Author: Wade Moricle
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Emory Libraries open external exhibit at a new school
The “Speak What Must Be Spoken” project, which successfully debuted at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School last year as part of a program to engage Atlanta’s community, has now moved to Drew Charter School in Decatur. An opening celebration for the exhibit was held last week and featured Drew students displaying original artwork and…
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Andy Griffin, Outside Plant Project Manager, Field Services
Andy Griffin is the newest outside plant project manager, working with Keith Rooks. Prior to joining LITS, Andy spent 11 years at Emory as a telecommunications contractor for Communication Cabling Specialists. He has also had a career as a heavy-duty truck technician, working on diesel engines for class-a tractor trailers (these trucks are 26,001 pounds…
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Tyler Moses, Assessment and Life Sciences Informationist, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library
Tyler Moses has been promoted to assessment and life sciences informationist. In her new role, she will be continuing her assessment work looking into instructional and spaces-related projects. She will also be working with the Life Sciences department, collaborating with faculty and undergraduate students from biology, neuroscience and behavioral biology, and the Center for the…
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Dina Thornton, Coordinator of the Computing Center at Cox Hall, Academic Technology Services
Dina Thornton has returned to Emory as the new coordinator of the Computing Center at Cox Hall. In between Emory stints, she spent 16 months at Turner Broadcasting (which became Warner Media while she was there) and was on their learning and development HR team to do video production and support their learning programs. She…
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LITS recent headlines and upcoming events
Recent LITS headlines: ECDS news: AR app published to augment Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama painting Emory Libraries news: Celebrated poet Nikki Giovanni to give free reading at Emory Emory Libraries news: ‘Fake News’ class helps students learn to research and identify false information Emory Libraries news: 2020 Women of Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at Emory Upcoming LITS…
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Bill Choate leaves Emory after 32 years of IT excellence
Bill Choate, a storage engineer II on the Enterprise Storage team, is retiring from Emory this week after 32 years in IT. “It’s been a long ride of constant change,” says Bill. “It’s been an amazing industry to work in. Things we do today were only pipe dreams just twenty years ago.” Originally from Chattanooga,…
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Kim Comstock: “I enjoyed coming to work every day.”
Kim Comstock, the business manager for LITS HR, is finally leaving Emory after 37 amazing years. Born in Webster, NY (outside of Rochester), Kim attended college at Cedar Crest College (a private woman’s college in Allentown, PA) and earned a degree in philosophy and studio arts. “Philosophy makes you contemplate life. I still like reading…