Month: July 2014
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Venise Lee gives to Locks of Love
Last month, Venise Lee (Enterprise Services) and her daughter Melissa Lay completed a 2-year journey of hair growth when they donated their hair to Locks of Love, a non-profit that provides hairpieces for disadvantaged children who have suffered permanent medical hair-loss. Melissa, whose hair grows extremely fast, has donated her hair five times and encouraged…
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Lindsay Paroczai wins inspirational volleyball title
Lindsay Paroczai (WDG Web Specialist) recently vacationed in Arizona at the USA Volleyball BB Adult National Championship Tournament. Her team won the tournament – undefeated – and she picked up All-Tournament honors along the way. This is the second time in three years that Lindsay’s team, the Muffin Tops (you will need to scroll to the…
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Battle of Atlanta exhibit set for July 17
A presentation and exhibition of the Battle of Atlanta project will be held on on Thursday, July 17, at 6:30 p.m. in the Jones Room at the Robert W. Woodruff Library. The Battle of Atlanta project offers a smartphone-friendly tour of the actual battle site to commemorate the 150-year anniversary of Atlanta’s epic Civil War conflict.…
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Recycling, composting and e-waste
True confession…I’m a trash diver…and have been ever since I was signed up to be a charter member of the Sustainability Building Rep Committee (okay, probably before that). I promised to be a loyal supporter of all things recycled and composted both here, at home and at events I organize, support or attend. Yes, I’m…
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Ben Rosenblum, Communication Architect III, Infrastructure
Ben Rosenblum joins Chris Camacho‘s team as a communications architect, where he will provide network infrastructure expertise. Prior to coming to Emory, he spent over seven years with Cisco Systems, where he was a senior systems engineer for the US Army Southeast Tactical/Intel/Special Ops and a network consulting engineer. Ben is a dual Cisco Certified…
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Dan Ra, Technical Product Manager, eBIRT Operating
Dan Ra comes to Patti Pate‘s team as a technical product manager assisting with high performance computing (HPC), Emory First, and REDCap. He spent the past six years at Emory, working as a senior desktop consultant for the Department of Chemistry for one year and as a desktop consultant for the Law School for five…
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Update From HR
Comings… Geneva McCants began work as an IT Coordinator, reporting to Lamar Kelly, effective June 23, 2014. (…more on Geneva) Dan Ra began work as a Technical Product Manager, reporting to Patti Pate, effective July 7, 2014. (…more on Dan) Ben Rosenblum began work as a Communications Architect III, reporting to Chris Camacho, effective June 23, 2014.…