ARL Career Enhancement Program Fellows 2009 Selected

In an earlier message I included information about the three fellows in this program who will be coming to UK. From the ARL press release:

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Career Enhancement Program Coordinating Committee has selected 18 fellows to participate in the inaugural offering of the program.
The ARL Career Enhancement Program, funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services and ARL member libraries, gives MLS students from underrepresented groups an opportunity to jump-start their careers in research libraries by providing a robust fellowship experience in an ARL member library. This program reflects the commitment of ARL members to create a diverse research library community that will better meet the new challenges of global competition and changing demographics.

The 2009 Career Enhancement Program fellows are:

Anissa Ali, Wayne State University
Sandra Baker, University at Albany, State University of New York
Genevia Chamblee, University of North Texas
Jason Escalante, Pratt Institute
Regina Gong, Wayne State University
George Gottschalk, University of Oklahoma
Katie Henningsen, Long Island University
Susan Hoang, San Jose State University
Hyeran Kang, Indiana University
Adrienne Lai, University of British Columbia
Sara Lee, Pratt Institute
Arturo Longoria, University of Texas at Austin
Bethany McGowan, University of South Carolina
Diana Olivares, University of Arizona
Monica Shin, Simmons College
Veronica Vichit-Vadakan, University of Washington
Minglu Wang, University of Iowa Y
ani Yancey, University of Maryland

The Career Enhancement Program has four main components: a six- to twelve-week fellowship experience in an ARL library, a mentoring relationship with a professional librarian throughout the fellowship, participation in the ARL Leadership Institute, and career placement assistance. The host institutions for the fellowship experience are:

University at Albany, State University of New York
University of Arizona
University of California, San Diego
Columbia University
University of Kentucky
National Library of Medicine
North Carolina State University
University of Washington

For more information about the ARL Career Enhancement Program, see http://www.arl.org/diversity/cep/.