March 2025 Newsletter

Career Center seminars, announcements, and videos for March 🍀

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Career Center
March 03, 2025

We have two exciting seminars for you this month!

Links to information about each seminar are below, and more detailed information can be found further into our newsletter:

If you want to see our upcoming videos when we post them:

Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.

SARAH BLAKELY

All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.

WALT DISNEY

Information about the Library Funding Tax Renewal


There has recently been much publicity on the issue of library funding and the renewal
of the library tax, and many people have called the library asking for clarification.
Thus, we would like to provide some information on that subject.

The East Baton Rouge Parish Library system is funded almost exclusively by a
10-year Dedicated Property Tax, which will expire at the end of this year.

On February 12th, the library asked the Metro Council to put a renewal on the ballot
for October, giving citizens the option to extend this property tax and continue
funding the library system, as has been done for 30 years. This proposal did not pass.

In a separate resolution, the Mayor’s Office proposed to move all library funds into
a general fund which the Mayor could redirect to any other City-Parish department
as he saw fit. This includes all funding for the next 10 years, as well as dedicated funds which voters previously approved for library operations. No information was provided
on how much funding the library would be left with under this plan.

The Mayor’s proposal will be heard at a Metro Council meeting on March 12th.
If the Mayor’s proposal is passed at that time, it will appear on the ballot in October
instead of the library renewal tax. All Council meetings are open to the public.

More information can be found here:
https://www.ebrpl.com/about/library-millage-proposals/

March Seminars


PRODUCTIVITY HOUR
EVERY MONDAY BEGINNING MARCH 10, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Main Library at Goodwood
Room B, Second Floor

The Career Center’s Productivity Hour is for workers of all stripes – even students and hobbyists and non-busy-bodies. Bring your laptop, literature or project and join us for an hour-long session of productivity. Participants are expected to work quietly, but at the end of the session will be asked to share their progress.

Free Wi-fi access will be available, along with pen and paper, and light refreshments. Laptops are available upon request. Ages 16 and up are welcome to attend.

The program takes place at the Main Library on Goodwood
every Monday from 6:00 – 7:30 pm starting March 10, 2025.
No registration required - just show up with your project!


HOW TO PAY FOR COLLEGE:
NAVIGATING SCHOLARSHIPS AND FINANCIAL AID
TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Main Library at Goodwood

College is getting more expensive by the year.

Come and learn what tools and support are out there to help you afford college,
as well as strategies to maximize financial awards.

Find out how and where to research the right scholarships for you
and how to successfully apply to get them.

Registration is required. To register, call 225-231-3733 or click here.