Monday December 7th:

*The Scott/Ross Center Graduate Student Civic Engagement Liaison Board-Graduate Student Mixer
5:00 pm – 5th Floor, School of Management (SOM) Building
Celebrate the end of the semester with grad students from across all 5 Simmons graduate schools and meet your Scott/Ross Center for Community Service Graduate Student Civic Engagement Liaisons! We’ll be discussing our upcoming events including Global Service Week and Stand Against Racism, but primarily want to take the opportunity to meet and have a good time with our fellow grad students! We’ll have free snacks, music, and games! RSVP at encouraged but not necessary to attend.

Tuesday December 8th:

*LIS455 Usability & User Experience Research Course Presentations
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Kotzen Conference Room, LeFavour Hall
Come learn from fellow SLIS students enrolled in Dr. Tang’s LIS 455 Usability & User Experience Research course as they give their final presentations on the usability and UX research studies they conducted this semester! Join us and other members of the LIS community at 1-4 pm on Tuesday 12/8 in the Kotzen Conference Room (LeFavour Hall). You’re welcome to attend some or all of the presentations, and snacks will be provided! RSVP on Eventbrite.

*PLG Presents: Self Care Session
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm – Collaboratory
This has been a tough semester, both because hello grad school and because of events going on around the world. PLG recognizes that one of the most important radical things you can do is take time to take care of yourself. Stop by this session and let PLG help! We’ll have tons of comfort food (mac and cheese, anyone?) along with stress-relief goodies. And as always, some of our chairs will be around to lend an ear for that vent session you’ve been holding back, or recommend their favorite tips for being kind to yourself.

Wednesday December 9th:

*Resume X Event SLA
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – SOM 501/502
ResumeX is a career development workshop in which LIS professionals review current graduate students’ resumes and cover letters, offering constructive feedback for improvement. Please bring copies or your resume, cover letter, and business cards. Dinner and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided. Any questions, please email [email protected].

Friday December 11th

*SLIS Digital Library Unveiling
10:00 am – 11:00 am – Kotzen Room

*”Hour” of Code
11:00 am – 1:00 pm – Common Grounds
Contact Nanette Veilleux for more details.

*Amy Greer Dissertation Defense
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Collaboratory
“Describing the Invisible: How White Youth Services Librarians Perceive Race in Urban Public Libraries”

*LISSA End of the Semester Party
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Kotzen Room
LISSA invites you all to our “end of semester” event on Friday, December 11th from 5-8 PM in the Kotzen Room. For the first hour, we will have a scavenger hunt. We will meet in the Kotzen Room for instructions and then venture off, in teams of up to 5 people, and at least one of them will need to have either a smart phone or digital camera to record items found. Then we will return to the Kotzen Room, announce the winners, and have food and a great party. We hope to see you there!

Sunday December 13th

*Panopticon Movie Night
7:00 pm – 9:30 pm – S-183 Science Building
Come join Panopticon for our end of the semester wind-down/netflix and chill. We’ll have Capri-Suns, movie night snacks, a screening of the 1957 Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy movie Desk Set, and a gentle discussion of Panopticon’s goals for next semester. Please bring your pajamas, blankets and pillows, and your love of Christmas-themed movies from the 50’s about librarians (you are SLIS grad students, aren’t you?). We’re so excited to see you! RSVP here.