By Veronica Clark, PTAC specialist, CIS November is a month of giving and thanks. This November, I encourage you to pause to commemorate the ancestry and contributions of Native Americans. Most of us are familiar with Pocahontas. However, there is much more to the Native American history. We must continue
Author: Hannah Holder
Celebrating Italian-American Heritage Month
By Lori Barton, accounting specialist, IPS Administration Two of the IPS Diversity Committee’s goals are to bring recognition to different nationalities and ethnic backgrounds and to encourage each of us to broaden our knowledge by learning something new about the people we come in contact with daily. When I volunteered
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: E Pluribus Plurum
by Cesar A. Muedas, manager of interpretation and translation services, TLC Evidently, Hispanic Heritage may mean different things to different people, especially if you are of Hispanic descent. I approach the subject here making reference to a couple of books I have enjoyed reading and sharing with family and friends.
Will You Be an Atticus Finch?
By Elisha Hodge, legal consultant, MTAS Over the last several months, I have read a number of books about different leadership styles and philosophies as part of the assigned readings for Leadership Academy. To be honest, I enjoyed some way more than others. And while I learned some very valuable
Bringing Your Whole Self to Work
By Chris Payne, training consultant, CTAS Bring your whole self to work. This was a theme for the IPS Conference in 2015 after Dr. Byrd arrived. I listened. We spend a significant part of our lives with coworkers. At CTAS, we have always referred to our agency as family. It
Periodically, members of the IPS Diversity Committee will write articles recognizing cultural heritage months. By Christine Anderson, administrative specialist, IPS Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. is celebrated during the month of May. May was chosen to honor the first Japanese immigrants that arrived in the United States
Tennessee Foreign Language Institute Becomes Part of UT
KNOXVILLE – The Tennessee Foreign Language Institute is set to become an entity of the University of Tennessee system and the sixth agency of the UT Institute for Public Service on July 1, thanks to legislation by the Tennessee General Assembly. The legislation eliminates the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute’s governing
My Mother: An Everyday/Extraordinary Hero to Me
March is recognized as Women’s History Month. Angie Carrier’s article on Gina Holt and this week’s story honor strong women who’ve made a difference. By Frances Adams-O’Brien, librarian, MTAS Raising two children on her own after my father died, going about her work every day, my mother was both an
Recognizing Women’s History Month
by Angie Carrier, MTAS Municipal Management Consultant I was asked to write an article on behalf of the IPS Diversity Committee for National Women’s History month. How did March become National Women’s History month? I did not know, so I started researching. The Education Taskforce of the Sonoma County, Calif.
Recognizing Dr. Ernest Brothers
By Don Green, executive director, LEIC In recognition of this month’s focus on Black History, the IPS Diversity Committee agreed to share insight into university employees who are making a contribution to their heritage. One such individual who I have had the pleasure of knowing is Ernest Brothers associate dean
