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Published on: 8/18/2005
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Plemmons Leadership Medallion Awarded To Carter, Dull, Fuller and Rhodes
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Appalachian State University employees Joe Carter, Edith Fuller and Kelly Rhodes and recent alumnus Matthew Dull will receive the university's W.H. Plemmons Leadership Medallion during convocation Sept. 8.
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Kelly Rhodes is a reference librarian and assistant professor in the Carol Grotnes Belk Library and Information Commons.Rhodes joined the library staff in 1997.
Kelly Rhodes
She earned a bachelor of arts in journalism degree from Clark Atlanta University, a master of science in information science from the University of Tennessee, and an educational specialist degree in higher education from Appalachian.
As a reference and instruction librarian, Rhodes often provides students their first introduction to the library.
Rhodes helps students navigate the library's catalog and many databases and she teaches them to evaluate Internet sources.She provides undergraduate and graduate level bibliographic instruction, designs in-house library exercises and handouts, collaborates with faculty on library-based assignments, provides research assistance at the library's reference and information desk, and serves as a thesis research assistance librarian for the departments of communication, management, psychology, and human development and psychological counseling.
Rhodes initiated and coordinates the library's Research Advisory Program, which provides opportunities for students or faculty to receive one-on-one assistance from a research librarian.She also is the thesis research assistance librarian for the departments of art, communication, family and consumer science, and theatre and dance.
"Kelly is the perfect example of a faculty member who reaches out to groups of students," her nominator wrote."Kelly's rapport with students is universally recognized, and her service as a role model for minority students in invaluable.She has continually demonstrated a strong commitment to the enrichment of student life on campus."
Rhodes is the faculty advisor for the student service organization Ladies of Black and Gold, and the group Dancing for Jesus -- a praise dance group that performs at area churches and campus events.
Rhodes is a long-term member and current chair of the university's Diversity Scholarship Committee which interviews and recommends students to receive university scholarships.She serves on the university's Summer Reading Committee, has been a book discussion leader, and has taught in the Freshman Seminar program.
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