{"id":5847,"date":"2019-08-23T11:58:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T15:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=5847"},"modified":"2025-04-09T14:21:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T18:21:46","slug":"pvm-says-thank-you-to-faculty-and-staff-with-groovy-appreciation-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/pvm-says-thank-you-to-faculty-and-staff-with-groovy-appreciation-event.php","title":{"rendered":"PVM Says \u201cThank You\u201d to Faculty and Staff with \u201cGroovy\u201d Appreciation Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8649_copy_sm.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Narayan, Julie, and Tempess stand behind a 60s van photo prop at the appreciation event\" class=\"wp-image-5849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8649_copy_sm.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8649_copy_sm-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8649_copy_sm-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8649_copy_sm-1024x601.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8649_copy_sm-401x235.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Comparative Pathology Department Head Sanjeev Narayanan \u201cdrives\u201d the 60s themed mini bus photo prop with department staff members Julie Lewellen and Tempess Williams as \u201cpassengers,\u201d at the Faculty Staff Appreciation event Thursday, August 15, in the Lynn Hall Courtyard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8561_copy2_sm-1024x676.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5851\" style=\"width:350px;height:231px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8561_copy2_sm-1024x676.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8561_copy2_sm-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8561_copy2_sm-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8561_copy2_sm-356x235.jpg 356w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_8561_copy2_sm.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Director of Alumni Relations and Special Events Susan Xioufaridou and Clinical Pathology Laboratory Supervisor Nicole Rosen whip-up rootbeer floats in commemorative 60th Anniversary mugs at the appreciation event. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Purdue Veterinary Medicine faculty and staff were treated to a sixties-themed appreciation event last Thursday, August 15, in the \u201cFar Out\u201d Lynn Hall Courtyard. &nbsp;The annual appreciation event featured creative decorations and \u201cdrive-in\u201d themed refreshments including hot dogs, hamburgers, and root beer floats. Over 200 people participated in the festivities and took home a commemorative PVM 60<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary mug. Some even took time to brag on their fellow colleagues by posting complimentary notes on a tie-dye draped bulletin board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special thanks to the event planning committee including Megan Brashear, Barb Cochran, Steve Hooser, Tami Lind, Brandi Maxie, Julie Roahrig, Nicole Rosen, Donna Tudor, Brittany Vale, and Director of Alumni Relations and Special Events Susan Xioufaridou for the awesome ideas and their efforts setting up and manning the event with special help from Grace Craig, Tricia Johnson, and Chelsi Laposi.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And thanks to PVM\u2019s fantastic group of dedicated faculty and staff who are indeed \u201cGroovy!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purdue Veterinary Medicine faculty and staff were treated to a sixties-themed appreciation event last Thursday, August 15, in the \u201cFar Out\u201d Lynn Hall Courtyard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,29],"tags":[652,8,26,56,600,135],"class_list":["post-5847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-our-people","tag-appreciation","tag-faculty","tag-featured-story","tag-homepage","tag-special-event","tag-staff"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5847"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29550,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5847\/revisions\/29550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}