40 Student Chapter Members Chosen to Participate in 2012 Student to Staff Program

Forty ALA Student Chapter members were nominated by their schools and were accepted to assist ALA staff during the 2012 ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim.

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Forty ALA Student Chapter members were nominated by their schools and were accepted to assist ALA staff during the 2012 ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim. In exchange for working four hours a day (or a total of 16 hours), these students participating in the ALA Student to Staff Program receive free conference registration, housing, and a per diem for meal expenses.

During free time, students attend programs and participate in other conference activities. This year’s students are  (in alphabetical order by last name of student):

• Elizabeth Anastasi—State University of New York, Albany (NY)
• Elizabeth Borghi—San Jose State University (CA)
• Maggie Brewer—University of Rhode Island (RI)
• Kristi Brumley—University of North Texas (TX)
• Dorothy Chalk—Indiana University (IN)
• Yolanda Clayborn—Chicago State University (IL)
• Deanna Day—University of Southern Mississippi (MS)
• Aimee Fairchild—Louisiana State University (LA)
• Sarah Fallik—University of British Columbia (BC)
• Stacey Flynn—University of Maryland (MD)
• Stephanie Friree—University of Alabama (AL)
• Franny Gaede—University of Texas—Austin (TX)
• Rachel Gammons—University of Tennessee, Knoxville (TN)
• Ashely Guy—University of Wisconsin, Madison (WI)
• RoseMary Hedberg—University of South Florida (FL)
• Brianna Hoffman—Emporia State University (KS)
• Lea Anna Hoffman—University of Hawaii, Manoa (HI)
• Esther Marie Jackson—State University of New York, Buffalo (NY)
• Phill Jo—University of Oklahoma (Norman) (OK)
• Hayley Johnson—University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (WI)
• Kristin Johnson—East Carolina University (NC)
• Meredith Keeter—University of South Carolina (SC)
• Gina Kessler—University of Washington (WA)
• Chelsea Kovalevskiy—Valdosta State University (GA)
• Jeff Lambert—Drexel University (PA)
• Lesley Looper—North Carolina Central University (NC)
• Rachel Ann Lux—University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (IL)
• Aurelia Moser—Pratt Institute (NY)
• Kerry Ann O’Donnell—Simmons College (MA)
• Leah Picker—University of Pittsburgh (PA)
• Lindsay Roberts—University of Denver (CO)
• Chelcie Rowell—University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (NC)
• Lisa Rowland—Northeastern State University (OK)
• Rienne Saludo—Florida State University (FL)
• Melody Townley—Rutgers, State University of New Jersey (NJ)
• Julie VanHoose—University of Kentucky (KY)
• Amy VanSlocum—Wayne State University (MI)
• Lauren Wallis—University of North Carolina, Greensboro (NC)
• Michael Widdersheim—Clarion University (PA)
• Sara Zettervall—St. Catherine University (MN)

To qualify for the ALA student-to-staff program, each student must be a current ALA member and a student chapter member, and cannot have previously participated in the program. Moreover, the student must remain an ALA member through the ALA Annual Conference that he or she is nominated to participate in. Qualifying students are chosen by their schools (e.g., by a random drawing, essay contest, etc.).

The chosen student’s name must be submitted to the Chapter Relations Office by the group’s faculty advisor. Only one student will be accepted per chapter. Information about the program is sent to the schools each year in early December, and the deadline for submitting a name is February 1.

Because only 40 students may participate, and there are 56 of 61 active student chapters, participants are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.