Thanks to Our Volunteers

Each spring, during National Volunteer Week, we say special thanks to the people who give their time to help ensure that our community enjoys great library service. These 278 individuals and 35 groups generously helped the library from March 2025 through February 2026. Their contributions total 1182.5 hours! 

We also thank our Library, Foundation, and Friends Board members, and the dozens of helpers who work in our FriendShop Bookstore.

Groups

In the past year, we enjoyed assistance from members of these 36 community groups:

Alpha Epsilon Delta, University of Illinois
Alpha Phi Omega, University of Illinois
American Medical Student Association, University of Illinois
Biomedical Engineering Society, University of Illinois
Bob and Therapy Dog Tyler
Champaign Church of Christ
Champaign County Probation
Champaign Park District
Carol and her therapy dog
Centennial High School
Chris and Therapy Dog Eli
Cindy and Therapy Dog Bree
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, University of Illinois
Division of Intercollegiate Athletics, University of Illinois
Entomology Club, University of Illinois
Family Services Volunteer Program
Illini Rotaract Club, University of Illinois
Illinois Engineering Ambassadors, University of Illinois
Illinois Mathematics Lab, University of Illinois
Illinois Space Society, University of Illinois
Improve Group, University of Illinois
Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, University of Illinois
InSPIRE, University of Illinois
JAMAVMA, University of Illinois
Kim and Therapy Dog Billy
MEDLIFE, University of Illinois
Mu Epsilon Delta, University of Illinois
Music Education, University of Illinois
Omega Delta Phi, University of Illinois
Phi Delta Epsilon, University of Illinois
Phi Gamma Nu, University of Illinois
REACT, University of Illinois
Volunteer Illini Projects, University of Illinois
Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois
Women in Nuclear, University of Illinois

Individuals

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |

A

Marwa Ahmed 
Hannah Albee 
Mackenzie Alston 
Connor Amundsen-Kuester 
Priyal Anand 
Ted Andersen 
Patricia Anderson 
Ruth Anderson 
Hyoung Sook Ann 
Audrey Arlis 
Filza Armadita 
Louise Audrieth 

B

Claire Baffes 
Rishi Bandhuvula 
Srijita Banerjee 
Erin Barkley 
Clara Belitz 
James Belmar 
Patrick Benedict 
Abigail Beug 
Sarah Bijoy 
Bethany Bissonette 
TJ Black 
Mieke Blackwell 
Noelle Blazek 
Kayla Boyd 
Parker Burk 

C

Henty Carpenter 
Kara Carpenter 
Samantha Carrillo 
Sandra Castaneda 
Braylen Chaney 
Donna Chapel 
Cynthia Chavez 
Maggie Cheng 
Charlotte Chesser 
Isreal Chinonso 
Lily Gayoung Choi 
Yuri Choi 
Tina Chuang 
Kekoa Chung 
Abby Circelli 
Neely Coker 
Garrett Colbert 
Ian Conklin 
Ashley Cook 
Mackenzie Cook 
Kathi Cullop 

D

Grayce DeWitt 
Tjerck DeWitt 
Marisol Diego 
Kayla Dixon 
Vas Djuranovic 
Mrinali Dole 
Mina Dominguez 
Olivia Donaldson 
Megan Donnan 
Julia Drake 
Kolin Dugle 
Ana Duvergel 

E

Joseph Edamala 
Dee Ehler 
Lojine Elmaghraby 

F

Maya Favila 
Jane Feilen 
Blessing Felters 
Daniel Feng 
Patricia Fettig 
Moses Fisher 
Jean Flood 
Richard Flood 
Nate Franklin 
Lilly Frantz 
Melissa Frost 
Lynne Fuchs 

G

Nuo Gan 
Divit Gemawat 
Ricardo Gertiser 
Shrividya Ghosh 
Terri Gitler 
Paula Goebel 
Caroline Gonzalez 
Bailey Graham 

H

Evan Hannum 
Kathy Hansen 
Claudine Hanson 
Raina Hargest 
Evalyn Harper 
Nina Harris 
Angenette Hart 
Ben Hart 
Sue Hartter 
Kate Harty 
Alison Hassen 
Corinne Henderson 
Isaac Henry 
Andrea Hernandez 
Dashaun Hits 
Ian Yen Hoang 
Libby Holcomb 
Nathan Holcomb 
Hannah Hong 
Albert Huang 
Sara Huber 
Changhyun Hwang 

I

Zainab Ibrahim 
Jonathan Isom 

J

Devin Johnson 
Steve Johnson 

K

Karen Kaiser 
Sophia Kalantzis-Cope 
Surkhab Kaur 
Susie Kautzer 
Marie Keating 
Ryan Keltner 
Kayla Kirkendall 
Kristopher Koepcke 
Oktaria Kolnel 
Lexi Koperski 
Adelaide Kota 
Michael Kristofka 
Linda Kwan 

L

Patricia Lacey 
Ian Lamsargis 
James Lasley 
Maura Last  
Maribel Laughlin 
John Leonard 
Jane Ziying Li  
Marie Jingjing Liang 
Alex Libberton 
Yaxin Lin 
Mark Lipton 
Lilenys Lone 
Martha Lopez 
Corrina Lueptow 
Yan Luo 
Aubrey Lutz 

M

Rita Mandhan 
Aviv Markovich 
Kristin Martin 
Alexandra Martinez 
Karigan McAdams 
Megan McEvoy 
Mary McMillen 
Sarah McNamara 
Helen Mei 
Jesica Meleika 
Andrew Merheb 
Christine Merritt 
Connor Michelson 
Saahil Minocha 
Diego Miranda 
Glyce Mitchell 
Estevan Morales 
Diana Mosher 
Ashley Mueth 
Kenia Muhoro 
Bella Muniz 

N

David Needham 
Erin Nicholas 
Adellaide Nielson 
Maya Novick 
Kyle Nusbaum 

O

Sean O'Brien 
Robert O'Daniell 
MaryRose O'Donnell 
Kathleen O'Donovan 
Alexia Ortiz 
Margery Osborne 
Cynthia Osorio Resendiz 
Susan Osterbur 
Sara Ostermeier 
Rachel Overby 

P

Iris Page 
Alex Pantano 
Samuel Park 
Alpaben Patel 
Dilipkumar Patel 
Keemi Patel 
Swara Patil 
Gregory Peoples 
Sharon Peterson 
Sam Phillips 
Leah Piotrowski 
Lauren Pirkle 
Oksana Popova 

Q

Jialu Qin 
Kari Quintana 
Lupita Quintana 

R

Muhammad Rahman 
Ashwini Rajmane 
Harlow Ratnaswamy 
Prarthana Rawal 
Louis Reid 
Judy Reinhart 
Lily Xiaoyan Ren 
Karen Retzer 
Grace Rhee 
Kim Rice 
Isabel Rios-Tejeda 
Glo Roberts 
Gisele Rodriguez 
Sandie Rosborough 

S

Mary Sabo 
Valeria Saez 
Selma Salk Elci 
Emily Salvani 
Grace Sancken 
Lynne Sancken 
Nihan Sanic 
Kit Santa Ana 
Nori Scaife 
LaNita Schuster 
Robert Schwalm 
Rishit Shah 
Stan Shobe 
Mary Alice Short 
Yasmine Sidavi 
Jerry Sims 
Divvya Singh 
AJ Slagell 
Alex Slagell 
Myiesha Snell 
Noelle Song 
Anna Sooley 
Mairam Soufi 
Joseph Specht 
Nataliya Spirydovich 
Erik Spitzner 
Haritha Srikanth 
Duane Stasiewicz 
Nancy Stasiewicz 
Laura Stepp 
Krish Sundareswar 

T

Chad Talinger 
Najah Terrell-Walker 
Samiha Thatikonda 
Karen Thomas 
Victoria Todd 
Jillian Tomasino 
Emma Tong 
Irika Tso 
Ekaterina Tsytsarina 

U

Brooke Udaykee 
Sharon Ukagwu 
Fred Underhill 
Isabella Uriarte 

V

Kate Vilbar 
Benjamin Vogt 
Akhila Vyas 

W

Kathryn Walters 
Andy Wang 
Zi Wang 
Amanda Wasserman 
Nicholas Wease  
Cydnee Weber 
Jan Weber 
Jayden Wen 
Chaquita Wheeler 
Eva White 
Nia White 
Emily Widra 
Anna Williams 
Samyla Williams 
Bracken Wimmer 
Ross Wolf 
Bryan Wong 
Gaye Wong 
Cale Workman 

Y

Coco Yaxin Yan 
Lily Yang 
Arjun Yelamanchili 
Caitlin Yopp 
Caroline Yu 

Z

Mia Zaragoza 
Raymond Zhang  
Mikaela Zuercher