Scholarships and Fellowships

GSLIS Fellowships

GSLIS offers five Dean's Fellowships, all of which offer paid tuition and an assistantship for one year (three semesters) with the possibility of renewing at the end of the fellowship period. Dean's Fellows have the opportunity to work closely with faculty, staff, and students on a variety of projects. Complete details on these fellowships are available by downloading the PDF documents linked on this page.

Expected availability is noted below. If you would like to be considered for a Fellowship, please contact and send a cover letter to Assistant Dean of Admission and Recruitment Denise Davis at denise.davis@simmons.edu. Candidates will be considered until the positions are filled.

As of February 2008, availability is as follows:

Fellowship	Expected Availability
Fellow for Dean's Initiatives	Spring 2009
Dean's Fellow for Teaching Assistance	Summer 2010
Dean's Fellow for Technology Support	Spring 2010
Dean's Fellow for the Mass. Center for the Book	Fall 2009
Dean's Editorial Fellow	Spring 2010

Fellow for Dean's Initiatives
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The Fellow for Dean's Initiatives provides administrative and organizational assistance on GSLIS initiatives, international programs, special events, and alumni activities as well as coordinating related press releases and announcements. This fellow works primarily with the dean and administrative manager, but has close interaction with many staff members. It includes an internship at the Simmons library.

Dean's Fellow for Teaching Assistance
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The Dean's Fellow for Teaching Assistance works with the Technology team in the under the supervision of the Assistant Dean for Technology. The Fellow supports WebCT Vista 3 by working closely with the College's WebCT office; designing course templates; and training faculty and staff on Vista functions. The Dean's Fellow also develops lab software and hardware workshops for faculty, staff and students; supports Continuing Education classes both in-person and online; and helps design and supports online courses. The Dean's Fellow works with a variety of multimedia applications and basic productivity software in a multi-platform environment. The Dean's Fellow works collaboratively with faculty, staff, and students in instructional support with web design and digital audio and video components. The Dean's Fellow is part of the Technology team, and is expected to assume team goals and responsibilities.

Dean's Fellow for Technology Support
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The Dean's Fellow for Teaching Assistance works with the Technology team in the Technology Lab under the supervision of the Assistant Dean for Technology. The Dean's Fellow for Technology Support is the primary support for the Assistant Manager of Technology in all aspects of workstation maintenance, server support, and application installation. This position will also assist the Assistant Manager of Technology with workshops relating to the Technology Orientation Requirement and other technical instruction as needed. The Dean's Fellow is provided opportunities to develop and build upon technical skills in server and workstation environments, project management skills, customer relations management, instructional skills, library process management, and problem tracking and solving techniques. The Dean's Fellow is part of the Technology team, and is expected to assume team goals and responsibilities.

Dean's Fellow for the Massachusetts Center for the Book (MCB)
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This fellow helps administer and promote the Massachusetts component of Letters About Literature, a national reading and writing program of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, and also assists in fund raising and developing MCB web pages. This person is supervised by the Executive Director of the MCB.

Dean's Editorial Fellow
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* The deadline for the Fall 08 Editorial Fellowship is due on April 1.

This fellow supports faculty editorial projects, in particular Library & Information Science Research. Duties include copyediting, proofreading, and other administrative functions pertaining to the publications. Other work includes supporting GSLIS publications with writing, copyediting, proofreading, and design. This fellow is supervised by the Director of Curriculum and Communications.

Alumni Scholarship Awards

The GSLIS Alumni Association provides a number of annual scholarships, some of which are awarded each year in memory of alumni and friends of the school. It is not necessary to apply for these scholarships separately. By completing the financial aid application process by the appropriate deadline, a student is considered for all types of assistance the College offers. Alumni scholarships include:

The Anna Antoniewicz Scholarship
The Helen Barthelmes Scholarship
The Helen Noyes Bickford Scholarship
The Florence T. Blunt Scholarship
The Margaret D. Brenner Scholarship
The Dorothy W. Budlong Endowed Scholarship
The Dr. David A. Chernin Scholarship
The Irene Christopher Endowed Scholarship
The Muriel (Potter) Depopolo Scholarship
The June Richardson Donnelly Scholarship
The Juan R. Freudenthal Scholarship
The Jacqueline and Marshall Kates Endowed Scholarship
The Pearl Mason Keller Scholarship
The Mary Kinney Scholarship
The John P. Laucus Scholarship
The Ruth Leonard Endowed Scholarship
The Library Science Endowed Scholarship
The Zdenka Munzer Scholarship
The Rebecca B. Rankin Scholarship
The Agnes Spencer Roach Scholarship
The Florence R. Robertson Scholarship
The Dolores Maddocks Sayles Endowment Scholarship
The Beverly Ryd Small Scholarship
The Miriam M. Smith Scholarship
The Ruth Tyler Scholarship
The Lucille Wert Current Scholarship
The Lucille Wert Endowed Scholarship
The H.W. Wilson Foundation, Inc. Scholarship
The Elizabeth L. Wright Endowed Scholarship