Wayne State University Giving Day is today! This annual event gives Warriors and the entire Wayne State University community a chance to Inspire Opportunity through charitable donations to scholarships and other student-support funds.

You can make a donation in honor or memory of a colleague, friend, or family member. You can also direct your contribution to a specific scholarship that supports students in a particular field of study related to library and information science.

Visit the Giving Day website to make your contribution. Be sure to select "School of Information Sciences" from the Designation drop-down menu. Also, you'll have the opportunity to indicate a specific scholarship fund that you would like to support.

The full list of SIS Scholarship opportunities can be viewed on the SIS website. Our scholarships cover many types of student need and academic focus. Here are four scholarships that are an excellent example of the variety of support provided to students:

Robert P. Holley Endowed Scholarship
This award gives preference to students who have worked in or been involved with libraries serving urban communities in the 50 largest American cities by population.

Margery A. Long Scholarship for Archival Administration
Named after longtime Audiovisual Archivist Marge Long, who began her career in 1972 at Wayne State University's Archives of Labor History and Urban Affairs. This scholarship fund recognizes scholastic achievement and encourages continued academic progress. The award provides assistance to students in financing their education in the field of Archival Administration at Wayne State University.

Joseph J. Mika and Marianne Hartzell-Mika Endowed Scholarship

The Joseph J. Mika and Marianne Hartzell-Mika Endowed Scholarship is open to any graduate student enrolled in the School of Library and Information Science with a minimum 3.5 GPA. This scholarship was established by long-time SLIS Professor and former Director Joseph Mika and his wife, Marianne Hartzell-Mika, to recognize high scholastic achievement and to assist students currently working in a library.

Cymbrie Pratt Trepczynski Scholarship for Archival Administration
This scholarship was established in honor of Cymbrie Pratt Trepczynski who graduated with her MLIS and Archival Administration certificate from Wayne State in 1993 and pursued a career as an archivist working on projects for GM, Detroit Federation of Teachers and the Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs at WSU. The award recognizes scholastic achievement and provides assistance to students in the archival administration graduate certificate program.