{"id":106765,"date":"2021-08-25T08:12:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T13:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=106765"},"modified":"2021-09-21T08:50:07","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T13:50:07","slug":"meet-christina-lewis-augusts-staff-member-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/meet-christina-lewis-augusts-staff-member-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Christina Lewis, August&#8217;s Staff Member of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_106850\" style=\"width: 193px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/meet-christina-lewis-augusts-staff-member-of-the-month\/christina-lewis\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-106850\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106850\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-106850\" src=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UCIMG-1907-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UCIMG-1907-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/UCIMG-1907.jpg 391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-106850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christina Lewis<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Christina Lewis, operations manager at the University of Mississippi <a href=\"http:\/\/telecom.olemiss.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Telecommunications Center<\/a>, is the Staff Council&#8217;s Staff Member of the Month for August. To help us get to know her better, she answered some questions for Inside Ole Miss.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>IOM: <\/strong>How long have you worked at Ole Miss?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lewis:<\/strong> 14 years<\/p>\n<p><strong>IOM: <\/strong>What is your hometown?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lewis:<\/strong> Picayune, Mississippi.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>IOM: <\/strong>Talk about your favorite Ole Miss memory? (This can be work-related, but does not have to be.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lewis:&nbsp;<\/strong>One of my favorite Ole Miss memories is when Housing held move-in day at the Jackson Avenue Center, formerly known as the &#8220;Old Walmart.&#8221; I enjoyed assisting students and their families with information about the university and telecommunications services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IOM: <\/strong>What do you enjoy most about your position or the department in which you work?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lewis:<\/strong> Telecommunications has a family atmosphere that I truly value. I enjoy preforming support staff tasks for our technicians, students and faculty\/staff members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IOM:&nbsp;<\/strong>What do you like to do when you are not at work?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lewis:<\/strong> In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my family and being outdoors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IOM: <\/strong>What is one thing on your bucket list?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lewis:<\/strong> One of the things on my bucket list is to travel. I would love to one day travel to Greece with my family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IOM: <\/strong>What is your favorite movie?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lewis:<\/strong> &#8220;Braveheart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>IOM: <\/strong>What is your favorite Ole Miss tradition?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lewis:<\/strong> Like most people, my favorite Ole Miss tradition is the Grove. Ole Miss fan or not, you have to love the Grove atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IOM: <\/strong>What is a fun fact about you?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lewis:&nbsp;<\/strong>My favorite ice cream is mint chocolate chip.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>IOM: <\/strong>If you could have lunch with anyone alive or dead\/fictional or real, who would it be and why?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lewis:<\/strong> I would like to talk to a solder that fought in WWII. I would enjoy listening to the stories that have never been told.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IOM:&nbsp;<\/strong>What are three words you would use to describe yourself?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lewis:<\/strong> Loyal, energetic, thoughtful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IOM:<\/strong>&nbsp;If you could visit one time or place in world history (past, present or future), what would it be?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lewis:<\/strong> I would go to Jerusalem and walk the streets with Jesus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IOM: <\/strong>If I could be an animal for a day I would be ____ .<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lewis: <\/strong>A lion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To nominate a colleague for Staff Member of the Month, email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:staffcouncil@olemiss.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">staffcouncil@olemiss.edu<\/a>&nbsp;with the name of the individual you&#8217;d like to nominate as well as why you feel that person should be recognized.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christina Lewis, operations manager at the University of Mississippi Telecommunications Center, is the Staff Council&#8217;s Staff Member of the Month for August. 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