The 2015 Ruth Fine Memorial Student Loan Recipient: Melanie Medina
At DCLA’s 2015 Awards Ceremony on the beautiful Drexel University rooftop, the 2015 Ruth Fine Memorial Student Loan was presented to Catholic University Library School student Melanie Medina.
Melanie Medina is a graduate student in the Library and Information Science program at The Catholic University of America. Actively engaged in the communities where she lives and works, Melanie is committed to supporting students in service of their own education goals. Melanie provides library instruction, reference services, and support in both English and Spanish, and aims to spend her career serving diverse communities in ways they themselves feel is most beneficial. Melanie received her BA from Smith College, and now volunteers as a Smith College Alumnae Admissions Coordinator, where her focus is on increasing the number of minority and community college transfer applicants from the Washington, DC area.
This year’s DCLA Student Financial Assistance Committee was composed of JenniferManning, Victor Benitez, Jessica McGilvray and (past Fine Loan recipient) Matthew Plank.
To learn more about the Ruth Fine Memorial Student Loan and its past recipients, click here: http://www.dcla.org/student_winners. To donate to our Student Loan Program so we can continue to support future information professionals in the DC area, please visit: http://www.dcla.org/Donate.
