Author: Wade Moricle
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The Power of Introverts
Being an introvert should not be a problem in our society, yet it is. According to author Susan Cain, schools and workplaces are designed for extroverts and corporate America often doesn’t allow introverts to be introverted. Cain wrote a book called Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, in which she suggests…
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James Alston Honored
Who is the most physically fit person you know? It might be James Alston (Enterprise Applications), who was recently honored by the staff at Emory’s Blomeyer Health Fitness Center. Every year, Blomeyer hosts a 12-week “body transformation” competition, called FitTrip, in which they perform underwater hydrostatic weigh-ins of their competitors to achieve the most accurate…
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UTS Messaging Team Offers Valuable Exchange Briefings
The UTS Messaging Team recently began a series of Exchange Briefings, open to all members of the Emory IT community, for the purpose of offering two key elements: 1) training for various Exchange-related elements, such as Lync installation and management, and 2) hot topics within the Exchange community. Coordinated by Jymbellyn Carthon (Infrastructure), the briefings…
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Alex Cooper, Database Coordinator, Library Information Services
As Database Coordinator, Alex will be working on the Aleph integrated library system (ILS). He has been working as a graduate student in the Library Depository, where he performed cataloging of government documents and database management. Alex received his Master of Philosophy degree from Emory and his bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and German Literature from…
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Derrick Merritt, Communication Specialist, Enterprise Services
Derrick joins the field services team to work on the VoIP Avaya phones and has already been busy at the Midtown location. He has been at Emory for over ten years, working as a maintenance mechanic and staging technician. He also worked for Allstate, where he had his P&C license, which he keeps current. A…
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Dawn Weaver’s Daughter Reaches Nationals In Public Speaking
Dawn Weaver‘s (Enterprise Services) daughter, Brittney, won fourth-place in the state-wide Professional Selling Event at the Diversified Education Community Association (DECA) State Career Development Conference held from February 28 to March 2. This placement qualified her to go to California to compete in nationals. She was the first Langston Hughes High School student to be…
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The Beauty of Data Visualization
One of my favorite things about my series of Wade’s Favorite Ted Talks are the unique ways educators and scientists view a problem and the interesting ways they approach a solution. David McCandless, who describes himself as an “author, data journalist and information designer,” delivers this compelling TedTalk about data mining and ways to visualize…