Month: February 2013
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McFarland Gets Re-accredited
Nicole McFarland (Integration) was interviewed by APMG and was approved for re-accreditation. APMG-International is the official accreditor of ITIL examinations (among others). APMG accredits training organizations, trainers and training materials and certifies examination candidates through a variety of methods. APMG-International has standards for organizational management systems, course materials and trainers, all incorporating product specific requirements that…
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Incredible Oxtail Stew Recipe
My daughter’s daycare held an International Day and many parents cooked delicacies from their homelands. One such dish was Oxtail Stew, which I have republished below. The stew meat was incredibly tender and flavorful. According to the Unknown Chef, Oxtail Stew is from Europe, where the people bred oxen, which was a heavier breed of cattle, and needed…
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Robert B. Hawthorne, Health Informatics Analyst, R-WIT
Robert will be doing data analysis for clinic trials data and the corresponding systems. Before coming to Emory, he spent five years at AutoTrader.com, where he had the dual role of marketing and database data analysis and web analytics. He got his masters in marketing research at UGA and went to the University of South…
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UTS Client Services Now Supports the Library
In conjunction with Rich Mendola‘s (OIT) recent appointment as Enterprise Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice Provost of Library Services and Digital Scholarship at Emory University, UTS Client Services has assumed responsibility of Desktop Support for the Library Staff. “I am pleased and honored that UTS Client Services has been provided with the opportunity to…
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1995 Annual Report Full of Interesting Details
I have a copy of the “Connect ’95” report. It is the annual report of the IT Division from 1995. Some NEAT facts… Processed over 10,000 Administrative computing jobs for Payroll, financial accounting, and admissions (in 2012, OPUS alone conducted over 500,000 enrollment transactions) Supported over 16,000 computer and email users, up 3500 from the…
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February Photo of the Month
In keeping with his advocacy for the importance of social media in the workplace, Mark Kawasaki (Integration) received this new mug. “I ‘like’ coffee,” he tweeted.
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Jack Scott, IT Desktop Consultant I, Enterprise Services
Jack joined the UTS Client Services team, in January 2013, as a desktop consultant for the Woodruff Main Library. Before joining UTS, he began his career as a library student assistant in desktop support for Emory. After graduating from Emory, Jack went from being a part-time staff member to a contracted IT support position, and…