Spectrum Scholarship Program

Affirming our commitment to diversity and inclusion by seeking the broadest participation of new generations of racially and ethnically diverse librarians
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What We Do

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The Spectrum Scholarship Program actively recruits and provides scholarships to American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Middle Eastern and North African, and/or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students to assist them with obtaining a graduate degree and leadership positions within the profession and ¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ.

Through the Spectrum Scholarship Program, the ¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ affirms its commitment to diversity and inclusion by seeking the broadest participation of new generations of racially and ethnically diverse librarians to position ¹Ü¼ÒÆŲÊͼ to provide leadership in the transformation of libraries and library services.

Multicultural students collaborate in the library

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