[Tasl] FW: Information Technology Rural Librarian Master's Scholarship Program -- Apply Now!

[Sarah Culp Searles]

...and I checked with Dr. Mehra, and YES this program should work fine with
school media licensure requirements, if you're someone who's looking into
that type of program.

Sarah Searles

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Welch, Cindy Clevenger <cwelch11 at utk.edu>wrote:

> Forwarding on behalf of the School of Information Sciences at UT. For
> further information contact Dr. Bharat Mehra at bmehra at utk.edu (contact
> info below the post.)
>
> Cindy C. Welch, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor
> Coordinator of Youth Services
> School of Information Sciences
> University of Tennessee
> 445 Communications Bldg.
> 1345 Circle Drive
> Knoxville, TN 37996
> Phone: 865-974-7918
> Fax: 865-974-4967
> Email: cwelch11 at utk.edu
>
>
> Subject: Information Technology Rural Librarian Master's Scholarship
> Program -- Apply Now!
> Please distribute widely.
>
>
> Apply for an Information Technology Rural Librarian Master's Scholarship -
> Be an Agent of Change in the 21st Century!
>
> Are you a paraprofessional without a master's degree working in a rural
> library in the Southern and Central Appalachian region? Do you want to
> pursue graduate education via distance to develop your information
> technology skills and make a difference in your library and community? Are
> you interested in improving your library services and integrating
> information technology solutions that are tailored towards meeting the needs
> of your rural communities?
>
> If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you are a prime
> candidate for a University of Tennessee Information Technology Rural
> Librarian Master's Scholarship. Your goal should be to develop competencies
> that integrate information technology and rural library management issues
> towards community development outcomes. You should already have earned a
> bachelor's degree (or in progress of completion by May 2010) and work in a
> rural library setting in Southern and Central Appalachia.
>
> PROGRAM BENEFITS: Full-tuition scholarship for two years with an allowance
> for materials, part-time degree program with a structured,
> individually-tailored information technology and rural management-based
> curriculum with formal/informal professional mentoring by educators and
> practitioners.
>
> These Scholarships are funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and
> Library Services.
>
> Deadline: Application materials will be reviewed in January 2010 and
> admissions will be made on a rolling basis. The duration of the Information
> Technology Rural Librarian Master's Program is June 2010 - August 2012.
>
> Contact: Bharat Mehra, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Information
> Sciences, University of Tennessee.
>
> Email: bmehra at utk.edu <mailto:bmehra at utk.edu>  Phone: 865-974-5917
>
> For more information see our website:
> http://www.sis.utk.edu/rural-librarianship <
> https://tmail.utk.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.sis.utk.edu/rural-librarianship>
>  (cut and paste the URL in your web browser).
>
>
>
> #######################################
>    Bharat Mehra, PhD
>    Assistant Professor
>    School of Information Sciences
>    University of Tennessee
>    # 454 Communications Building,
>    1345 Circle Park Drive
>    Knoxville, TN 37996-0341
>
>    Telephone: (865) 974 5917 (O)
>    E-mail: bmehra at utk.edu
>    Homepage: https://www.sis.utk.edu/user/118 <
> https://www.sis.utk.edu/user/118> ;
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> https://web.utk.edu/~bmehra/ <https://web.utk.edu/%7Ebmehra/>>  (cut and
> paste the URL in your web browser).
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