{"id":24467,"date":"2022-12-13T17:01:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T22:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/?p=24467"},"modified":"2023-01-03T12:59:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T17:59:11","slug":"2022-holiday-party-highlights-and-award-presentations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/2022-holiday-party-highlights-and-award-presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Holiday Party Highlights and Award presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">End-of-Year Holiday Party Highlights<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>The department of Biochemistry and Biophysics gathered on December 13, 2022, to celebrate our accomplishments over this past year. We had a large turnout of around 160 individuals including guests and children for this fantastic event culminating in 2022.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24483 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/pano_IMG_8409.jpg\" alt=\"panoramanic photo from holiday party 2022\" width=\"1280\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/pano_IMG_8409.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/pano_IMG_8409-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/pano_IMG_8409-1024x445.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/pano_IMG_8409-768x334.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/pano_IMG_8409-600x261.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/pano_IMG_8409-560x243.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24493 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/dining-at-carolina-club-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"dining at carolina club\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/dining-at-carolina-club-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/dining-at-carolina-club-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/dining-at-carolina-club-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/dining-at-carolina-club-1536x1008.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/dining-at-carolina-club-2048x1343.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/dining-at-carolina-club-600x394.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/dining-at-carolina-club-560x367.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The evening began with a sit-down formal dinner and meet and greet in a gorgeous ballroom at the Carolina Club on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24507 alignleft\" style=\"font-size: 17.5px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/clean-photo-with-a-table-sharon-and-qi-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"winter party table photos\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/clean-photo-with-a-table-sharon-and-qi-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/clean-photo-with-a-table-sharon-and-qi-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/clean-photo-with-a-table-sharon-and-qi-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/clean-photo-with-a-table-sharon-and-qi-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/clean-photo-with-a-table-sharon-and-qi-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/clean-photo-with-a-table-sharon-and-qi-280x210.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/clean-photo-with-a-table-sharon-and-qi-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/clean-photo-with-a-table-sharon-and-qi-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24492 size-thumbnail alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/12-13-2022cookie-deco-time-150x150.png\" alt=\"cookie time\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/12-13-2022cookie-deco-time-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/12-13-2022cookie-deco-time-600x600.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>The evening continued with cookie decorating for the children and a build your own candy bags.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-24501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/jean-cook-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Jean Cook speaks at the holiday party giving thanks\" width=\"204\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/jean-cook-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/jean-cook-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/jean-cook-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/jean-cook-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/jean-cook-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/jean-cook-560x747.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/jean-cook-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">Followed by a welcome message from our chair Dr. Jean Cook. Special thanks went out to the event organizers: Rhonda Strickland, Holly Shepherd, Lynn Ray from our administrative office, and graduate student Amelia McCue from the Kuhlman lab.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Awards ceremony<\/h2>\n<p>Jean Cook presented the 2022 Staff Excellence Awards for dedication, service, and commitment to the department.<\/p>\n<p>The Department\u2019s Staff Recognition Program was established to annually recognize staff members for their outstanding achievement and service. Nominations are made with the following criteria in mind: teamwork, creativity and innovation, positive attitude, enthusiasm, productivity, flexibility, and leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Each year there are two awards given out for research administration and office administration excellence. This year we added an additional award for Lifetime Achievement for Administrative Excellence. Our 2022 awardees are Garrett Chappell, Rhonda Strickland, and Lynn Ray.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">2022 Staff Excellence Awards<\/h3>\n<p><em>quotes from nominators<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24498\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 160px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24498 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/Garrett_3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Garrett Chappell holding award\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/Garrett_3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/Garrett_3-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Research Excellence \u2013 Garrett Chappell, Research Technician<br \/>in the Berlow lab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Garrett Chappell<\/strong> &#8211; research administration excellence<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Garrett is an instrumental member of the team responsible for getting the Berlow lab established at UNC. He was praised for demonstrating initiative that went above and beyond the duties of a research technician. One example was his designing the entire Berlow lab website from scratch. Garrett brings so much enthusiasm, motivation, and positive energy to everything he does in the lab and he never hesitates to go above and beyond to assist others with their projects. Garrett has made countless contributions to our research program already and his suggestions of alternative approaches to challenging experiments continue to drive our research forward.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24499\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 160px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24499 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/Rhonda-150x150.png\" alt=\"Rhonda Strickland and Jean Cook with award\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Administration Excellence \u2013 Rhonda Strickland, Executive Assistant to the chair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Rhonda Strickland <\/strong>&#8211; office administration excellence<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Rhonda was particularly praised for her help with arrangements for the student-led seminar series. Rhonda was also singled out for her instrumental contributions toward organizing the BCBP retreat. She is generally cheerful and welcoming to all students. Also noted was her work in promoting and sustaining the DEI effort in our Department.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Lynn Ray<\/strong> &#8211; Lifetime Achievement for Administrative Excellence<\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24497\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 235px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/Lynn-Ray-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Lynn Ray at 2022 December party\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/Lynn-Ray-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/Lynn-Ray-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/Lynn-Ray-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/Lynn-Ray-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/Lynn-Ray-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/Lynn-Ray-560x747.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/Lynn-Ray-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Lifetime Achievement for Administrative Excellence \u2013 Lynn Ray, Associate Chair of Administration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We are all going to miss Lynn when she retires. Lynn combined all the most desirable qualities necessary for success as a Departmental Associate Chair for Administration without suffering any of the potential liabilities that may emerge in this position. She efficiently and rapidly solves major and even minor problems we bring to her. In this regard, she has an unerring second sense of what faculty, staff, and students all need and sees to it that these are provided. Lynn thinks affectionately of the entire Department without favorites, which is a very rare quality. She has always had a positive attitude and worked long hours to get the Department to run smoothly. She never says no. As a co-worker and as a human being I admire her and often say to myself I wish I could be like Lynn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Congratulations to all of our awardees!<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote><p>We wrapped up our holiday party with exciting raffle prizes and closing remarks by Jean Cook. We are grateful to all who came to enjoy the festivities and to our event organizers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24503\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/prize-time-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"prize time\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/prize-time-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/prize-time-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/prize-time-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/prize-time-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/prize-time-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/prize-time-560x747.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/prize-time-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/CFC8F380-0840-402C-ADAE-60CB3233E23C-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"leah holding prize for football raffle\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/CFC8F380-0840-402C-ADAE-60CB3233E23C-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/CFC8F380-0840-402C-ADAE-60CB3233E23C-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/CFC8F380-0840-402C-ADAE-60CB3233E23C-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, 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https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/prize-time-nc-shirt-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/prize-time-nc-shirt-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/prize-time-nc-shirt-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/prize-time-nc-shirt-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/prize-time-nc-shirt-560x747.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/prize-time-nc-shirt-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/candle-prize-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Laura with candle raffle prize\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/candle-prize-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/candle-prize-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/candle-prize-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/candle-prize-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/candle-prize-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/candle-prize-280x210.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/candle-prize-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/candle-prize-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24619 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/2993001-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"christmas party 2022 group at carolina club\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/2993001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/2993001-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/2993001-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/2993001-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/2993001-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/2993001-280x210.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/2993001-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/2993001-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Have a safe and wonderful season!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>click to download a zip file of our event photos from this 2022 end-of-year party<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2022\/12\/BCBPPhotos.zip\">BCBPPhotos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>End-of-Year Holiday Party Highlights The department of Biochemistry and Biophysics gathered on December 13, 2022, to celebrate our accomplishments over this past year. We had a large turnout of around 160 individuals including guests and children for this fantastic event culminating in 2022. 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