Monthly Archives: April 2015

Emory Denim Day celebrated across LITS

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All across campus, members of LITS wore denim on April 22 for Denim Day, an annual event designed to raise awareness and support for sexual assault survivors. The show of support was outstanding. Most participants wore jeans to work but some also wore items such as denim skirts and denim jackets. In addition to simply wearing denim and […]

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LITS student workers enjoy graduation party

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Every year, the HR department hosts a graduation party for the Emory student workers who are graduating in the spring. This year, the party was held in the Jones Room in the Woodruff Library. It included pizza and other refreshments, a cupcake-making contest, and a photo booth. Twenty students were in attendance and were honored for […]

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Class stages dance mob by Woodruff Library

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If you happened to be walking by the Woodruff Library or Cox Hall on April 22, you might have caught a glimpse of art…in motion. Emory’s Contemporary Modern Dance III class staged a “dance mob” for passersby in which the class literally danced its way from the Goizueta Business School to the Quad. The dancers […]

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Steve Collins, Manager, Web Hosting

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Steve Collins has been promoted to manager of the Web Hosting team, after joining the team in 2012. Before coming to LITS he was an enterprise middleware admin in the Woodruff Library, where he worked for three years as a senior systems engineer. Before coming to Emory, he worked for the State of Georgia as a systems […]

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Ed Morris, Enterprise Middleware Administrator, Web Hosting

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Ed Morris joins the Middleware and Web team to help administer web servers. Before coming to Emory, Ed spent three years as a senior consultant providing Mac support for Onyx Consulting. He also worked for five years as a consultant for MacMD in Chicago and two years as a support specialist for a subscription-based support […]

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Reflections

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As the academic year comes to a close, I’d like to reflect on our activities and accomplishments, and bring to light the significant progress we’ve made over the past year. The Libraries have a number of new initiatives underway and with the support and cooperation of the entire staff as well as from partners across […]

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Emory Denim Day is next Wednesday, April 22

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Sent on behalf of the Office of Health Promotion, Division of Campus Life April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The Respect Program in the Office of Health Promotion, in collaboration with the enterprise-wide Intimate Partner Violence Working Group, has been commemorating the month with events culminating in Emory Denim Day on Wednesday, April 22. Learn more […]

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