{"id":289,"date":"2026-06-08T03:11:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T03:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/?p=289"},"modified":"2026-06-15T04:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T04:48:08","slug":"celebrate-employee-appreciation-week-june-15-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/2026\/06\/08\/celebrate-employee-appreciation-week-june-15-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Employee Appreciation Week: June 15-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">It&#8217;s Employee Appreciation Week! We have several activities planned to recognize and celebrate the outstanding faculty and staff at Missouri State University\u2013West Plains!<\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"x_elementToProof\"><b>Monday, June 15<\/b><\/h3>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Show your MSU-WP pride by wearing your Grizzly Gear and joining us at the Smith-London Bell Tower at 4 p.m. for the annual faculty and staff group photo.<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"x_elementToProof\"><b>Tuesday, June 16<\/b><\/h3>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Recognize your colleagues by sharing photos and employee shout outs on social media using the official <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>#GrizzlyShoutout<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0hashtag.<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"x_elementToProof\"><b>Wednesday, June 17<\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\">As a special token of appreciation, human resources will distribute collector lapel pins to all full-time staff.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"x_elementToProof\"><b>Thursday, June 18<\/b><\/h3>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Chancellor Mulligan invites all part-time and full-time employees to an ice cream social at 2 p.m. in the Carol Silvey Student Union. Join us for a sweet treat and an opportunity to connect with colleagues.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">To kick off the long weekend, employees will also enjoy an early release at 3 p.m., courtesy of President Biff Williams.<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"x_elementToProof\"><b>Friday, June 19<\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\">The University will be closed in observance of Juneteenth. We hope you enjoy the holiday and the extended weekend.<\/p>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Thank you for all you do to support our students, our mission, and each other. We look forward to celebrating with you throughout the week!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Employee Appreciation Week! We have several activities planned to recognize and celebrate the outstanding faculty and staff at Missouri State University\u2013West Plains! Monday, June 15 Show your MSU-WP pride by wearing your Grizzly Gear and joining us at the Smith-London Bell Tower at 4 p.m. for the annual faculty and staff group photo. Tuesday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[50,11,33,12],"class_list":["post-289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-resources","tag-employee-appreciation-week","tag-faculty","tag-human-resources","tag-staff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions\/307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wp.missouristate.edu\/grizzlynotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}