{"id":1129,"date":"2017-08-21T11:19:39","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T15:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/engineering-computer-science\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2017-08-30T17:09:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T21:09:31","slug":"farewell-to-kirby-johnson-director-of-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/engineering-computer-science\/2017\/08\/21\/farewell-to-kirby-johnson-director-of-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanks and Well Wishes to Kirby Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 139px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/development\/images\/profiles\/psy863.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"173\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kirby Johnson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Kirby Johnson, CECS\u2019 Development Officer, accepted a new position earlier this summer.\u00a0 As the College\u2019s primary friend and fund raiser, Kirby assisted with a wide range of tasks including expanding alumni involvement, improving codification of the CECS Scholarship Program, and fostering monetary and in-kind gifts.\u00a0 Her hard work over the past eighteen months on behalf of the College is appreciated by our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Caleb Whitted, \u00a0the campus\u2019 Senior Director of Constituent Development, will serve as interim development officer for the College as a search is conducted to fill the post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kirby Johnson, CECS\u2019 Development Officer, accepted a new position earlier this summer.\u00a0 As the College\u2019s primary friend and fund raiser, Kirby assisted with a wide range of tasks including expanding alumni involvement, improving codification of the CECS Scholarship Program, and fostering monetary and in-kind gifts.\u00a0 Her hard work over the past eighteen months on behalf&hellip; 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