CARLI Scholarship Recipients

The CARLI Scholarship, awarded for the first time in 2020, provides financial assistance to current employees of CARLI Governing Member Libraries pursuing graduate studies leading to a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

2024-2025

• Amanda Helm, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
• Grace Kraus, Prairie State College
• Quinn Sluzenski, Newberry Library
• Michelle Thole, Greenville University
• Alexandria Vlahos, Lewis & Clark Community College

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2023-2024

• Amanda Helm, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
• Kaitlyn Mae Weger, Olney Central College, Illinois Eastern Community Colleges

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2022-2023

• Brandi Castillo, Kankakee Community College
• Abigail Johnson, Lake Forest College
• Nathan Thebarge, Trinity International University

2021-2022

• Jacqueline Mann, Loyola University Chicago
• Abigail Mastin, University of St. Francis
• Kate Swope, Northern Illinois University

2020-2021

• Victoria Turner, Harper College Library, Palatine