The 2009 Gumberg Library Endowed Student Scholarship has been awarded to Daniel Terbush, a student in Physician Assistant program in the Rangos School of Health Sciences. Dan is employed as a student aide in the Circulation Department and has worked at the library since the fall of 2008.
Dan is the sixth recipient of the $500 award. The scholarship was founded by Gumberg Library employees as part of Duquesne University’s previous Capital Campaign, to recognize the contributions of student workers to the accomplishment of the library’s mission. Any student aide currently employed in the library who has been employed in the library for two or more terms and plans to return to work in the library the following term is eligible to apply.
In his winning scholarship essay, Dan stated that “Unlike other jobs available to college students, working at a library allows a student to integrate themselves into the University’s desire to serve God by serving students. Work done in the library directly correlates with students’ abilities to obtain their goals and succeed in life.” Dan also noted that working at Gumberg Library has given him “the unique opportunity to work in an atmosphere that encourages my education and sustains the spirit of the mission statement.”
A brief presentation ceremony at the library will take place during National Library Week, on Gumberg Library Student Aide Appreciation Day, Thursday, April 16, at 2:00 p.m. All are welcome.
Fundraising for the scholarship endowment is ongoing. Gift information is available on the University’s website at http://www.giving.duq.edu/giving-annual.html. Anyone wishing to contribute should specify that their gift is intended for the Gumberg Library Student Endowed Scholarship.
