The Undergraduate Experience Team’s overall goal is to enhance library support for a diverse group of undergraduate students in Rutgers-New Brunswick. This includes collaborating with colleagues from the Libraries and university partners and creating meaningful experiences that impact students in and outside of the classroom. We focus primarily on first year and transfer students, but hope to expand and target our reach in the next few years to undergraduate researchers, STEM students, underrepresented minority students, and first generation students. The team provides planning, creativity, and leadership in support of student engagement. Our work is guided by ACRL Standards. The Team is regrouping with new membership and focus over the summer.
Plans for this coming year include the creation of an undergraduate student advisory/ambassador program. A diverse group of students will be selected to participate in meetings with Team members and other stakeholders in the Libraries. We hope to engage these participants in two ways: 1) soliciting real-time feedback for ways to improve their experiences with the Libraries, as well as 2) educating them about the work of the Libraries and the value we can bring to their university experience.
The Undergraduate Experience Team Leader is Lily Todorinova. The current members are Leslin Charles and Laura Palumbo. We are interested in adding one more additional member. Please reach out to Lily if you are interested!