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Student Spotlight: Lauren Young

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

Lauren Young is a senior majoring in art history and magazine journalism and minoring in music. She will graduate from the University of Missouri in May.  During the fall 2011 semester Lauren researched and studied Ellis Library’s copy of the … Continue reading →

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Teaching Spotlight: Lena Sheets, Smithton Middle School

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

Lena Sheets has a master’s degree in education and teaches world cultures at Smithton Middle School in Columbia.  In December 2011, she brought 150 sixth-grade students to tour various collections on the MU campus, including Special Collections and Rare Books.  … Continue reading →

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Student Spotlight: Jen Para

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Jennifer Para is a freshman from Rogers, Arkansas, majoring in business. As part of Julie Christenson‘s section on the ancient world, part of the honors humanities sequence, Jen and her classmates worked with rare and historic materials in Special Collections, … Continue reading →

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