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Thrive Dimension Champions for 2018-19 announced

The Office of Wellbeing, recently, presented its Thrive Dimension Champions Awards to faculty and staff.

Annually, the Office of Wellbeing recognizes award winners who demonstrate their commitment to individual and community wellbeing across the eight dimensions of wellbeing:  emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, physical, social and spiritual.

Recipients and their dimensions for which they were recognized are the following:

Emotional: Jessica Scales, case manager, CARE Team

Environmental: Jim Coffey, director, Landscaping and Residential Services

Financial: Deborah Snyder, administrative coordinator, Teaching and Learning Collaborative

Intellectual: Adrian Greene, associate dean, Undergraduate Admissions

Occupational: Jonathan McElderry, assistant dean and director, Diversity & Inclusion

Physical: Christy Buchanan, professor of psychology

Social: Derri Stormer, major, University Police Department

Spiritual: Gail Bretan, program director for Jewish Life

Categories: Inside WFU

Landscape department to remove trees

This is a guest post  from Facilities & Campus Services:

Reynolda Campus-2016 Tree RemovalThe landscape department in Facilities & Campus Services will remove five trees that are in decline at various locations (click on map) around campus and one magnolia tree near Parking Lot S to establish a sidewalk. Lot S is located at the corner of Wake Forest Road and Faculty Drive, next to the Reynolda Walking Trail.

We will do this work the week of July 4. The removal of these trees was approved by the Univesity’s Tree Advisory Committee in April of 2016.  We do not anticipate any pedestrian or vehicular issues.  We apologize for the inconvenience.

If you have any questions, please contact Jim Coffey at 336-758-6070.

Custodians win awards

WFU representatives pose with their awards.

From left: Myrtle Farabee, Residence Life and Housing custodian; Tim Poskin, custodial training manager; Jim Coffey, interim director, custodial services; Jim Alty, associate vice president, Facilities and Campus Services; Matthew Lawrence, custodial manager; Susie Hardwick, Worrell team leader

The custodial department at Wake Forest took home two awards from the national OS1 Symposium held in New Orleans on Aug. 6. The Simon Institute, a nonprofit organization that supports the cleaning industry, awarded Best Cleaning Quality Improvement and Certification Program to the Wake Forest team.

The awards come in the third year of Wake Forest’s transition to a new cleaning management system called OS1, which provides a higher level of cleanliness and better accountability in cleaning buildings. About half the University has transitioned to this system, including most of the academic buildings.

Custodian Charles Nicholson uses a backpack vacuum cleaner.

Custodian Charles Nicholson uses a backpack vacuum cleaner.

Also, six WFU custodians were recognized with Outstanding Cleaning Worker awards.

Please congratulate:

• Myrtle Farabee
• Susie Hardwick
• Charles Nicholson
• Ederman Palaez de Herrera
• Gary Samuels
• Michael Woodard

Categories: Staff News

July 2012 staff milestones

See a list of employment milestones reached by staff in July 2012 (corrected):

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Categories: Staff News

Vote for new campus signage

Campus signageOne sign of the changes occurring on campus is that the University is considering changing the campus signs.

A campus signage committee has been studying new signage for the last year. The current signs were installed in late 1989.

“The current signs satisfied the need 20 years ago, but the committee is looking at what the needs are today and how to provide better ‘wayfinding’ around campus for vehicles and pedestrians,” said Jim Coffey, director of landscaping services and a member of the committee.

The committee has identified two possible designs for new signage and would like community input, Coffey said. No timetable or funding has been approved for new signage yet.

Concept A has a gold and black color scheme and iron supports that tie in to the original wrought iron detail on campus buildings.

Concept B has a curved bevel edge, clear contrasting lettering, and solid round anchor posts.

View the signs here and vote for your favorite.

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