Dear Faculty and Staff colleagues,
We are excited to celebrate the accomplishments of our graduating sophomore class this week during the annual Commencement ceremonies. Additionally, we are pleased to present to you the Oxford College awards web page, announcing the names of students receiving awards for outstanding achievement in various academic subject areas and leadership as well as the recipients of our most prestigious scholarships.
I invite you to join Oxford students, families, faculty, staff, and alumni on Friday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. EDT to view Oxford's interfaith Baccalaureate ceremony. The ceremony will include prayers led by student religious organizations, music from our chorale and chamber ensemble, and remarks from me, sophomore Annabelle Zekeri, and Chaplain Lyn Pace 02T 17T. The video will be released on Friday afternoon at 3:30 PM EDT and can be accessed from oxford.emory.edu/commencement. If you would like to view the video in person, seating will be available in the Oxford Student Center. Snacks and popsicles from King of Pops will be served.
These celebrations will culminate with Oxford's Commencement Ceremony at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Saturday, May 15, at the Georgia World Congress Center. Thank you to those faculty and staff who will support our graduates in person on Saturday. We invite you all to view the ceremony's live stream along with our remote students and families via this link. We look forward to hearing from
Dean James Curran, who is this year's Oxford commencement speaker, and to receiving a special congratulatory message from Senator Raphael Warnock.
Oxford students have performed with distinction in the classroom, they have conducted outstanding research, they have led in campus life, and they have made important service contributions in the local community. They did all of this under extraordinary circumstances. Let us join together in congratulating the far-reaching achievement of Oxford College students.
Best,
Doug
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Notes from ChapLyn — Baccalaureate this Friday |
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The Baccalaureate ceremony is a way for our community to highlight the ways we have made meaning in the previous year as well as celebrate our graduating class and their two-year experience at Oxford College. With that in mind, I hope you will tune in to this year’s Baccalaureate video.
The ceremony includes prayers led by student religious organizations, music from our chorale and chamber ensemble, and remarks from Dean Douglas Hicks, sophomore Annabelle Zekeri, and me.
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Ken Carter, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Psychology, discussed
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Emory News Center featured Madelyn R. Haden 18Ox 21C in the article
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Faculty appointments, awards, and publications |
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Eloise Carter, professor of biology, was named an inaugural recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from Emory's Office of Sustainability Initiatives. Carter was recognized for her decades of crucial work on the Oxford campus including her 1986 co-authored “A Report on the Status of Forested Land of Emory University,” known also as the Murdy-Carter Report; her service as a member of the Quadrangle Forest Restoration Committee at Oxford; and coordination of student and Oxford community volunteers to work on invasive species removal on the Hearn Nature Trail that surrounds the campus. Read more about this award and Carter's fellow faculty, staff, and student honorees.
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Sarah Higinbotham, assistant professor of English, presented at the 2021 Renaissance Society of America Annual Conference held virtually April 20-22. Higinbotham discussed “Early Modern Juries as ‘Good Friends and Neighbors,’” on a panel that she co-organized.
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Salmon Shomade, associate professor of political science, was appointed for a three-year term as the Faculty Counselor to the Real Estate, Buildings, and Grounds (REBG) Committee of the Board of Trustees beginning September 1.
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Christina Lee, lecturer in mathematics, and her husband Sean Chi welcomed their daughter Eleanor in early March. Congratulations Christina, Sean, and
big brother, Ethan.
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Emory annual Staff Fest goes virtual May 21 |
Emory hosts the 43rd Annual Staff Fest on Friday, May 21. Kick back and have some fun with your colleagues at this year's main event, a variety show from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Optional breakout sessions will follow at 2:00 p.m. to include mindfulness, cooking demonstration, Zumba, and a mobility exercise class.
Lots of fun prizes will be given away during Staff Fest activities including door prizes for attendees and prizes to winners of contests, the variety show, and the fun run/walk.
Activities during the week leading up to Staff Fest include a Virtual Fun Run/Walk on Monday, May 17, to kick off the events. Participate in the fun run/walk individually and submit your time to compete for the gold, silver, or bronze category. Voting for the Emory's Favorite Pet Contest will begin on May 17. Check to see if an Oxford or Atlanta campus colleagues' pet is competing for the title!
Make plans to participate in this year's virtual activities and visit the Staff Fest webpage for more details as they become available.
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Oxford Baccalaureate
A video of Oxford’s baccalaureate will air online| 3:30 p.m.
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Oxford College 176th Commencement Exercises
speaker Dean James W. Curran, Rollins School of Public Health
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OSO meeting and Annual Staff Awards
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