ARL Leadership Symposium, February 2025
The ARL Kaleidoscope Program (KP) Task Force has chosen 16 graduate students to participate in the 2025 KP cohort, based on recommendations from the KP Selection Working Group.
The Kaleidoscope Program is a two-year commitment designed to prepare IBPOC graduate students for purposeful and consequential careers in research libraries and archives by focusing on professional development; institutional operations; engagement with new and established peers; and other topics relevant to the values, goals, and missions of research libraries and archives. Kaleidoscope Scholars receive financial support for tuition and professional development, mentoring, and access to educational experiences and signature events.
“I am grateful to have been selected to read through each applicant’s story and aspirations in the library field,” said Inbar Michael, KP Selection Working Group member. “As a recent Kaleidoscope Scholar, I am excited to see what the upcoming cohorts bring to libraries!”
“I was amazed and inspired by the quality of the Kaleidoscope Program Scholars applicant pool,” said Greg Raschke, senior vice provost and director of libraries at NC State University Libraries and KP Selection Working Group member. “The exceptional backgrounds of the applicants and the selected cohort only enhance my optimism for the future of librarianship.”
The 2025 Kaleidoscope Program Scholars are:
- Gabi Benedit, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Sarah Flora Chocron, University of Toronto
- Marina Luz Corrales, San José State University
- Mina Guan, The University of British Columbia
- Cate Gvon, University of California, Los Angeles
- Alia Hijaab, The University of British Columbia
- Summer Ibarra, University of California, Los Angeles
- Migyeong Jeon, University of Maryland
- Rujipa Laosin, The University of Arizona
- Clara Obeng-Akrofi, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Nikki Orue, Syracuse University
- Dalia Quezada, San José State University
- Joanna Ruiz Legarda, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Andrea Tribble, The University of Alabama
- Reagan Walker, Simmons University
- Majiyebo Yacim, University of Missouri
For more information about the program and the 2025 Scholars, visit the KP website.
About the Association of Research Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit membership organization of research libraries and archives in major public and private universities, federal government agencies, and large public institutions in Canada and the US. ARL champions research libraries and archives, develops visionary leaders, and shapes policy for the equitable advancement of knowledge.
