“While serving as interim dean for more than a year, Cindy has demonstrated strong leadership, particularly in leading the libraries through the many challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Lundgren said. “She has demonstrated her commitment to our diversity and inclusion values by fostering an organizational culture that encourages open dialogue and produces tangible outcomes.” Lundgren said those outcomes include a library-wide action plan and revision of the libraries’ Safe and Respectful Environment policy.
Thompson自2016年起担任威尼斯人娱乐城机构审查委员会主席。 She has augmented the libraries’ resources by leading a dramatic increase in grant applications and strengthening resource-sharing relationships with other institutions. 朗格伦说，她也一直是一个有效和有影响力的倡导者和大使，为威尼斯人娱乐城图书馆在全州和UM系统。 她曾在2021年担任密苏里图书馆协会主席。
汤普森是该校校友，拥有威尼斯人娱乐城教育领导、政策和基础博士学位，重点是高等教育管理和公共事务与管理。 She received a master’s degree in Information Science and Learning Technologies, with an emphasis in Library Science, from UM-Columbia.
作为院长，她说她将继续致力于为学生和教师提供创新的图书馆服务，重点是支持学生的学业成功和教师的研究和奖学金。