This past month has been filled with meetings for numerous organizations, both student organizations and local. Two that I had the chance to attend were the Special Libraries Association (SLA) – Pittsburgh Chapter meeting and the School of Information Sciences Graduate Organization (SISGO) meeting.

The SLA meeting occurred on Monday, September 30 and covered “ePortfolios and Beyond.” Nancy Flury Carlson, a member of SLA, gave a broad overview of where to create these, the benefits, and her experience in the creation of her own ePortfolio. It was a great opportunity to meet the local SLA chapter, eat delicious food from Salim’s, and get insight into how ePortfolios have helped these professionals in their careers.

This morning I attended the SISGO meeting. As an officer of DSO and SAASC, I am a voting member of SISGO. This was an informational meeting discussing the nuts and bolts of what to expect this upcoming year. Our staff liaisons were very encouraging of the students to do as we will. We have a wide range of freedom to utilize our student activity fee in a constructive manner; planning and executing professional, academic, and social events for our iSchool student body.

As Commonwealth Scholars, Jourdan and I plan monthly Social Hour, and recruitment events for prospective iSchool students. However, we are just as excited to be a part of more events through our officer roles, events benefiting our student body in other capacities as well!

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