The holidays always have a way of reminding us what is important in our lives and those things that we are thankful for. And like it or not, a big part of our lives are our jobs. The average person spends 90,000 hours at work during a lifetime – yikes! That means we spend a lot of time with each other. So why not make the best of it? Over the last month UCL staff has gathered to spend some time outside of the day-to-day tasks and meetings we all work through each day. We participated in the University’s gingerbread house decorating contest, the archives unit celebrated December birthdays at the bowling alley and most recently the Libraries’ hosted current and former staff for the Winter Solstice.

If you missed the Winter Solstice contests the winners included:
Most Festive Attire – Terry Palacios-Baughman
Most Unique Attire – Nicholas Eshelman
Ugliest Attire – Terri Goldich
Best Dessert – Erika McNeil

So please enjoy some of the images we have taken over the last month. If you have images you’d like to share, send them along and I will add them to the post! Happy Holidays!