Dear Faculty and Staff Colleagues,
Thanks to those of you who attended Kitty McNeill’s retirement party as we celebrated her three-decade career at Oxford. Her library colleagues (pictured here) organized a wonderful send-off to recognize her work and contributions.
A reminder that later this week, we’ll honor another person who has become an Oxford institution—Dean Joe Moon. Joe’s retirement party will take place on Friday, April 28 from 4:00–6:00 p.m. in Candler Hall. You can send your best wishes via video message at this link.
This Saturday, April 29, I encourage you to stop by campus to connect with former students in town for Alumni Weekend. We’ll also be celebrating several milestone reunions. Learn more about this year’s festivities and register here.
Lastly, this past Friday the Oxford Farm hosted our annual spring reception for faculty and staff—always a much-needed gathering to regroup and catch up ahead of the semester’s final stretch.
We’re almost at the finish line. Hang in there!
Best regards,
Ken
|
|
Submitting to Campus Update |
To submit items for Campus Update, please email Julia Kim. The newsletter is distributed weekly on Wednesday. Please submit items by Monday afternoon.
|
|
|
|
Oxford Communications is featuring a staff member each week to help us get to know our colleagues. To nominate a staff colleague to answer our five-question profile for publication in future issues, please contact julia.kim@emory.edu. You can also nominate yourself!
NAME: Lyn Pace
TITLE/DEPT: College Chaplain — Office of Religious & Spiritual Life
|
|
How long have you been at Oxford?
I've been at Oxford for fourteen years. Broadly, I see my work as helping all of us make meaning out of our lived experience together. Though I sometimes do things with faculty and staff, I work primarily with students—teaching, coordinating all the work of the religious and spiritual life groups, offering pastoral care and counsel, offering a range of programs, retreating, traveling, and more.
|
|
What do you like best about your job and about Oxford?
I enjoy seeing students develop over the course of their two years, especially when they wrap their heads, hearts, and souls around what it means to make a life even more so than a lifestyle. I appreciate how much people want to see students flourish here—which speaks to the kind of community we are and that we seek.
|
|
What is your favorite song/tv show/movie/restaurant/podcast?
I like just about any song by Jimmy Buffett. I love the West Wing and Ted Lasso. My favorite movie is the Harry Potter series, and my favorite podcast is Harry Potter and the Sacred Text.
|
|
What makes you happy or brings you joy?
My family and our wild Irishdoodle, Barnaby, close friends, reading, travel, enjoying good food and drink with friends, and writing. Oh, and music, I love music, especially Jimmy Buffett and going to his concerts with my best friend.
|
|
Please complete this sentence: It might surprise people to know that I...
... have no idea what to say for once.
|
|
Austin Scharf, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, presented a talk entitled "Systematic structural variations in transition metal dipyrrin complexes: Effects on luminescence" at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Indianapolis in late March. He was accompanied by four of his research students: Allison Chang and Madeleine Bloomer, both current Oxford sophomores, and Kevin Hoffman and Will Dougherty, current juniors at ECAS, who all presented posters of their projects.
|
|
|
Video messages for Dean Moon retirement |
|
After more than 40 years working at Oxford and Emory Colleges, Dean of Campus Life Joe Moon will retire in August. We're asking faculty, staff, students, alumni, and even former colleagues to submit video messages wishing Dean Moon a happy retirement. Submissions will be brought together into one beautiful video gift presented to him. You can submit your video at this link.
Dean Moon also was recently announced as Oxford's keynote speaker for our 178th Commencement. You can read more about Commencement and his many contributions to Oxford over the years here.
|
|
Oxford College Alumni Memorial Service |
|
|
|
The Oxford Alumni Memorial Service is for alumni and friends of Oxford College who have passed away since March 15, 2022. This memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 29, from 2:00-3:30 p.m. The Rev. Dr. Lyn Pace 02T 17T, Oxford College Chaplain, will lead the service. Please register here. A list of alumni and friends being remembered is here.
|
|
Oxford Continuee Graduation Reception |
|
|
|
Help celebrate Oxford seniors who will graduate and transition to Emory's young alumni status at the Continuee Graduation Reception, held in Atlanta at the Miller Ward Alumni House on Thursday, May 4 from 2:00–4:00 p.m. This is always a fun event and students enjoy reconnecting with faculty and staff.
Contact Tammy Camfield 89Ox 91C tcamfie@emory.edu or 770.757.4641 with any questions.
|
|
Emory Police Department Climate Survey |
|
The Emory Police Department (EPD) values our relationship with the community we serve. We are committed to the work required in fostering a safe and inclusive campus for everyone. Your collaboration and partnership are essential for us to do our jobs effectively.
Our department requests your participation in our 2023 Climate Survey. The survey has been sent via email.
Emory’s Office of Institutional Research & Decision Support administers the survey independently. All responses are confidential, and participation is voluntary.
Thank you for contributing to this important campus initiative.
|
|
Oxford Reunion Weekend: April 29 |
|
We hope you will join us for the Oxford College Alumni Reunion Weekend on April 29 to celebrate classes ending in 3’s and 8’s! Alumni will enjoy reconnecting with their favorite faculty and staff members and learning about and seeing what's new on our amazing campus.
Faculty and staff are free. Your ticket includes dinner, beverages, a t-shirt, live music, and carnival activities! The event is kid and pet friendly. Please join the Advancement and Alumni Engagement staff in welcoming alumni back to campus.
Celebrating milestone reunions are Oxford classes:
45th ~ 1978
40th ~ 1983
35th ~ 1988
30th ~ 1993
25th ~ 1998
20th ~ 2003
15th ~ 2008
10th ~ 2013
5th ~ 2018
|
|
Oxford Reunion Weekend: Book Signings |
|
Please join us on Oxford Reunion Weekend for book signings with Dr. Lucas Carpenter, Candler Professor of English, Emeritus and Rev. Dr. Lyn Pace 02T 17T, Oxford College Chaplain. The event will take place on the Phi Gamma patio from 5:00-6:00 p.m. The bookstore will be on site to sell their books. Let’s help support our Oxford authors!
|
|
Your Fantastic Mind - Emory University & Georgia Public Broadcasting |
|
A partnership between Emory University and Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB), “Your Fantastic Mind” reports on cutting-edge scientific and clinical breakthroughs in brain health. The news magazine-style show highlights compelling stories from patients and insights from top professionals across various medical disciplines including neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, rehabilitation medicine, and sleep medicine.
Ultrasound treatment for tremor will air on April 26 at 7:00 p.m.
People with tremor issues can have difficulties with basic tasks like eating, writing and speaking. This episode explores a revolutionary, non-invasive treatment for patients living with essential tremor or tremor from Parkinson’s disease. Using high intensity focused ultrasound technology, guided by MRI, the treatment does not require brain surgery, sedation or incisions and can be completed in a single outpatient session. Viewers are given an in-depth look at the journey of a 75-year-old man and his transformative experience with this treatment.
Emory faculty highlighted will be:
- Robert Gross, MD, PhD Neurosurgery
- Svjetlana Miocinovic, PhD Neurology
|
|
Emory Cares Day — Cheerios Challenge |
|
Oxford College recently partnered with the Covington Family YMCA and Sustainable Newton to help celebrate Earth Day during this year's Cheerios Challenge through its bi-annual Emory Cares Day initiative. Emory Cares volunteers helped host water stations and provided course directions throughout the race. During the post-race festival, students in Oxford's Climate Reality Project helped with a recycling activity, along with Volunteer Oxford and Oxford's Circle K Club, which offered face painting and a pinecone bird feeder craft.
|
|
Joe Moon's Retirement Party
Candler Hall | 4:00-6:00 p.m.
|
|
To submit a news item for the next Campus Update, please email Julia Kim.
The newsletter is distributed weekly on Wednesday. Please submit items by Monday afternoon.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
