{"id":272,"date":"2017-04-14T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/?p=272"},"modified":"2017-04-14T11:42:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T15:42:57","slug":"i-feel-appreciated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/blog\/2017\/04\/14\/i-feel-appreciated\/","title":{"rendered":"I feel appreciated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-273 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Scannable-Document-on-Apr-14-2017-8_01_45-AM-1024x791.png\" alt=\"Certificate of Awesomeness\" width=\"690\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Scannable-Document-on-Apr-14-2017-8_01_45-AM-1024x791.png 1024w, https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Scannable-Document-on-Apr-14-2017-8_01_45-AM-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Scannable-Document-on-Apr-14-2017-8_01_45-AM-768x593.png 768w, https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Scannable-Document-on-Apr-14-2017-8_01_45-AM-980x757.png 980w, https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Scannable-Document-on-Apr-14-2017-8_01_45-AM.png 2020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/>This week the University of Connecticut expressed its appreciation for employees. I am nearing the end of my 31st year with the University, and I&#8217;ve heard through the grapevine that I&#8217;ll be receiving a &#8220;surprise&#8221; gift recognizing 30 years of service at a meeting I&#8217;m attending next week. On Tuesday, I presented a gift to an employee of The Graduate School recognizing 35 years of service as a state employee. I was surprised and gratified to receive the unofficial &#8220;Certificate of Awesomeness&#8221; pictured above from members of The Graduate School staff. I feel very appreciated &#8211; and fortunate to have been a part of UConn for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week the University of Connecticut expressed its appreciation for employees. I am nearing the end of my 31st year with the University, and I&#8217;ve heard through the grapevine that&#8230; <a class=\"read-more-button\" href=\"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/blog\/2017\/04\/14\/i-feel-appreciated\/\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darwin.eeb.uconn.edu\/uncommon-ground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}