Dear Faculty and Staff Colleagues,
I hope you each enjoyed the holiday break. We have much to look forward to in this new year, and I can’t wait to see what we will accomplish together.
Next week we will welcome a new class of Spring Start students, and there are many opportunities to support them as they join our community. Orientation runs from Friday, January 12 to Wednesday, January 17. You can register to help with move-in here and with the Oxford Olympics here. See the volunteer section below for more details.
On January 17, we will hold our annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at 7:30 p.m. in Old Church. Please join us for this inspirational service to start 2024. You can read more about this year's program and other King Week events across Emory here.
Warmly,
Badia
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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 [email protected]. You can also nominate yourself!
NAME: Karla Fields
TITLE/DEPT: Sr. Manager, Infrastructure Technology — OCIT
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How long have you been at Oxford? |
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I have been working at Emory for 33 years, 16 years of which have been at Oxford. I manage the IT Infrastructure team and lead various IT projects. I coordinate network, Wi-Fi, and phone needs with the Atlanta campus. The team is responsible for maintaining servers, Kuali forms, and web applications. On January 5, I will retire from Emory. |
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What do you like best about your job and about Oxford? |
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It’s fulfilling to see the positive impact that our work has on faculty, staff, and students. I truly appreciate the strong sense of community at Oxford. |
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What is your favorite song/tv show/movie/restaurant/podcast? |
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My favorite music is gospel and old-school R&B. I enjoy most Marvel and DC movies, and my favorite food is French fries. |
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What makes you happy or brings you joy? |
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It brings me joy to spend time with my family, especially my granddaughters; watch sports; and have daily quiet time. |
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Please complete this sentence: It might surprise people to know that I... |
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...have coached a competition martial arts team. |
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Lyn Pace, Oxford College Chaplain, reveals his heartwarming connection with Jimmy Buffett and the holiday season. Read more about the inspiring story here.
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Oxford College and first-year student Ashley Rodriguez were featured in a recent Hechinger Report article titled, "Will the Rodriguez family’s college dreams survive the end of affirmative action?" You can read the article, which was also picked up by CBS News, here.
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Robert R. Morgan 63Ox has published a new book titled Fallen Angel, The Life of Edgar Allen Poe. The book delves into how several women influenced Poe's work and art. You can purchase the book here.
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Volunteer for Spring Start Orientation |
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Forty-six first-year Spring Admits will join our campus community on January 12! SILT will host Spring Start Orientation and is asking for faculty and staff volunteers to help welcome the class. Orientation takes place from Friday, January 12 to Wednesday, January 17.
1/12: Staff & Faculty Volunteers for Move-In (8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.)
If you are able, please consider volunteering to help with welcoming, wayfinding, and moving students in. Our Move-In Volunteer Sign-Up form closes on Friday, January 5 at 12 p.m.
1/14: Oxford Olympics (7 - 9 p.m.)
OxOlympics is a treasured Oxford tradition where students compete in various (very silly) challenge/games with their Orientation groups. We need at least four volunteers to facilitate each of the game stations. Volunteers will receive dinner and training before the event and a T-shirt to wear during the event. Please sign up here by Thursday, January 11 to volunteer.
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Book Club Discussion: The Sun Does Shine
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On January 16 at 7:00 p.m., Oxford Teaching Professor of English Stacy Bell will host a Zoom conversation about Anthony Ray Hinton's debut memoir, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row. Hinton was Emory's 2023 commencement speaker. The book tells his story of being sentenced to death row due to mistaken identity and his subsequent time in prison. Hinton's hope lived on despite the darkness around him. You can learn more and sign up for the conversation here.
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Men's Basketball: Georgia Christian Community College
William's Gym | 4:00 p.m.
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Men's Basketball: Georgia Highlands Reserve Squad
William's Gym | 7:00 p.m.
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Men's Basketball: Virginia Peninsula CC
William's Gym | 1:00 p.m.
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Men's Basketball: Southern Crest Technical College
William's Gym | 7:00 p.m.
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Oxford Campus Celebration of the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Old Church | 7:30 p.m.
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