Jane Wise (center, left) winner of the Michele C. Russo Library Student Worker Scholarship, posing with Dean Emeritus Michele Russo (left),  Dean Vicki Bloom (center, right), and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Jann Joseph (right).  (photo: Joe Haase)
Library Prize for Undergraduate Research winner Jason Rose (center) poses with Dean Vicki Bloom (left) and history professor Dr. Lisa Zwicker (right). 
(photo: Joe Haase)

Library Celebrates Russo Student Worker Scholarship & Library Prize for Undergraduate Research Winners  
Students majoring in English and history honored at spring reception

By Julie Elliott

 

 

Jane Wise, recipient of the Michele C. Russo Library Services Student Worker Scholarship; and Jason Rose, winner of the Library Prize for Undergraduate Research, were honored at a reception on Friday, April 17 at the Schurz Library. 

Rose won the 2015 Library Prize for Undergraduate Research for his paper,  "The Politics of Persuasion: The 'NO HYMN of hate' of the CPI and the Four Minute Men during the First World War." Written for Dr. Lisa Zwicker's Twentieth Century Europe history class and later refined, thanks to a university SMART grant, Rose spent many hours visiting local archives to read primary source material. He also received research assistance from history subject librarian Alison Stankrauff. Professor Zwicker was especially impressed by the depth and breadth of Jason's research, along with his persuasive and nuanced analysis.

Dean of Library Services Vicki Bloom, in her introduction to Rose's award, stated, "Jason, you have set the gold standard. In Dr. Zwicker's 10 years of teaching at IU South Bend, she's never encountered a student so dedicated to the history department and to mentoring other students."

Wise, who works at both the Wiekamp Educational Resource Commons and the Library Administration Office, is majoring in English. She plans on pursing her PhD in literature once she graduates. Wise is currently learning Japanese and hopes to visit and study there in the future. Dr. Jake Mattox, in his letter of support for Wise, notes that " Jane is, quite simply, a model university student exhibiting all the habits that lead to intellectual and educational advancement: she is hard-working, willing to take risks, intellectually curious, and clearly able to succeed while juggling academic, work and life obligations."

Dean Bloom, in her introduction for Wise,  commended Jane's ability to  move easily from one project to another while providing superb customer service.

  

"Both of these students epitomize the best of IU South Bend," said Dean Bloom. "They're motivated, diligent, poised, reflective, and committed to giving 110 percent, if not more."

 

Head of Archives Alison Stankrauff (left) with Dr. Hayley Froysland, Associate Professor of History. Stankrauff works regularly with Froysland's students and has inspired several to pursue careers in archives/library science. (photo: Julie Elliott)
 

Alison Stankrauff also known for mentoring students and inspiring future archivists
 

By Julie Elliott

 

Head of Archives Alison Stankrauff has had a strong team of student interns over the years, and her work with them has led to several pursuing archival work as a career.

 

"One word that comes to mind when I think of Alison is inspirational," said Dr. Hayley Froysland, Associate Professor of History.  "This is especially true for students who work with Alison as interns in the archives. There have been a number of students who started their work with her not really knowing what an archivist does and ended the semester saying, 'because of Alison and working at the archives, I have decided to pursue a graduate degree and career in Archival/Library Studies.' What better compliment and testament to Alison's commitment, passion, and ability to inspire?!"

 

In addition to her work as the campus archivist, Stankrauff is an active subject librarian, working with history, gender studies, and African American Studies. The faculty in these departments admire her energy and expertise.

 

"She has conducted library classes for my HIST-H217 (Nature of History) students and always does a fabulous job," said Froysland.  "Not only is she knowledgeable and helpful, but she LOVES to help students! She has such a passion for history and for truly wanting to help others learn."

 

In addition to her work with students and classes in her subject areas, Stankrauff also often consults with courses that are learning about working with archives, such as Dr. Jay VanderVeen's ANTH-A390 (Story of Stuff) course.

 

"[The students] were much more prepared for the final assignment after hearing about the archives on campus," said VanderVeen. "With reference to the archives, I cannot express how much [Stankrauff's] expertise was a benefit to the final exhibit. Many students spoke with me about how they were using the material in the archives (with [her] guidance) or how objects there spurred the direction they took with their own artifact."

 

VanderVeen noted that the class's final exhibit, A History of IU South Bend in 30 Objects, which was hosted in the library last December and January, and which has a blog presence at: http://anth-a390.blogspot.com/, was a great success.

 

"It has been a pleasure to work with Stankrauff," he continued.  "I am very pleased to have a library with a creative staff that allow me to try different things with my courses."

 

In addition to her work with students and faculty, Stankrauff has been active in archiving local history. Last year IU South Bend partnered with St. Joseph County Public Library to receive an Indiana Memory Digitization Grant to tell the story of African Americans in St. Joseph County. As a result, photographs, documents and newspapers held at the two libraries and the IU South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center were digitized.  They are now available for public view in the Michiana Memory website. The group recently were awarded a second Indiana Memory Digitization grant to continue this project.  

  

Giving to the Library
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The faculty and staff of the Franklin D. Schurz Library take great pride in the resources and services we offer to meet our mission. We can only maintain this high quality through the additional support from individuals and organizations like you. Please visit https://www.iusb.edu/library/about/donation.php to learn more about how to donate to the library. 

  

Interested in collections? Select the Franklin D. Schurz Library Fund (0320003739), Schurz Library Endowment (0370007892), and/or Wiekamp Educational Resource Commons Fund (0320003890).  

 

Interested in scholarships? Select the Endowed Russo Library Worker Scholarship (0370007943) and/or the Franklin D. Schurz Library Fund, which supports the Library Prize for Undergraduate

Research

 

Interested in digitization? Select the Franklin D. Schurz Library Fund.

 

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