St. Catherine University: SLA

The SLA Student Group is now accepting nominations for the Chair of Finance and Chair of Communications positions! If you are interested in participating in the Student Group leadership next year, please email us at stkatesla@gmail.com by November 25th. Officer positions for SLA are fairly fluid from year to year. As an SLA co-chair, you'll work with the other leaders to assign tasks, determine expectations, and set goals together.   Currently, the roles are defined as follows: Chair of Communications Reminder emails Blog Twitter posts Create flyers and marketing Represent SLA at orientation Chair of Finances Provide finance updates Make the agenda Take minutes Handle money Reimbursements Pizza coordinator! (when we can meet in person...)  

Vote for SLA's new Chair of Events! We'll announce the winner during our meeting on Wednesday, May 13th. https://forms.gle/gifm2GFianCuA7yk6

Following the announcement from St. Catherine that all classes will be moving online for the remainder of the semester, SLA will be working to do the same . We will still be holding our April 8th meeting at 5:15 online . More details will be coming via email. Don't forget, we are taking election nominations for our event chair! Send us an email or join the meeting to nominate someone. Our hope is to hold our scheduled April 6th Professionals Panel in some online form, possibly at a later date than previously scheduled. We are working with our panelists to find the best solution and will let you know as soon as we can. There is still time to submit essays for the Travel Stipend ! DEADLINE MARCH 25th! SLA has not yet cancelled its annual meeting and so we are still moving forward with travel stipend funding. As things are changing fast, often daily, we will work around whatever happens.  Networking is an important part of what we provide as a student group and we want...

The SLA Student Group is now accepting nominations for next year's leadership positions!  If you are interested in participating in the Student Group leadership next year, please email  stkatesla@gmail.com  by  A pril 10 . We'll hear from the nominees at the April 11 meeting and hold elections after that. Officer positions for SLA have been fluid in definition from year to year. As part of the team, you may assign tasks, determine expectations, and set goals together. For the 2018-2019 year, the officer roles were defined as follows: Chair of Communications Blog Twitter posts Create flyers Reminder emails  Pizza coordinator Chair of Events Vision and delegating roles for event planning Room reservations SGO liaison SLA-MN Liaison Chair of Finances Provide finance updates, handle money Make the agenda Take minutes

Attention everyone: the SLA Student Group has new leadership! Our new officers are: Co-Chairs: Sarah Larsen and Katelyn Torell Treasurer: Gardner Brenneisen Welcome, officers! Let's make the 2016-2017 school year our best one yet.

It's almost the end of the school year and there's lots to celebrate! Congratulations to Jill Peuranen, our SLA Scholarship winner! Jill will receive $1,000 towards attendance to the SLA Conference this summer in Philadelphia. Our second Information Professional Panel on April 30th went well. We had a last-minute fourth panelist in the fantastic Carolyn Bates, SLA-MN President and Senior Research Analyst at JLL Real Estate. As a whole, the panelists had thoughtful answers and it was an enriching experience for everyone involved. We are still looking for a President and Vice President for the 2016-2017 school year. Leading a student organization can be a great way to get professional development opportunities and boost up your resume without too much stress or time commitment. Try it out! If you or anyone else you know is interested in being an SLA officer for next year, send an email to stkatesla@gmail.com .

Our next SLA meeting is this Thursday, April 7 at 5:15pm in CdC 20. Since it's nearing the end of the semester, we'll be talking about elections for next year. In addition, we'll be talking about the SLA scholarship and the next information professional panel. For more detail, check out our meeting agenda Hope to see you all there!

It's been a busy semester, and we're ready to wrap it up with our last SLA meeting of the year this Thursday, December 17th at 5:00pm - 5:45pm in CdC 17. Please join us to learn about a tour of the Walker Center Library coming up in January, a recap of the SLA-MN Holiday Party last Monday, and our search for a new VP. Cheers!

Are you interested in a simple, fun way to build your resume and network among library professionals in MN? If so, you should consider becoming a St. Kate's SLA officer. On Thursday, May 8 at 6 p.m. we will meet at the Happy Gnome in St. Paul to elect officers for next year and plan for the group's future. Being an officer is a rewarding experience. You have the opportunity to raise money for scholarships. You can set up library tours. You get to participate in the MN SLA's board meetings and work closely with other members on the state level. The experience and contacts you'll make will be invaluable and it's not overly time consuming despite your biggest fears. With about a meeting a month, we were able to set up a library tour each semester, a few happy hours during each semester and plan our fundraising activities. Even if you haven't been able to attend any of the meetings so far or can't make Thursday's Happy Hour, you are still eligible t...