{"id":3675,"date":"2015-12-31T16:50:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T16:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/?p=3675"},"modified":"2019-01-14T21:02:53","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T21:02:53","slug":"best-wishes-to-our-graduating-student-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2015\/12\/31\/best-wishes-to-our-graduating-student-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Wishes to Our Graduating Student Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Lindsay Moen, Department Liaison<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It has only been a few months into my new position as Department Liaison, and one of my major job duties is to supervise the student employees. I did not anticipate that\u00a0the hardest part of this new job would be watching wonderful students graduate and leave the department.<\/p>\n<p>This Fall 2015\u00a0semester, two outstanding students graduated:\u00a0Zo\u00eb Webb and Mallory Price. Both students will be sorely missed, and I think I can speak for the entire department when I say, they will be hard to replace!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3677\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3677\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2015\/12\/31\/best-wishes-to-our-graduating-student-workers\/students\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3677\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3677 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/12\/students.jpg\" alt=\"students reading cards\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zo\u00eb and Mallory reading graduation cards from the Special Collections staff.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Zo\u00eb Webb graduated this semester from the University of Iowa School of Art and Art History with a degree in Art, and finalized her undergraduate career with a BFA show titled &#8220;Don&#8217;t Stray From the Path&#8221;. Zo\u00eb&#8217;s show featured a room not only filled with her original artwork, including some impressive metal works, but it also included artistically placed trees and leaves to give the viewer the sense of walking through an ethereal forest inhabited by faeries.<\/p>\n<p>Zo\u00eb began her Special Collections journey in January 2012, where she has completed a wide variety of projects\u00a0in the department. She&#8217;s made spine labels, processed books, including hundreds of science-fiction paperbacks, and helped with some major shifting projects in her many years here. I will definitely miss her shared love of fandom, expert artistic skills, and knack for finding amazing things on accident.<\/p>\n<p><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3675 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/12\/2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/12\/2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Zo\u00eb in front of her art show.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3678\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3678'>\n\t\t\t\tZo\u00eb in front of her art show.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/12\/3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/12\/3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"A piece from Zo\u00eb&#039;s show.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3679\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3679'>\n\t\t\t\tA piece from Zo\u00eb&#8217;s show.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<br \/>\nMallory began working in the Special Collections department in May 2014, and during her time here has been our primary front desk student. Along with assisting patrons with numerous questions, ranging from helping them to use the scanner, to detailed research questions, Mallory has proved herself to be a huge asset in all things reference! I will miss her\u00a0expertise in helping others, her positive attitude, and friendly smile!Mallory Price graduated this semester from the University of Iowa School of Music with a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Music, with a focus on Music Therapy. An outstanding violin player, Mallory finalized her undergraduate career with a Senior Recital, playing music from Beethoven, Fritz Kreisler, and Dvo\u0159\u00e1k<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-3675 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2015\/12\/31\/best-wishes-to-our-graduating-student-workers\/img_0652\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/12\/IMG_0652-e1450737246966-300x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Mallory playing at her Violin recital.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/12\/IMG_0652-e1450737246966-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/12\/IMG_0652-e1450737246966-1024x794.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3684'>\n\t\t\t\tMallory playing at her Violin recital.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/2015\/12\/31\/best-wishes-to-our-graduating-student-workers\/img_0653\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/speccoll\/files\/2015\/12\/IMG_0653-e1450737495699.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Mallory excited to be finished!\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-3685\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-3685'>\n\t\t\t\tMallory excited to be finished!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>On behalf of the entire Special Collections and University Archives Department, we wish\u00a0Zo\u00eb and Mallory the best of luck in the future!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lindsay Moen, Department Liaison It has only been a few months into my new position as Department Liaison, and one of my major job duties is to supervise the student employees. I did not anticipate that\u00a0the hardest part of this new job would be watching wonderful students graduate and leave the department. 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