Many UConn employees attended a UConn Nation/Employee Appreciation event at Gampel Pavilion on Thursday. The event, which had a Western theme, included food, music, and activities such as a mechanical bull.
Shanelle DeVeaux of Environmental Health and Safety having fun at Employee Appreciation Day. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
From left, Lisa Mieszkowicz and Frances Bologna of Procurement Services with Leonard Blanks of University Communications at Employee Appreciation Day. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
Mike Besaw of Environmental Health and Safety leaps to avoid a moving bar, while Ian Olesen, left, of Environmental Health and Safety, Stuart Duncan, right, back, of Faculty Development, and Ethan Lee of Environmental Health and Safety look on. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
From left, Elisave Malave, Marta Pagan, and Khalilah Audain, all of Building Services pose for pictures. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
From left, Leigh St. Onge and Cheryl Blain of the Education Abroad office in Global Affairs, pose for pictures. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
Vitaly Glybin of the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness rides the mechanical bull. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
Kai Wang of the Connecticut Transportation Institute takes a picture of Greg Santone Jr. falling off the mechanical bull. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
From left, Zack Gonzalez, a UConn police officer, Nicole Hawley, an emergency management program specialist, Kathryn Overturf, program coordinator, and Mark Sweeney, a UConn police officer pose for a picture at Employee Appreciation Day. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
Employees from Facilities Operations & Building Services, pose for a picture at Employee Appreciation Day. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
From left, Lynn Chapdelaine, Tom Fearney, Amber Whitehead, and Dan Brierley, all of the Accounting Office, pose for a picture at Employee Appreciation Day. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)