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Thanks to Our Volunteers


Each spring, during National Volunteer Week, we say a special thanks to the people who give their time to help ensure that our community enjoys great library service. These 181 individuals and 25 groups generously helped the library from March 2023 through February 2024. Their contributions total 7,065 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 25 community groups:

Alpha Epsilon Delta, University of Illinois
Alpha Phi Omega, University of Illinois
American Medical Women’s Association, University of Illinois
Biomedical Engineering Society, University of Illinois
Business Council, University of Illinois
Centennial High School
Champaign County Probation
Engineering Outreach Society, University of Illinois
Fergus Therapy Dog
Hack4Impact, University of Illinois
IDEA Lab, University of Illinois
Illinois Geometry Lab, University of Illinois
Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, University of Illinois
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, University of Illinois
Mu Epsilon Delta, University of Illinois
Phi Delta Epsilon, University of Illinois
Phi Gamma Nu, University of Illinois
Prancing Pearls, University of Illinois
R.E.A.C.T., University of Illinois
Retired & Senior Volunteer Program
Volunteer Illini Projects (VIP), University of Illinois
Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois
Women in Nuclear, University of Illinois
Women’s Basketball, University of Illinois
Zen The Rapper

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

Ayesha Abbasi
Amrit Agarwal
Perry Akrie
Ted Andersen
Patricia Anderson
Ruth Anderson
Alexa Arrant
Ashim Ashim
Evelyn Ashley
Louise Audrieth
Mary Avelis

B

Prateek Bansal
Soumya Bhave
Gail Block

C

Rhadz Carriedo
Donna Chapel
Molly Chartrand
Alan Chen
Penny Chen
Ryan Chen
Ken Choodam
Kyu-Been Chun
Jo Church
Ashley Cook
Mary Cornell
Alexandria Coutinho
Kaylee Crushshon
Baraka Culpepper

D

Carolina De Lucca
Sarah Dodoo
Julia Drake
Will Drake
Kim Durr

E

Sam Ehlinger
Roxana Elmi

F

Maya Favila
Jim Fay
Jane Feilen
Daniel Feng
Etienne Fields
Alex Finiak
Jason Fisher
Jean Flood
Richard Flood
Lev Frank
Nate Franklin
Kate Frasca
Emily Friedman
Melissa Frost
Takashe Fulce

G

Clara Galbraith
Sandeep Garg
Suhani Garg
Alex Gianakopoulos
Paula Goebel
Claire Graham
Robin Gregory

H

Shari Hall
Evalyn Harper
Susan Hartter
Aki Hasegawa-Johnson
Avah Hichcock
Valerie Hill-Galey
Elena Hoang
Ella Hoerner
Devin Hornsby
James Hutzenbiler

I

Jonathan Isom
Grace Issac

J

Joseph Jaskula
Lela Jensen
Peiyuan Jin
Steve Johnson
Heaven Jones
Riley Jones

K

Karen Kaiser
Janaki Kapadia
Kiranjot Kaur
Susie Kautzer
Haley Kedzierski
Orion Keel
James Jiduk Kim
Nicole Kim
Fatma Kirci
Emily Klose
Mary Kraus
Betsy Kuchinke
Sumanth Kumar
Ohhyun Kwon

L

Tyeler Laboray
Patricia Lacey
Suriya Prakaash Lakshmi Balasubramaniam
Caturah Lawal
Jacob Leczycki
Justin Li
Mark Lipton
Bryan Liu
Jennifer Lutz
Michelle Lynn

M

Sheila Macmanus
Josue Martinez Mora
Megan McEvoy
Mary McMillen
Faisal Memon
Christine Merritt
Ava Miltz
Brett Mobily
Rylyn Monahan
Diana Mosher
Makkah Mujahid
Winter Murray

N

Tara Natarajan
Tyler Niccolls
Nita Nichols
Naomi Niekerk
Kyle Nusbaum

O

Robert O'Daniell
Margery Osborne

P

Sonia Patel
Jelena Pejkovic
Gaby Perez
Nethmi Periyannan
Veni Periyasamy
Amari Perry
Sharon Peterson
Lauren Pirkle
Aaliyah Polite
Chandana Poola
Devanshi Popat
Hannah Pucin

R

Piyush Rathee
LaSonia Reed
Judy Reinhart
Ariadna Reyes
Ann Ried
Yvonne Ritsema
Lailah Rivers

S

Mia Salerno
Aminah Sallah
Lynne Sancken
Allyson Sayasane
Christina Schalk
LaNita Schuster
Andrea Serna
Shreyas Shastri
Stan Shobe
Heather Siebert
Asta Simonovic
Shreyas Singh
Joseph Specht
Erik Spitzner
Keyani Stewart
Brianne Stone
Genevieve Stone
Betsy Su
Eldrick Surheyao

T

Megan Tafalla
Emily Tam
Alice Taylor
Andranna Thomas
Christina Tran
Irika Tso

U

Fred Underhill

V

Tessa Valera-Castro
Jason Vassos
Dhana Lakshmi Venda
Sally Vinanzaca
Katarina Vrtikapa
Karl Vu

W

Jan Weber
Cierra Welch
Emily Widra
Annika Wilcox
Indigo Wilkins
Vanessa Williams
Bracken Wimmer
Betty Wiseman
Gaye Wong
Hayley Woodrich

X, Y, Z

Fiona Xiao
Lily Yang
Morgan Yang
Guangchun Zheng

Longest Years of Service

We are especially grateful for our longest-serving volunteers: 

20+ Years
Karen Kaiser

10 Years
Jonathan Isom
Stan Shobe 

5–9 Years
Louise Audrieth
Jo Church
Jason Fisher
Jean Flood
Steve Johnson
Betsy Kuchinke
Margery Osborne
Lynne Sancken
Betsy Su
Jan Weber
Betty Wiseman

 

Most Volunteer Hours

Some individuals contributed hundreds of hours in the past year!

234 hrs – Lauren Pirkle
228 hrs – Louise Audrieth
203 hrs – Jo Church
185 hrs – Karen Kaiser
138 hrs – Jason Fisher
101 hrs – Steve Johnson
98 hrs – Fred Underhill
91 hrs – Stan Shobe
90 hrs – Jane Feilen
88 hrs – Lev Frank
85 hrs – Donna Chapel
76 hrs – Margery Osborne
75 hrs – Mary Avelis
74 hrs – Michelle Lynn
72 hrs – Molly Chartrand
66 hrs – Emily Tam
64 hrs – Diana Mosher
64 hrs – Ruth Anderson
64 hrs – Emily Widra
63 hrs – Kim Durr
62 hrs – Lynne Sancken

 

 

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