Category Archives: Staff Bytes

Danny Bridges’ Chili Recipe

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The following article was submitted by Danny Bridges (Enterprise Applications): When they requested I reveal the secret behind my award-winning recipe, I asked “do you think they will buy ‘Open ten cans of Cambell’s roadhouse chili and dump into a slow cooker?’” In all seriousness, I will share the recipe, but with a few things […]

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Enid Britton’s Banana Pudding Pie Recipe

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I used to own a restaurant called the Sycamore Grill and this was one of the recipes that I purchased from the previous owners. One of my personal favorites from their menu, it was always the bottom-selling dessert before I discovered that if you did it in smaller, single servings it looks more appetizing and […]

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Learning & Organizational Development Program Graduates Honored

LITS is proud of its recent Learning & Organizational Development Program graduates. Honored in a ceremony on October 3, 2013, the graduates were treated to a host of guest speakers, including Michael Mandl (Executive Vice President for Business and Administration), Peter Barnes (Vice President for Human Resources), and Wanda Hayes (Senior Director, Learning and Organizational […]

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Todd’s Classic Cars

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Todd Sirmans (R-WIT) is the High Performance Computing (HPC) Systems lead during the day at Emory. But at night and on the weekends, his passion is restoring and owning classic 70’s American muscle cars! An enthusiast for over 28 years, Todd first realized he was a car guy when he got his very first car, […]

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One-Week, One-Tool Has Two LITS Contributers

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently conducted a “digital humanities barn raising” called “One Week, One Tool” at George Mason University in which a team of twelve strangers would design and implement a new software tool for humanities scholarship in only one week. The team was selected via a global application process and […]

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What Millennials Taught Me About Being a Leader

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Years ago, when Kim Braxton (Academic Technology Services) transferred to me the supervision of the Computing Center student staff, I welcomed the opportunity to grow professionally. I had no experience supervising or managing staff, but I did have a long history of assuming responsibility for people and processes that dates back to childhood. As children, […]

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William Bryant’s Son Graduates From Dartmouth

Painting titled "A Unique View of Baker Tower"

William Bryant‘s (Enterprise Services) son recently graduated with honors from Dartmouth University with a degree in Art and a minor in Geography. Former Academic Technology Services director Alan Cattier wrote a recommendation for William, Jr. to help him gain admission to Alan’s alma mater. Currently, William, Jr. is a teaching assistant for the Dartmouth art department. […]

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