MLIS student Maria T. Palacio has been awarded the 2008 Florida Library Association (FLA) Minority Scholarship. Each year the FLA awards three scholarships of $2,000 to MLIS students: one to an FSU student, one to a USF student, and one to a minority student at either school. The scholarships are primarily funded through donations and a silent auction at the annual FLA conference.

Maria, a second semester MLIS student focusing on the College’s leadership and management track, is a 2007 graduate of the Sunshine State Library Leadership Institute. She is the Multicultural Program Coordinator for the Lee County Library System in Fort Myers and is a member of the FLA.