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ORNL United Way campaign tops $900,000, an increase from 2015

Posted at 1:18 pm September 27, 2016
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s United Way campaign’s $900,000 “big check” with, from left, Ann Weaver, whose Facilities Management Division was the top special fundraiser; 2016 chair Sharon Kohler; co-chair Ken Tobin; Facilities and Operations Director Jimmy Stone, directorate challenge winner for large directorates; and David Keim, representing the Office of the Laboratory Director, the challenge winner for smaller directorates. (ORNL photo by Genevieve Martin)

 

The 2016 United Way campaign at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory raised $900,000—an increase of $30,000 over the 2015 campaign.

“This is a fantastic and generous offer of support from our employees, management, volunteers, and everyone who has been associated in one way or another with this year’s United Way effort,” said campaign chair Sharon Kohler.

The $900,000 total included a corporate contribution from UT-Battelle. Kohler credited the lab’s Leadership Givers, who contribute a certain percentage of their salary per pay period, for providing 65 percent of the total designated by staff through payroll deduction. There were 22 new Leadership Givers joining this year. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Nonprofits, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: 2016 United Way campaign, Ann Weaver, David Keim, Genevieve Martin, Jimmy Stone, Ken Tobin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Sharon Kohler, U.S. Department of Energy, United Way, UT-Battelle

ETEC presents 2015 Muddy Boot Awards, Postma Young Professional Medal

Posted at 2:33 pm December 13, 2015
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Tennessee Deputy Governor Jim Henry, left, received one of two 2015 Muddy Boot Awards on Friday, Dec. 11, 2015. Also pictured are presenter Ron Woody, Roane County executive, second from right; Roane State Community College President Chris Whaley, second from left; and Roane Alliance President Wade Creswell. (DOE photo by Lynn Freeny)

 

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Two titans of East Tennessee’s business community were honored Friday with the Muddy Boot Award, given by the East Tennessee Economic Council in an ongoing tribute to individuals who, through their work and activities, build a better community.

This year’s honorees are Jim Henry, deputy governor of the State of Tennessee, a former businessman, legislator, and mayor of Roane County; and Dan Hurst, founder of StrataG, an East Tennessee entrepreneurial company and activist in numerous organizations across the region.

The Council also presented the Postma Young Professional Medal to Ann Weaver, a facilities engineer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Anne Harrington, deputy administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, keynoted the event, which was held at the Doubletree Hotel in Oak Ridge. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, State, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Ann Weaver, Anne Harrington, Bill Haslam, Chris Whaley, D. Ray Smith, Dan Hurst, Department of Children’s Services, East Tennessee Economic Council, Jim Campbell, Jim Henry, Lamar Alexander, Manhattan Project, Muddy Boot Award, National Nuclear Security Administration, Omni Visions, Pat Postma, Postma Young Professional Medal, Roane County, Ron Woody, StrataG, Tennessee, Wade Creswell

Miaofang Chi of ORNL named top scientist at UT-Battelle’s Awards Night

Posted at 10:59 am November 23, 2015
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Miaofang Chi (Photo by ORNL)

Miaofang Chi of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has earned the ORNL Director’s Award for Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Science and Technology.

ORNL Director Thom Mason presented the award to Chi on Friday during the annual Awards Night event in Knoxville hosted by UT-Battelle, the management and operating contractor for ORNL.

Chi was honored for her pioneering early career research in analytical electron microscopy. Chi’s research has advanced the understanding of defect and interface chemistry and structure and how such defects control materials properties at the atomic level. Her work includes the recent development of transformative insitu microscopy methods to probe transport phenomena at the atomic scale.

Chi also earned the Early-Career Researcher Award. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: analytical electron microscopy, Ann Weaver, Battelle Laboratory Operations Supervisor Academy, Buddy Bland, Center for Computational Sciences, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, chemistry, Chris Patton, Director's Award for Outstanding Team Accomplishment, Director’s Award for Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Mission Support, Division Award, Glenn Buckley, Judith Henry, LOSA, Miaofang Chi, microscopy, Mike McIntosh, Mike Mitchell, Mission Support Leadership, Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, ORNL Director’s Award for Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Science and Technology, Thom Mason, Titan supercomputer, UT-Battelle

UT-Battelle builds second home for ADFAC

Posted at 12:00 pm September 24, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

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Annie Cacheiro, right, executive director of Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties, and Thom Mason, director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, speak at a dedication for a home built by volunteers on Jay Lane.

Volunteers from UT-Battelle have completed their second home in two years for ADFAC, a nonprofit agency that helps low-income residents.

Officials and volunteers celebrated last week with a ceremony at the new single-story, two-bedroom home on Jay Lane.

“It’s a blessing,” said Emily Mitchell, 24, the new homeowner. “I know I couldn’t do it on my own.”

Mitchell, who has a two-year-old daughter, now lives on Van Hicks Place. She is the family self-sufficiency coordinator for the Oak Ridge Housing Authority. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Nonprofits, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories Tagged With: ADFAC, Affordable Housing Program, Ann Weaver, Annie Cacheiro, Bronzie Harris, Emily Mitchell, home, Jay Lane, Kahla Gentry, Oak Ridge Housing Authority, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Team UT-Battelle, Thom Mason, UT-Battelle

UT-Battelle, ATLC home-building project receives labor award

Posted at 1:03 pm August 18, 2013
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ORNL Volunteers and Horizon Award

Oak Ridge National Laboratory volunteers receive the Horizon Award from the Tennessee Labor Management Foundation. From left are Angela Gaylon, Dale McBee, Steve Jones, Mike Day, team captain Ann Weaver, and Jeff Reasor. (Submitted photo)

Team UT-Battelle’s all-volunteer project to build homes for Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties has earned the 2013 Horizon Award from the Tennessee Labor Management Foundation.

The award, which recognizes labor management partnerships that benefit the Tennessee community, will be presented to UT-Battelle and the Atomic Trades and Labor Council at the foundation’s summer conference in Nashville. UT-Battelle is the managing contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Nonprofits, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: ADFAC, affordable housing, Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties, Ann Weaver, ATLC, Carl Wright, DOE, homes, Horizon Award, House, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL, Social Services, Team UT-Battelle, Tennessee Labor Management Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, UT-Battelle

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