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Ryan M McGinnis

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GUEST BOOK

Vicki Steiner: Congratulations on reaching this exciting milestone, Ryan! It was a pleasure working with you at iSchool in INFO 203, and I look forward to learning of your continued success. — Vicki

Ryan M McGinnis

The degree of

Master of Library and Information Science

Virtual Convocation
2018

PROFILE

Current residence: La Grande, OR, US

I wanted to earn a masters degree because:

I decided that it was time to take a step forward, in terms of my professional development. I'd plateaued in recent years, stagnating due to a combination of circumstances in the workplace and a lack of necessary education. This degree program seemed the best way to remedy that situation, either through opening of new professional opportunities, or through a new level of knowledge and abilities in my existing employment.

While earning my degree, my greatest supporters were:

My family, particularly my wife, parents, and as my sister, who all worked tirelessly to assist me in keeping my daughter out of my hair from ages two to four when I had homework!

While in the program, I met classmates from:

All walks of life, across the United States, and even students from a wide variety of international locations!

What I liked best about online learning was:

This program offered me the ability to "work from home", which was critical due to my full-time employment and full-time co-parent status!

What I enjoyed most about my experience at the SJSU School of Information was:

Being able to have a better work/life/study balance, and the opportunity to "meet" so many different people from the comfort of my own residence.

I plan to use my degree to:

Support the values of library and information science in my library and community.

Now that I have completed the program, I'm most looking forward to:

Sleeping! But in all seriousness, I'm hoping I can find a way to support and advance the mission of the library and information organizations that I currently work for, or work for in the future.