{"39607":{"#nid":"39607","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Organizations Cooperate for USG Customer Service Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEight campus departments and organizations, comprised of faculty, staff and students, were awarded a silver level Chancellor\u0027s Customer Service Recognition Award from the University System of Georgia. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERecognized for their service in assisting with Georgia Tech Housing Freshman Move-in, representatives from Housing, Georgia Tech Police, Facilities, the Residence Hall Association and Greek Affairs received the team Excellence Award of the Year from Chancellor Erroll B. Davis Jr. on Sept. 15. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe team included members from Housing, Parking and Transportation, Facilities, Georgia Tech Police, the Residence Hall Association, the Residential Network, Greek Affairs and Institute administration. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EReceiving the Chancellor\u0027s Customer Service Recognition Award were Panhellenic President Kyle Hanofee, Residence Hall Association President Elliot Mork, Residence Life Director Dan Morrison, Georgia Tech Police Officer Melissa Pestle, Interfraternity Council President Andrew deRussy, USG Chancellor Erroll B. Davis Jr., Recycling Services Manager Cindy Jackson and Housing Senior Director Michael Black.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBlack served as coordinator of the operation. The different groups work with students and families on Freshman Move-in Day to help with simple tasks, such as unloading cars and connecting new students\u0027 computers, to institutional assistance with traffic and recycling of discarded moving materials.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027re very honored to receive this award from the Board of Regents,\u0022 Black said. \u0022It was good recognition for the years of hard work that finally came to fruition.\u0022 \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBlack added that nearly 6,500 students were moved into housing in three days. With volunteers helping, the average car was emptied and had its contents carried into the residence halls in about 8 minutes or less.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We want to encourage faculty and staff in other departments to help us in the future. I can\u0027t think of a better way to make a first impression on a freshman student.\u0022  \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Several departments across campus work together to win the Chancellor\u0027s Excellence of the Year Award for a team effort.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Organizations cooperate for USG customer service award"}],"uid":"27191","created_gmt":"2009-10-02 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:25","author":"Robert Nesmith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-10-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-10-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"39608":{"id":"39608","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech accepts Silver Level USG Chancellor\\\u0027","body":null,"created":"1449174110","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:21:50","changed":"1475894265","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:37:45","alt":"Georgia Tech accepts Silver Level USG Chancellor\\\u0027","file":{"fid":"189716","name":"tvt18108.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tvt18108.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tvt18108.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":302593,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tvt18108.jpg?itok=iEmQB1gN"}}},"media_ids":["39608"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.customerfocus.usg.edu\/recognition\/2009\/team.phtml","title":"Excellence of the Year Award Team"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.housing.gatech.edu\/","title":"Housing"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4851","name":"Customer Service Awards"},{"id":"726","name":"University System of Georgia"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EMelissa Moore\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAuxiliary Services\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=mm410\u0022\u003EContact Melissa Moore\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-4990\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["melissa.moore@aux.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}