{"id":11912,"date":"2017-05-19T09:01:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T13:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/lits\/?p=11912"},"modified":"2017-05-19T13:30:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T17:30:49","slug":"network-services-hosts-fun-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/lits\/2017\/05\/19\/network-services-hosts-fun-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Network Services hosts Fun Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11928\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11928\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/lits\/files\/2017\/05\/jenga.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11928 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/lits\/files\/2017\/05\/jenga.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Ellis removes a Jenga piece while members of Network Services are transfixed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On May 10,\u00a0<strong>Wayne Ortman<\/strong>, Director of Network Services, held a\u00a0town hall meeting in which he recognized many of his employees for their accomplishments, birthdays and service anniversaries. Wayne had asked a lot from his organization this year and to show his appreciation, he hosted the first LITS Network Services Fun Day.<\/p>\n<p>Organized by <strong>William Boney, III<\/strong> and assisted by <strong>Michelle Crawford<\/strong>, <strong>Sebreana Echols<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Lamar Kelly<\/strong>, <strong>Linda Richardson<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Rosa Weston<\/strong>, the event featured refreshments, music, karaoke, and games. &#8220;They did an amazing job!&#8221; exclaimed <strong>Tommy Barwick<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The food was provided by Fox Bros Barbecue. Video games allowed people to interact with each other. They\u00a0also had cards and other board games that gave everyone a chance to relax.<\/p>\n<p>One of the highlights was what one person described as &#8220;the most intense game of Jenga ever played.&#8221; The players were <strong>Tommy Barwick<\/strong>, <strong>John Ellis<\/strong>, <strong>John Fries<\/strong>, <strong>Lamar Kelly<\/strong>, and <strong>James Sawyer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Quite a few people participated in the karaoke, including<strong> Jimmy Kincaid<\/strong>, <strong>Nayef Smith<\/strong>, <strong>Dawn Peek\u00a0<\/strong>and a host of others.<\/p>\n<p>The evening was a big hit with everyone and is sure to become an annual event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 10,\u00a0Wayne Ortman, Director of Network Services, held a\u00a0town hall meeting in which he recognized many of his employees for their accomplishments, birthdays and service anniversaries. Wayne had asked a lot from his organization this year and to show his appreciation, he hosted the first LITS Network Services Fun Day. Organized by William Boney, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":11928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[432],"class_list":["post-11912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-events","tag-network-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/lits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/lits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/lits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/lits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/lits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11912"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/lits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11930,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/lits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11912\/revisions\/11930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/lits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/lits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/lits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/lits\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}