall 2015 semester.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Requirements to receive the scholarship include:</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><ul><li><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher</span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">two (2) years of relevant work experience</span></li><li><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">admission to the WSU-SLIS MLIS program </span></li><li><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Personal statement between 250 and 750 words stating educational background and professional objectives</font></li><li><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;">Letters of recommendation letters from two (2) individuals who can assess their academic or professional qualifications</span></li></ul></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Applications will be accepted May 20 - July 20 for the Library Workforce Development Scholarship.</font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Further information and the scholarship application can be found at http://slis.wayne.edu/library_workforce_development_scholarship.php</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><div>Questions? Please contact SLIS at slis.admissions@wayne.edu. Or attend an upcoming SLIS Information Meeting: </div><div><ul><li>June 3 (on-campus) - http://events.wayne.edu/2015/06/03/slis-prospective-student-information-meeting-57421/</li><li>July 16 (online) - http://events.wayne.edu/2015/07/16/slis-prospective-student-information-meeting-online-57411/</li></ul></div><div>Regards,</div></font></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><br><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span></span><div>Wayne State University<br>School of Library and Information Science<br>106 Kresge Library<br>Detroit, MI, 48202<br>313-577-1825 • Toll free: 877-263-2665 • Fax: 313-577-7563<br><a href="http://www.slis.wayne.edu/" target="_blank">www.slis.wayne.edu</a> • <a href="mailto:asklis@wayne.edu" target="_blank">asklis@wayne.edu</a> </div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wayne-State-University-School-of-Library-and-Information-Science/212466548779929?sk=info" target="_blank"><img src="cid:33f9b0abef63b612907d15083983fa7fe06cff68@zimbra"></a><span></span><br></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><style>p { margin: 0; }</style><style>p { margin: 0; }</style></div></body></html>