Author: Wade Moricle
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Hero Shots and Kelly Bray: Ear Model
Marcomm has released the latest batch of it.emory.edu “hero shots.” These photos are designed to showcase the talented people in OIT and the current rotation features Brett Anderson (IT Security), Felicia Bianchi (PMO), Kendra Bryant (R-WIT), Shannon O’Daniel (Academic Technology Services), Randy Phillips (Enterprise Services), Jocelyn Ramirez (R-WIT), Jorge Ramos (Enterprise Services), and John Wang…
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How I Fell In Love With a Fish
What, exactly, is sustainability? The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states that, “Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations.” Productive harmony…pass me my tie-dyed shirt, Ringo. We hear a lot about sustainability at…
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Hulme is Blomeyer Member of the Month
Norman Hulme (Integration) was honored as the Blomeyer Health Fitness Center at Emory Member of the Month for June 2013. Recent OIT recipients of Member of the Month were Teresa Fleetwood (IT F&A) in June 2012 and Jennifer Stevenson (Enterprise Applications) in September 2012. As part of the honor of being Member of the Month,…
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Kevin Glover, Web Developer, R-WIT
Kevin has joined the R-WIT Web Team and will be working on Libraries and blogs. Before coming to Emory, he spent three years as a front-end web developer and graphic designer at the Mercer Engineering Research Center in Warner Robbins. Kevin also did instructional design, including developing training materials. Prior to that, Kevin worked at…
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Cierra Lockhart, Communication Specialist I, Call Center
Cierra joined the Call Center team part time in January after completing training that began in June of 2012. Before coming to Emory, Cierra worked as a contractor with Goodwill doing work for Emory. She has also worked at a daycare at Skyline Christian Academy in Ellenwood, GA., where she was a teacher’s assistant and…
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Blackboard To Undergo Significant Upgrade
Blackboard is scheduled to undergo a significant upgrade on the weekend of June 15 and 16. The Blackboard team believes this upgrade will significantly improve the user experience. The upgrade window runs from 6 a.m. on June 15 until 6 a.m. on June 16. During this interval, all aspects of the Blackboard system will be…
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Mobile Application Architecture Initiative
The following excerpts are taken from a summary written by Steve Wheat (Chief IT Architect, OIT): Mobile technology is transforming the way people work, deliver healthcare, and perform research. In light of the increasing demand for mobile applications, OIT has prioritized a project for FY2013 to document Emory mobile application architectures in detail for discussion…