Cynthia Lord Harrison Scholarship Announced for 2025
Bike Kilic (Bremerton Martin Luther King Jr. branch) and Laura Joradan (Bremerton Martin Luther King Jr. branch) are the 2026 awardees of the Cynthia
Lord Harrison Library Scholarship Fund. Bike will be working towards her advanced MLIS degree at the University of Washington (Seattle), and Laura Jordan will be working towards the same degree via the online program at San Jose State University.
The CHLHLSF was established in 2008 in honor of Cynthia "Cindy" Harrison, manager of the Bainbridge branch of the Kitsap Regional Library from
1991 to 2007. The
fund was established to provide support for those seeking to further their
professional careers in librarianship. To be eligible for the award,
applicants must be either a volunteer or employee of Kitsap Regional Library
and must be accepted or enrolled in an accredited, graduate-level library and
information science program. Past
recipients have included Tressa Johnson, Rebecca Dyehouse, James Logan, Lisa (Tyler) Longmire, Stacy Wyatt, Carina Langstraat, Meredith Tummeti, Erika Miller, Liz Ochoa, Rosie Bromberg, Reagan Callahan, Olivia Muzzy, Beth Steinbach, Pam Crowe, Dmitry Chandler, Danielle Haight, and Whitney Peet. Including this year's awards, since 2011 the CLHLSF has awarded $32,750 in scholarships.
