Cookies spark joy, and today, the most comprehensive resource in North America on labor and employment is sparking joy for students, faculty and staff.

George Boyer is one of many who never misses the Catherwood Library Cookie Day, which includes a book giveaway.

“I always go to Cookie Day.  I go mainly for the books, although I never turn down a free cookie or two. They definitely make people jolly.  Everyone loves cookies,” said Boyer, the Martin P. Catherwood Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations.



Cookie Day traces its roots to September 2000, when Catherwood Librarian Boodie McGinnis brought in trays of cookies as a treat for the ILR community. 

Library staff meeting records report resounding success: “The first annual Catherwood Cookie Day was a smashing success. Over 1,500 cookies were eagerly consumed by our starving students. At certain times (the changing of classes), it was as if the gate at Hoover Dam just opened and students surged forward in search of cookie and sundry comestibles.'"



Read the full story on ILR’s website.

Mary Catt is director of communications for the ILR School.