I See Its Success

Posted November 1, 2025 by June Kramer

Being student on the SLIS West campus can feel like a lot of things: a hustle, a joy, a grind, a whole lot of work, and very worth it. I’m currently in the middle of the semester, piling up assignments so that I can make room for a couple of scheduled long weekends. This means spending three days a week at my practicum elementary school, and accelerating the rate of papers that I’m writing. 

But I don’t feel alone in this work. The Simmons library program goes deep, especially in Massachusetts. Several people in my orbit are graduates of the program: my upcoming librarian in the spring practicum, my practicum advisor, even a co-worker at my part-time public library job. Which is to say, I am able to have confidence in the program that I am in, because I see its success all around me. When it feels like too much work to sustain, I can remember that I have this future ahead of me, working in a school and changing lives. 

Much of the most beautiful work is difficult. I couldn’t be more grateful for the experience that I have, and I cherish the next semester and a half.