ASD Peer Awards 2020 (July 28)
Held virtually via Microsoft Teams, due to COVID-19
Read the full citations for all the Peer Awards for 2020 here.
The awards were presented by Division Director Rob Petre
and Deputy Division Director Rita Sambruna.
Nearly 110 people joined the video meeting, seeing the slides below
as each winner was announced.
Click on an image to see a larger version.
 Ken Simms |
 Wilson Lara |
 Sara Mitchell |
 Takayuki Hayashi |
 Renita Shields |
 Bryan Irby |
 Olivia Lupie |
 Nick Wakeham |
 Knicole Colon |
 Tom McGlynn |
 Elisa Quintana |
 Don Lindler |
Congratulations to all!
Sysadmin Day 2020
Just prior to reading the citations for the winners, Rob Petre recognized the upcoming Friday as Sysadmin Day (the last Friday in July) and posted this image of the ASD System Team members.
Talent Show
New with this year's virtual ceremony was a talent show featuring ASD members.
| Still screen shot link | Video link Click [ ] in lower right to make full screen |
Description |
|---|---|---|
 Giuseppe Cataldo |
| Giuseppe performing "Presto" from "Summer" (of The Four Seasons)
by Antonio Vivaldi, recorded in the National Gallery of Art plaza.
Video duration: 3:12 |
 Tod Strohmayer |
|
Tod performing a fingerstyle guitar instrumental called
“A Trout Toward Noon,” by Leo Kottke.
Video duration: 3:10 |
 Matt & Amber Straughn |
| Matt performing Rachmaninoff’s second movement of Vespers, “Bless The Lord O My
Soul” with space-themed video provided by Amber.
Video duration: 6:16 |
 Jason Glenn |
| Jason performing a martial-arts demonstration.
Video duration: 2:40 |
 Mike Corcoran |
| Mike and his wife Joan performing “Carina Carina” - based on Bob Dylan’s song “Corrina Corrina”
Video duration: 3:52 |
 Scott Porter |
| Scott produced a 'virtual orchestra' of the Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra
performing Pomp and Circumstance. Each musician (80 in all!) recorded
their parts at home, with video and audio editing by Scott.
Video duration: 4:00 |
 Jon & Anne Gardner |
| In a live (not pre-recorded) performance, Jon and Anne Gardner played
high-energy toe-tapping fiddle tunes from both sides of the Atlantic.
Thank you to Dayna Jamison for the MS Teams recording. Video duration: 6:58 |
Videos included here with permission by the artists.
Previous years' Code 660 Peer Award winners found here.
All staff photographs by David Friedlander except Wilson Lara, Renita Shields, and Olivia Lupie.
Powerpoint presentation by Ellie Jeffries and Alicia Jose.
28 July 2020
