Dear Staff and Faculty Colleagues,
This morning the Oxford Staff Organization sponsored the annual staff awards celebration. (Next year we will be back in picnic format, I hope and trust!) It is an honor to recognize and thank staff members who have dedicated themselves to Oxford College for significant shares of their career — 5 years, 10 years, and so on, up to 35 years of service — thank you, Joy Budensiek and Seth Tepfer, for 35 years each! Together they have devoted 245 years of service to our college.
We also celebrated this year's Fleming Staff Award recipient — Matt Smith. One of his nominators said this: It would be difficult to estimate the number of hours that Matt devotes to his job, but we have all benefited from his sincere commitment and tireless dedication. He ... brings his impressive work ethic, boundless energy (check out his steps on the Move More Challenge!), great sense of humor, and a bit of hilarious wit and snark to every encounter. Congratulations, Matt.
Thanks to all of you, staff and faculty alike, for your superb efforts to keep Oxford running, with momentum.
Best,
Doug
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Zach Binney, assistant professor of quantitative theory and methods, was quoted in the following articles:
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Lyn Pace, Oxford College chaplain, wrote the article “Understanding Community: Engaging Oxford College Students in Loving God’s World,” published in the Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice Volume 21(2), 2021. Pace's monthly column in the Covington News appeared on May 22 and is titled “Do we take sides or pray for peace?”
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Student awards and publications |
Nick Lieggi received the Elizabeth Long Atwood Undergraduate Research Award for "Referenda, Initiatives, and Recalls: The Undemocratic Tendencies of Direct Democracy in the Modern World." This award from the Emory Libraries recognizes students who have demonstrated excellence in undergraduate research. Lieggi wrote the paper in "Principles of Political Science" in his fall 2020 course with Salmon Shomade, associate professor of political science.
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Jack Wolfram 19Ox 22C published "Paradise Uncaged: John Milton’s Subtle Fixation with Constraints," in the Butler Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 7, Article 3. He wrote the article on John Milton for his ENG 389W course with Sarah Higinbotham, assistant professor of English.
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Oxford Staff Organization announces officers for 2021-2022 |
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The officers for the 2021-2022 OSO Executive Board were announced at the OSO meeting on May 26. Congratulations to these elected officers who will serve the Oxford staff community in the coming academic year:
Chair — Michaela Foronda, (Student Involvement and Leadership)
Chair-Elect — Tiffany Whitfield (Division of Humanities)
Service Chair — Brittany McDermott (Counseling & Career Services)
Communications Chair — Cheryl Forman (OCIT)
Event Chair — Meredith Offerjost (Student Involvement and Leadership)
Treasurer — Sarah Dobbs (Office of the Dean)
OSO Representative to the University Employee Council — Daphne Orr (International Student Programs)
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2021 Oxford College Staff Awards |
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The Annual Oxford College Staff Awards were presented at the Oxford Staff Organization (OSO) meeting on May 26. The college gives these awards each year to recognize dedicated colleagues working on the Oxford and Atlanta campuses. Traditionally Oxford staff are recognized for service anniversaries during the awards ceremony.
Friends of Oxford Award
Criteria for this award, given to Emory colleagues in Atlanta who have gone out of their way to assist Oxford College and work closely with staff on the Oxford campus, includes working closely with multiple people at Oxford, keeping Oxford in mind when conducting work and planning, and making positive contributions to work and life at Oxford. This year, two colleagues on the Atlanta campus were honored — Rebecca Watson, associate director of housing administration, for her close work with and support of the Oxford College housing team throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and Sharon Rabinovitz, executive director of Emory University Student Health Services, for her genuine and dedicated care for Oxford's students.
Bond Fleming Outstanding Service Award
The Bond Fleming Outstanding Service Award recognizes exemplary service, devotion, and commitment to Oxford College. This year's award was presented to Matt Smith, academic technology specialist with Academic Affairs and Oxford's official "Zoom expert." Smith showed dedication, patience, humor, and calmness while working with faculty and staff tirelessly during the 2020-2021 academic year to ensure virtual programs for the Oxford community ran smoothly. He was consistently present for both high-profile special events for national and regional audiences to regular everyday events for the Oxford community.
Service anniversaries
Congratulations to the following staff who were recognized for their milestone years of service to Oxford College and Emory University:
35 Years
Joy Budensiek
Seth Tepfer
20 Years
Janice Clark Ly
15 Years
Brandon Mayo
Daniel Trammell
10 Years
Benjamin Brown
Sarah Darden
Nathan DeJong
Kristine Gonsalez
Rhiannon Hubert
Astrid Varner
Amanda Yu-Nguyen
5 Years
Billy Fan
Scott Foster
Ricardo Horne
Lisa Jones
Lilia McMichael
Nicole Nixon
Daphne Orr
Kate Papachristou
Allyson Studer
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Campus Update Summer Schedule: Campus Update moves to a monthly distribution schedule now that the spring semester has concluded.
Please continue to submit updates or news items to Ansley Holder via email for upcoming Campus Update issues in mid-June and mid-July.
Campus Update will return to weekly issues in August.
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