Awards & Recognition
This "holiday" recognizes the role of language professionals in connecting nations and fostering peace, understanding & development?
What is International Translation Day? (Sept. 30)
Defined as a supportive style in which the leader provides team members with skills, tools and relationships they need to perform to the best of their ability.
What is a servant leader?
This animal is cute & cuddly, lives in Australia near the coast, sleeps 18 hrs. a day at times and eats the best herbivorous diet (mostly eucalyptus leaves.)
What is a koala? (And who is a koala?)
Seeking a career
Practicing in departments
Achieving my goals
What is Project Search?
This colleague was a professional dancer before becoming a professional artist.
Who is Lori Anne?
It's the week to recognize the importance of making health information easy to understand and the health care system easier to navigate.
What is Health Literacy Month? (October; also National Health Education Week Oct 20-24, 2025)
Uses a collaborative leadership style that leverages a shared vision, encouragement and inspiration to facilitate change.
What is a transformational leader?
This animal can see things in the distance because of a height advantage, are gentle and patient (and also patterned.)
What is a giraffe? (And who is a giraffe?)
Faithful Presence in
Front Row Seat to Suffering,
For Eternity
What is Spiritual Care?
This colleague lived in Alaska for some time before Tennessee.
Who is Frank?
This week encourages giving thanks to chaplains and spiritual caregivers for their unique clinical expertise and ministry of presence.
What is Spiritual Care Week? (October 23-29, 2025)
Uses a shared leadership style to leverage participation of members of the group to guide decision-making and management.
What is a democratic leader?
With this animal is associated a quiet solitude and keen awareness of its surroundings, an ability to thrive in seemingly hostile, yet wondrous places, as well as a beautifully feathered, supportive warmth under its wings cast wide.
What is a snowy owl? (And who is a snowy owl?)
Twenty-four strong hearts,
Bridging languages with care,
Voices heal and share!
What is Interpreter Services?
This colleague is a regular world traveler.
Who is Andy?
What is Project Search?
Uses a unilateral style to delegate to others with rules and orders.
What is an autocratic (or authoritarian) leader?
This animal is protective of territory and family. It is a very social animal & very expressive. Its biggest fear is of humans.
What is a wolf? (And who is a wolf?)
A couple gather
Many a journeys guided
Rockstar we watch grow
What is Patient & Family Engagement?
This colleague has a "good side" for photographs and often hits a work stride in the evening hours.
Who is Nadia?
This award & event honors volunteers who give their time and talents to improve the community. This year, VUMC has a winner!
What is the Mary Catherine Strobel Volunteer Awards?
Facilitates the group to drive decision-making and develop solutions to work-related problems with a “hands-off” approach.
What is a laissez-faire leader?
This animal is nocturnal, very adaptable and thrives in a variety of environments. It is sometimes anthropomorphized to give sage advice while wearing glasses.
What is the great horned owl? (And who is the great horned owl?)
An intrepid boat
Even as monsters circle—
In, through, out, repeat.
What is Patient Education & Health Literacy?
This colleague worked in construction and office design before Patient and Family Engagement.
Who is Lisa?