New Initiates and Guest Speaker Noreen Y. Whysel
“A lovely Initiation Ceremony and Dessert Reception were hosted by the Beta Phi Mu Theta Chapter on May 17, 2017.
“Guest Speaker Noreen Y. Whysel (SILS ’14) gave a fantastic keynote speech, which she described below:
Dreams, Resilience and Making a Difference
Our goal as we embark on our journey as Pratt SILS graduates is to make a difference. Whether we leave Pratt to become a school librarian, a legal librarian, a UX designer, or an archivist, we stand as a gateway between a deluge of Information and the people we serve.
“Using an example of a proposed 9/11 geographic archive, Noreen Whysel explained how between our dreams and our goal of making a difference is resilience.”
The full talk transcript and presentation slides