At its November 9 faculty meeting, the School of Information Sciences
honored Bonnie C. Carroll with its inaugural Distinguished Friend
Award.
The faculty and staff wish to acknowledge Carroll for her service, support, and guidance to the school over the years.
As president of Information International Associates (IIa), Ms. Carroll has helped provide a challenging and intellectually stimulating environment for dozens of SIS graduate students serving as interns for over the past 10 years. IIa employs many of the school’s brightest graduates and supports an information literate environment that is beneficial to the region. Carroll also serves SIS on the College of Communication and Information Board of Visitors.
In 2003, Carroll launched an annual scholarship at SIS for students pursuing technical fields of information science and library management.
Carroll was awarded the Department of Interior’s Conservation Service Award last year for “outstanding contributions” to developing the National Biological Information Infrastructure and other biological informatics efforts. Carroll is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Past President of the American Society of Information Science & Technology.
