Hip hip hooray! Employee Appreciation Week salutes workers
Published on Monday, May 10, 2021
UMMC leaders expressed their appreciation for the 10,000-person workforce last Friday with a pep rally in front of University Hospital and a parade down North State Street. Health care heroes received a big salute as the went back and forth to campus, and metro-area emergency response vehicles, police motorcycle units, city leaders and Miss Mississippi Mary Margaret Hyer drove by as well. What a way to kick off Employee Appreciation Week!
![University of Mississippi Medical Center employees get a warm welcome May 7 for the kickoff of Employee Appreciation Week.](/News/News_Articles/2021/05/Images/Pep-Rally-20210507-01.jpg)
Medical Center employees receive a warm welcome May 7 to kick off Employee Appreciation Week.
![UMMC hospital leaders lined sidewalks in front of University Hospital May 7 to welcome employees to campus during the kickoff for Employee Appreciation Week.](/News/News_Articles/2021/05/Images/Pep-Rally-20210507-19.jpg)
UMMC hospital leaders line the sidewalks in front of University Hospital to welcome employees.
![Members of the Jackson Police Department motorcycle patrol lead a parade down State Street to help kick off UMMC's Employee Appreciation Week.](/News/News_Articles/2021/05/Images/Pep-Rally-20210507-02.jpg)
Members of the Jackson Police Department motorcycle patrol lead a parade down North State Street.
![UMMC hospital leaders cheered on employees as they entered campus May 7 to kick off Employee Appreciation Week.](/News/News_Articles/2021/05/Images/Pep-Rally-20210507-12.jpg)
UMMC hospital leaders cheer employees as they enter campus.
![Miss Mississippi Mary Margaret Hyer waves to UMMC employees May 7 as she rides in a parade down State Street during the kickoff to Employee Appreciation Week.](/News/News_Articles/2021/05/Images/Pep-Rally-20210507-06.jpg)
Miss Mississippi Mary Margaret Hyer waves to UMMC employees as she rides in a parade down North State Street.
![Employees got a reminder of who they are and why on the front lawn of the Medical Center during the kickoff for Employee Appreciation Week.](/News/News_Articles/2021/05/Images/Pep-Rally-20210507-14.jpg)
Signs on the Medical Center's front lawn reminds UMMC employees of who they are and why they are being celebrated.
![UMMC hospital leaders lined sidewalks in front of University Hospital May 7 to welcome employees to campus during the kickoff for Employee Appreciation Week.](/News/News_Articles/2021/05/Images/Pep-Rally-20210507-17.jpg)
UMMC hospital leaders enthusiastically hold signs and salute UMMC employees.
![Metro-area emergency responders processed down State Street May 7 to kick off UMMC's Employee Appreciation Week and salute the Medical Center's 10,000 employees.](/News/News_Articles/2021/05/Images/Pep-Rally-20210507-10.jpg)
Metro-area emergency responders proceed down North State Street to salute UMMC's 10,000 employees.
![Employees arriving on campus May 7 got a warm greeting from hospital leaders during the kickoff for Employee Appreciation Week.](/News/News_Articles/2021/05/Images/Pep-Rally-20210507-25.jpg)
Hospital leaders give UMMC employees warm greetings.
![University Heart executive director Camille Richards cheers on dozens of UMMC employees as they enter campus May 7 during the kickoff for Employee Appreciation Week.](/News/News_Articles/2021/05/Images/Pep-Rally-20210507-26.jpg)
Camille Richards, executive director of University Heart, cheers UMMC employees.
![UMMC hospital leaders cheered on employees arriving for work May 7 during the kickoff for Employee Appreciation Week.](/News/News_Articles/2021/05/Images/Pep-Rally-20210507-21.jpg)
Hospital leaders wave signs of gratitude for UMMC employees.
![Employees arriving on campus May 7 got a warm greeting from hospital leaders including University Heart executive director Camille Richards during the kickoff for Employee Appreciation Week.](/News/News_Articles/2021/05/Images/Pep-Rally-20210507-33.jpg)
Richards and other hospital leaders give warm greetings to UMMC employees.
![The sign says it all: UMMC employees are amazing! The Medical Center workforce got a hearty greeting and thank you May 7 as the kickoff to Employee Appreciation Week.](/News/News_Articles/2021/05/Images/Pep-Rally-20210507-13.jpg)
The sign says it all: UMMC employees are amazing!
![The Jackson Fire Department was among metro-area emergency responders who took their place in a State Street parade May 7 to kick off UMMC's Employee Appreciation Week.](/News/News_Articles/2021/05/Images/Pep-Rally-20210507-09.jpg)
Jackson Fire Department personnel are among metro-area emergency responders taking part in a parade down North State Street.
![Employees arriving on campus May 7 got a warm greeting from hospital leaders during the kickoff for Employee Appreciation Week.](/News/News_Articles/2021/05/Images/Pep-Rally-20210507-34.jpg)
UMMC employees receive a star-studded welcome from hospital leaders.