Student Life at SLIS

Posted October 30, 2025 by Aurora Daniel

This time of year is typically when I hit my stride–I’m settled into my classes, there’s sweater weather and leaf piles, and I know what I have to do to finish the semester strong. This year is slightly different in that I’ve also reached the summit of student leadership. As both the Library and Information Science Student Association (LISSA) president and the chair of Panopticon, the arts-focused organization at SLIS, I had a lot planned for this semester, but most of the heavy lifting wrapped up this Friday.

So what have we been up to? LISSA has been trying to think about ways to engage as many students as possible. In September we had a bingo raffle card with activities on it to get oriented to Simmons campus that was accessible for both in-person and online students. Additionally, we held a book-club event that was more like speed-friending with people’s favorite genres as the ice breaker. This was so wildly popular that we’re looking for ways to create this as a regular event either with the next LISSA board or at the Simmons Library.