Monthly Archives: January 2017

Diversity and Inclusion Working Group hosts its first seminar

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On January 25, the Woodruff Library Diversity and Inclusion Working Group hosted a special talk by Mark Puente, Director of Diversity and Leadership at the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Held in the Woodruff Library’s Jones Room, the event included discussion about the state of diversity and inclusion initiatives in the broader profession today, and what […]

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Teaching Atlanta Digitally event to be held next Friday

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The Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS), the Center for Faculty Development and Excellence at Emory (CFDE), and Teaching Atlanta are hosting an event focused on bringing Atlanta-based digital projects into the classroom. The event will be held next Friday, February 3, from 1-4 pm in the Jones Room of the Woodruff Library. This modular half-day symposium […]

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Ken Danter, Network Analyst, Network Engineering Run Team

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Ken Danter joins Emory as a network analyst after spending two years at Guided Therapeutics as an electronics technician and an optical alignment technician. He also spent over eight years in the U.S. Navy as an aviation electronics technician. Born and raised in Adairsville, GA, Ken received his Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) for routing and switching at Kennesaw State […]

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Susan Detrie, Educational Analyst II, Teaching and Learning Technologies

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Susan Detrie joins Emory as an Educational Analyst II after spending time as an instructional technologist at the University of Colorado-Denver. She worked with education faculty at the University of Colorado-Denver, the University of Colorado-Boulder, the University of Denver and the University of Wyoming to build online courses for K-12 teachers of bilingual students. In addition to having […]

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Kayleah Farist, Electronic and Continuing Resources Specialist, Woodruff Library

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Kayleah Farist (pronounced KAY-lee) is an electronic and continuing resources (ECR) specialist in the Woodruff Library. She previously spent four years as a student assistant for periodicals and acquisitions at Emory’s Pitts Theology Library, while concurrently instructing high school test prep courses for a year and a half. Kayleah grew up in Dallas, GA, and has earned a bachelor’s and […]

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Update from HR

Regular Conversions: Stephanie Rodgers, Project Management, reporting to Kari Meyer, effective 11/1/16. Comings: Kevin Moran, Project Manager I, reporting to Felicia Bianchi, effective 1/23/17. Anslem Dorian Hyndman, Mgr, Network Engineering, reporting to Wayne Ortman, effective 1/25/17. Simon Buckner, Applications Developer Analyst, Sr., reporting to Kevin Chen, effective 1/17/17. Ike Ikegwuonu, Database Admin II, reporting to […]

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