{"584709":{"#nid":"584709","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Melanie Thomas - Campus Services Employee of the Month ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMelanie Thomas, travel, immunization and allergy nurse from Stamps Health Services was selected as the campus services December employee of the month. Melanie has been with Georgia Tech as a nurse for seven years but came to Tech long before then. Thomas has a bachelor\u0026rsquo;s of science in management from Georgia Tech. She was a first generation college student who after a full career as a revenue analyst for AT\u0026amp;T\/Southern Bell\/Bell South decided to go back to school to become a nurse.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStamps Health Services Director, Dr. Gregory Moore said, \u0026ldquo;There are few employees who take such a personal and professional interest in our students. She is adored by her patients and goes the extra mile to make sure all students have everything they need.\u0026nbsp; Thomas enjoys working with all students, especially those with different cultural or economic backgrounds. She volunteers with many Tech activities including: Sting Break, Earth Day and Klemis Kitchen. \u0026nbsp;One of Thomas\u0026rsquo; most notable Tech memories was volunteering as a field marshal during the \u0026rsquo;96 Olympics. \u0026ldquo;Many people have a phobia of immunizations. I try to volunteer in areas where students can see us in a nonthreatening environment, said Thomas.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations Melanie Thomas and thank you for your tremendous contribution to Georgia Tech!\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMelanie Thomas, travel, immunization and allergy nurse from Stamps Health Services was selected as the campus services December employee of the month.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Melanie Thomas, travel, immunization and allergy nurse from Stamps Health Services was selected as the campus services December employee of the month."}],"uid":"27649","created_gmt":"2016-12-06 16:57:08","changed_gmt":"2016-12-06 17:02:01","author":"Christine Kapurch","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-12-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-12-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"584713":{"id":"584713","type":"image","title":"Melanie Thomas","body":null,"created":"1481043703","gmt_created":"2016-12-06 17:01:43","changed":"1481043703","gmt_changed":"2016-12-06 17:01:43","alt":"","file":{"fid":"222944","name":"DSC_0067.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DSC_0067.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DSC_0067.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":882998,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/DSC_0067.jpg?itok=VusEAk6V"}}},"media_ids":["584713"],"groups":[{"id":"428961","name":"Health and Well-Being"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166906","name":"Stamps"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}