Director of Program Planning and Outreach Appointed

The NCSU Libraries is pleased to announce the appointment of Marian G. Fragola as Director of Program Planning and Outreach, effective September 7, 2010.

mgfragol As Director of Program Planning and Outreach, Fragola will provide programming that builds connections and networks between the NCSU Libraries and the university community. She will plan and manage the Fabulous Faculty Series, the Student All-Star Series, the Amazing Alumni Series, develop new programs, and serve as Director of the North Carolina Literary Festival when that event is next hosted by North Carolina State University.

Fragola most recently served as Adult Programming and Humanities Coordinator at the Durham County Library where she envisioned and delivered programs in literature, history, and the arts, reflecting the diverse constituency of Durham County. Working with scholars from institutions across North Carolina and with well-known authors, she created a humanities program for the library from the ground up. She brings a strong background in marketing, promotion, and fundraising to this position. In a previous position she was Associate Campaign Director at the Atlanta firm of Coxe Curry & Associates, providing campaign counsel and management services for nonprofit fund-raising campaigns ranging from $1.5 to $13 million. Earlier, she served as Development Associate for the Carolina Theatre of Durham and as broadcast coordinator/copywriter for Belk in the Triad.

Fragola's program Poetry for Everyone  was awarded the Achievement Award by the National Association of Counties, and the Outstanding Adult Program Award by the North Carolina Public Library Directors Association. In 2009, her article, "Intergroup Dynamics: Librarians and Paraprofessionals in the Workplace" was published in Library Leadership and Management . Fragola holds the M.S.L.S. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Bachelor of Arts in English, magna cum laude from Washington University, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.