 My name is Becky Loveridge and I am an MLIS student with San Jose States School of Information and I was just informed that I have won the 2015 Spring HW Wilson Scholarship. I am so excited to receive this. It will be a big help to my education. I've been in the MLIS program for about a year and a half now and I have loved what I've been able to learn. But balancing work and school and family and all the other personal responsibilities that we all have is definitely a challenge. And so this scholarship will certainly help me with that. I have loved what I've been able to learn through this program. I love being a part of libraries and archives and other information centers. Prior to beginning my studies with the MLIS program, a friend of mine asked me very incredulously why I was doing this. She thought surely that sort of master's degree, that sort of occupation and career path certainly cannot be very exciting. Certainly can't be what you want to do. But I have loved what I've been able to learn. Libraries, archives, information centers are vital to our society. They are very important to the education of everyone in society. And I love being able to learn how I can be a bigger part of that. And so I thank you very much for this scholarship. It will really help me continue to further my career goals.