Category: Staff Bytes
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RSVP today for LITS Game Day
It’s only two weeks until LITS Game Day and we need to start getting a head count for the numbers of people who will be there. Game Day is an opportunity to enjoy various games, refreshments, and relax with your co-workers. When: May 23 from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Where: Computing Center at Cox Hall…
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Ferdousi celebrated for 30 years of service to Emory
At the recently held Oxford College of Emory University 2018 Staff Awards Picnic, Oxford Dean Douglas Hicks gave special recognition to Mahbuba Ferdousi for her 30 years of service to both the Oxford and Atlanta campuses of Emory. Ferdousi is the Associate Dean and Chief Information Officer of Oxford College Information Technology (OCIT). She began at…
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LITS staff celebrate National Walking Day and National Denim Day
All across campus, members of LITS wore denim on April 18 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. Denim Day was inspired a 1998 Italian Supreme…
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LEAF coffee demo scheduled for April 10
Thank you so much to the 115 people who responded to the coffee survey. Based on your responses, the time is right to get a demonstration of the First Choice coffee machine in the Library. LEAF has planned the demo in the level 1 staff room for 10 am on Tuesday April 10, during the April LEAF coffee. Come and…
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NDB and 1762 get new coffee service called First Choice
LITS is testing a new coffee service and it is good to the last drop. After conducting a user test and some costs analysis, LITS Business and Administration has selected First Choice as a new coffee vendor available to the division. Located locally in Norcross, GA, First Choice won the bid primarily because it is…
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Healthy Emory Connect is a new way to help Emory employees get fit
Emory Wellness has announced a new platform for tracking fitness called Healthy Emory Connect. Marisa Hutchinson and Curtis Williams, both of the Emory Wellness staff, gave presentations about the new service this week at the Emory Libraries’ all staff meeting and the LITS IT Briefing, respectively. Healthy Emory Connect is now the one-stop shop for…
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Rosemary Magee receives Creativity & Arts Impact Award
The Creativity & Arts Impact Awards recognize significant contributions in creativity and the arts by members of the Emory community as well as the greater Atlanta communities. Through these awards, the Center for Creativity & Arts (CCA) strives to recognize and spotlight creative discovery, societal impact, courageous inquiry, innovation, collaboration, human spirit, and the exploration of…