{"id":59027,"date":"2016-05-24T13:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=59027"},"modified":"2016-05-24T13:10:34","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T18:10:34","slug":"meet-kathy-mcminn-mays-staff-member-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/meet-kathy-mcminn-mays-staff-member-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Kathy McMinn, May&#8217;s Staff Member of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_59109\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/meet-kathy-mcminn-mays-staff-member-month\/kathymcminn\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59109\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59109\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59109\" src=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/KathyMcMinn-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Kathy McMinn\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/KathyMcMinn-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/KathyMcMinn-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/KathyMcMinn.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/KathyMcMinn-580x326.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-59109\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathy McMinn<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin-top: 0in;\">Kathy McMinn, administrative coordinator II at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.outreach.olemiss.edu\/desoto\/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Mississippi at DeSoto Center-Southaven<\/a>,\u00a0has been selected as Staff Council&#8217;s Staff Member of the Month for May. To help us\u00a0get to know her better, she answered a few questions for Inside Ole Miss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><strong>IOM:<\/strong><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">How long have you worked at Ole Miss?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><strong>McMinn:<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">8.5 years<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><strong>IOM:<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">What is your hometown?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>McMinn:<\/b><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\">Southaven<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><strong>IOM:<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">What is your favorite Ole Miss memory?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><strong>McMinn:<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\">Graduation Celebration, an event held at the UM-DeSoto campus each year, about a week before graduation. Our dedicated staff has worked very hard to help our students complete their degrees. We all celebrate with our graduates, their family and friends at this event by recognizing their accomplishments, giving each student an opportunity to shine, reflect on a job well done and look forward to their future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><strong>IOM:<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">What do you enjoy most about your position or the department in which you work?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><strong>McMinn:\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"s1\">Our students and our family of co-workers; they are all awesome!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><strong>IOM:<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">What do you like to do when you are not at work?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><strong>McMinn:<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\">I love spending time with my grandkids. Yes, I am one of those &#8220;Let me tell you about my grandkids!&#8221; people. From baby dedication at church, baseball games, preschool events, fun days just playing ball in the backyard, swinging and eating pizza, birthdays, cookouts, anytime-anywhere, that is my happy time!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><strong>IOM:<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">What is one thing on your bucket list?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><strong>\u00a0McMinn:<\/strong><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0Would love to travel, maybe by train.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><strong>IOM:<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">What is your favorite movie?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><strong>McMinn:<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;McLintock!&#8221; with John Wayne<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><strong>IOM:<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">What is a fun fact about you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"><strong>McMinn:\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"s1\">I love to sew and do creative projects.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"margin-top: 0in; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: 1; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\">To nominate a colleague for the Staff Member of the Month, email <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"mailto:staffcouncil@olemiss.edu\">staffcouncil@olemiss.edu<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>with the name of the individual you&#8217;d like to nominate as well as why you feel he or she 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>Kathy McMinn, administrative coordinator II at the University of Mississippi at DeSoto Center-Southaven,\u00a0has been selected as Staff Council&#8217;s Staff Member of the Month for May. To help us\u00a0get to know her better, she answered a few questions for Inside Ole Miss. 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