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Coping with COVID: Two weeks in the lives of LITSers

By Wade Moricle | March 27, 2020

“It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself that determines how your life’s story will develop.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf, German aviator As we finish up a second week where most of LITS is teleworking during Emory’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, it is reassuring to know that our colleagues around the division are finding […]

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PATH subcommittee on awards and recognition presents findings

By Rob Renner | January 31, 2020
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Based on feedback collected after last year’s LEAP! event, the PATH Committee (People, Awards, Town Halls) created a subcommittee to focus on awards recognition. That subcommittee, chaired by Keith Covert, undertook a deep dive into the recognition programs, with a focus on division-wide programs versus more localized departmental programs, and a special focus on the […]

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Bill Choate leaves Emory after 32 years of IT excellence

By Wade Moricle | January 10, 2020

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.”

By Wade Moricle | January 10, 2020

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 […]

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With a twinkle and a smile, Al Shelton departs after 34 years of Emory service

By Wade Moricle | January 10, 2020

This week marks the last in a 34-year Emory career for applications developer and analyst, Al Shelton. It is hard for anyone to believe he’s actually leaving. “What?” says former co-worker Luciano Dalla Venezia. “I didn’t think he was ever leaving!” Hired at Emory in 1986 to promote the use of PCs and get users […]

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John Stiles, Jr. reflects on 34 years at Emory

By Wade Moricle | October 25, 2019

After 34 years, John Stiles Jr. can look around Emory and see his mark quite easily. As the senior project manager who handled the network portion of academic, administrative, and healthcare construction projects at Emory, John has had a hand in nearly every academic building. John started in 1985 as a network specialist II, where […]

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Pet of the Week: Boogie

By Kayleah Farist | September 27, 2019

Meet our cat, Boogie. He loves to cuddle and play fetch with his toy fish. I adopted Boogie from Briarcliff Animal Hospital when he was a few months old. His previous name was Bagheera, but I thought he was a little too goofy and gentle to be named after a panther, so I shortened it […]

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