The School of Information Management would like to congratulate all of our newest MLIS and MIM graduates! It was a day of celebrations on May 26th, starting with the lovely brunch provided by our returning MLIS students under the leadership of Hannah Steeves, followed by our awards ceremony, then the Convocation ceremony and reception. It was wonderful to meet your friends and family, and celebrate this important achievement together. We extend our best wishes to those graduates were not able to attend.

We welcome all our new graduates to the SIM alumni family, look forward to hearing about your successes and participating in your ongoing careers. Please continue to communicate with us via LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter (@dalsimnews), and this blog.

Special congratulations to the 2015 convocation award winners:

Atlantic Provinces Library Association Award: Valerie Collins

Director’s Award: Alieda Blandford, Shauna Hall-Coates

Information Technology Prize: Valerie Collins

J. Clement Harrison International Award: Marvellous Unuadjefe

Leadership Award: Andrea Kampen, James Rothwell

Louis Vagianos Medal: Alieda Blandford

NSLA Graduation Prize: Maria Bartlett; Ben Worth

SIM Research Award: Alison Froese Stoddard, James Ross

SIMSA Outstanding Service Award: Andrea Kampen

Special Libraries Association (Eastern Canada Chapter) – Anne Galler Award: Hilary Lynd

Beta Phi Mu Candidates: Alieda Blandford, Valerie Collins, Alison Froese Stoddard, Kaitlin Haley, Shauna Hall-Coates, Alyssa Harder, Andrea Kampen, Veronika Kollbrand, Hilary Lynd, James Ross, James Rothwell, Dominique Taylor

Great work, Class of 2015. We are very proud of all of you!

– Dr. Sandra Toze