Category: Staff Bytes
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Dana goes the extra mile (ok, miles)
Dana Kuebler (UTS) was one of those good samaritans you have probably heard about during the madness that was rush hour last Tuesday. She doesn’t do these things for accolades or recognition – this is just who she is. When the university closed last week at 1:00 p.m., in her usual fashion, Dana cheerfully (and I…
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Luc Gets Citizenship!
Luciano Dalla Venezia (UTS) and his wife Kim have just received their US Citizenship! The couple has lived in the US for about 6 years, having been born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Their kids, Luca and Levi, ages 3 and 1, are already US citizens because they were born in the US. Now it was time…
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Matt Miller wins ARSC award
Congratulations to Matt Miller (University Libraries) on winning one of the 2013 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research, announced January 16 by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections. In the category “Best Research in Recorded Blues, Gospel, Rhythm & Blues, or Soul Music,” Matt has been awarded a Certificate of Merit for…
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Nnamdi goes to Turkey
When you see Officer Nnamdi May (University Libraries) on patrol you feel a quiet strength, a genuine spirit. While Nnamdi is very comical when he warms and opens up to you, he is quite often described as reserved. If you have not noticed lately, Nnamdi has stopped raiding office candy dishes and instead been eating…
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Ham radio with Tom Armour
Tom Armour (UTS) recently received the DXCC Certificate for ham radio operation. This certificate, which stands for the distant contact century club, is awarded to operators who have confirmed contacts with over 100 geographic entities (or countries) around the world. There are currently 340 accepted DXCC entities which are composed of countries and geographically separate places (for example: Hawaii…
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Thoughts on “The Circle”
Dave Eggers’ “The Circle” tells the story of an eponymous Internet company in a post-Google, post-Facebook, post-Twitter, post-Amazon near-future dystopian utopia (I’ll explain that shortly). The company is massive and all-encompassing, bringing together ubiquitous search and communications in an ever-widening array of devices and services aimed at providing complete transparency. No project is too ambitious…
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A World of Strength
This past week saw a number of groups participating in StandOut, a strengths assessment program designed by Marcus Buckingham, who is a business consultant and researcher. Strengths, according to this program, are defined as things that energize, or invigorate a person. Normally a strength is designated as something a person is good at. In this…