Louis T. Griffith Student of the Year

It's probably because our wonderful interns have been in the middle of finals and around less than usual, but we totally forgot to post about our annual Louis T. Griffith Student of the Year presentation, which was held early last week. The museum not only serves many students on campus, through its academic emphasis and resources, but we are also served by students to a large extent, and our student volunteers are a huge part of that. This year's Louis T. Griffith Student of the Year was Jennifer Mayer, from the public relations department, whose name you have no doubt seen at the bottom of many a blog post. She had to cut the cake, but all our other fabulous students got to eat it, and this event always serves as a way to express our great appreciation to all of them for the work they help us accomplish. Enjoy the slideshow above.

Louis T. Griffith Student of the Year

Our annual presentation of the Louis T. Griffith Student of the Year award was yesterday, and the award went to Sarah Quinn (she's the one holding the flowers above and posing between her parents; associate curator of education Carissa DiCindio is at the left), who has been working with the education department and volunteering at their events since 2006. It was a wonderful afternoon, full of cake and student appreciation. We love our interns and work-study students very much, and it's important for them to know how much they do for us. Photos are up on Flickr but for some reason aren't loading as a slideshow at the moment.

Edit: Slideshow is now working. See below.