Category: Staff Bytes
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LabMan 2014: a conference report
[Ed. Note: this article was written by Haynes Chewning, Robin Horton, and Tara McCurley.] At the beginning of June, a group from Student Services consisting of Haynes Chewning, Robin Horton, and Tara McCurley went to Las Vegas, NV, to attend the 2014 LabMan conference hosted at University of Nevada. The LabMan organization formed in 2000 as a resource for any IT…
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Running for fire relief
On May 10, 2014, Norman Hulme (Library External Affairs) took part in the Jack’s Rabbit Run, a 1m/5k race held in Avondale Estates, GA to raise money for a relief fund for a neighborhood family struck tragically by fire. Norman, a long-time resident of Avondale Estates, finished first for his age group. Jack’s Rabbit Run,…
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Kate Myers celebrates new addition
Kate Myers, Assistant Director of Development for LITS, and her husband Trent welcomed their new daughter Kathryn Elise Myers on Sunday, June 8, 2014, at 7:23 a.m. Baby Elise joined the family weighing 6 pounds, 14 ounces, and measuring 18.5 inches. Kate will be out on maternity leave through the beginning of September, but please…
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Yes, you too can compost!
June has arrived and so has the bright summer sun, bringing hot temps to help heat up your compost bin! Interestingly, I realized that I’ll have to move my bin this year because a neighboring tree has now leafed out a branch that shades it. Shade cools your compost and slows the process of breaking…
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Ragnar Cape Cod Relay
What does a project manager do on vacation? Well she manages a project to have a team complete the Ragnar Cape Cod Relay! One of my favorite things is to run crazy all-night relays. I have participated in over ten of them. I love it because it requires less training than for a marathon and…
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Remembering Bela Gazdy
Bela Gazdy passed away on May 9. I remember him as a person of great intellect and sharp wit. He was a competent and effective Unix administrator. Bela began his Emory career as a postdoctoral associate in the Chemistry department in 1986. Bela held a PhD in physics and was the author of a large…
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Stella the Sweet Potato
One of our LITS staff members, Kim David, has been nominated for a Georgia Author of the Year Award for a children’s book she wrote with her daughter Stella. The following write-up is adapted from a blog post written by another Oxford Library staff member, Sarah Henderson): Kim David, a Library Specialist at Oxford College…