Please join us in welcoming Meera Garud to the LIS faculty in a new permanent Instructor position! Meera has served as full-time temporary Instructor with the LIS program since 2019, and she will continue to coordinate the school library preparation program. Her focus is on understanding how educators can help students graduate high school while preparing them for college, career, and life success. Meera served as Co-President of the Hawai‘i Association of School Librarians from 2018–2020, and she also works closely with the Hawai‘i State Department of Education, supporting professional development opportunities for in-service school librarians. She earned her MLISc from UH Mānoa and BA from UC Berkeley.