Thirty-seven separate MDOC locations linked with staff in three Central Office conference rooms for Governor Jennifer Granholm’s video conference address during State Employee Appreciation Week.

Granholm greeted staff and received a warm welcome from each location. She commended staff for their work. The Governor also offered her support to the director and thanked the director and

Governor Granholm, Lynette Holloway and Director Caruso address staff located in video conference rooms across the state.

corrections employees for the job they do.

“You are the best we have to offer,” said Gov. Granholm. “And you often don’t get the credit.”

Director Patricia Caruso also took the opportunity to praise staff for their hard work and commitment.

“You have important and difficult jobs and those jobs take strong and courageous employees,” said Director Caruso.

Sprint Nextel once again donated bridging services and technical support at no cost to the State. The bridge is the system that allows the video rooms to dial in and hear one another. Lynette Holloway, Telemedicine/Video Conferencing coordinator was in charge of the technical aspects of the video conference.

“Staff from each location did an outstanding job with their part of the video conference,” said Holloway. “The folks at Sprint Nextel were also very helpful as they have been in the past.”

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