Chris has always and continues to provide outstanding customer service. Most recently, Chris was able to understand, troubleshoot, and was diligent in resolving my printer(s) issues. His resolution to my issues will be a tremendous frustration relief when the time rolls around for the July BOG meeting as well as future ones. His dedication to serving our office deserves a huge Round of Applause…Thank you so much and you are appreciated, Chris! Kudos to you!

Nominated by Angelisa Riggsbee

Preksha Patel has been invaluable during the Office of Sponsored Programs aging clean-up process. She has helped us complete the necessary steps to resolve invalid invoices dating back to 2015. She completed the process within a month and during the beginning of year end closeout. The process could not have been completed without Preksha! Thank you, Preksha!

Nominated by Valerie Crickard and Jacob Falkiewicz

In a world where technology can sometimes feel overwhelming, Jack serves as a reassuring presence, reminding us that no challenge is insurmountable when we work together. He is good-humored, making the days a little brighter and more productive. Thank you for being a good colleague!

Nominated by Peter Hans

Xiaoyan is one of the most helpful and knowledgeable people I’ve worked with at the System Office. She’s always willing to help in any capacity, even when she has competing priorities. I’m not sure where FDM would be without her! I’m ever-appreciative of being able to work with her.

Nominated by Laura Williams

Terrence is leaving us for another shade of blue (UNC-CH) but we are so grateful for all his expertise and guidance in supporting our managers and employees through employee relations matters. His compassion, wisdom, and kindness will be missed. We should all look to lead with a little Terrence in us these days! Thank you for your dedication and service to the UNC System, Terrence, and to this country!

Nominated by System Office HR

Chris is GREAT at his job! He is always very patient with me. I had an issue while working from home and he immediately came to the rescue! He went above and beyond to troubleshoot this error. Its a great feeling to know when you are working against hard deadlines and run into an issue that there is someone in IT that is more than willing to give you a helping hand.. Even if sometimes it’s user error.  🙂

Nominated by Tami Chargois

Ed has been very helpful – whenever I have a question or run across any problem with the system — I can reach out to him at any time and he has guided me safely thru each and every issue that has come my way — I know I say I appreciate your help and support — I really do and thank you again Ed.

Nominated by Jack Ware

I wanted to give a round of applause to Rebekah Anderson for always going above and beyond in supporting me with some of the IT access issues I have come across — she is super helpful and amazing at her job.

Nominated by Jack Ware

Owen has undertaken an extremely complicated project and won friends across the System while figuring things out. He is inclusive and always ready to lend a hand. His professionalism is well respected, and Academic Affairs wants to give him a shout out for being such a top notch colleague.

Nominated by Michelle Soler

I’d like to give a Round of Applause to Valerie Crickard who was quite helpful in helping our team review the budget for a service contract agreement. She astutely identified that the vendor was using the wrong indirect cost recovery rate. (She even found the correct rate on the vendor’s own website!) That helped us go back and negotiate a better rate and saved us ~$40K on our program budget. I appreciate her diligence and care and going the extra step to help our team. It was greatly appreciated!

Nominated by Mary Varghese