UNCG was testing the new SDM 6.9.0.0 release to get it implemented in production. UNCG’s SDM snapshots were failing to run. Danny proactively jumped in and identified the source of the issue. He let us know the steps needed to resolve the problem. UNCG’s SDM snapshots are running successfully now thanks to Danny’s expertise and help.

Nominated by Karen Boulas

Jacob always goes above and beyond to help. If he doesn’t know the answer to a question, he finds out. He is an expert communicator and I can always count on his support and expertise.

Nominated by Lydia Mayer

Nancy brings her immense talent and enthusiasm to work each and every day, and has contributed greatly to work on several teams by designing beautiful materials for important presentations and pitches. She has also singlehandedly directed the System Office’s website homepage redesign, and deserves a round of applause for both her skill — and for the positive attitude she brings to our team!

Nominated by Kari Travis

Shweta came to my rescue in a big way last week. When I broke a link between two systems, she dropped everything she was doing and jumped in to troubleshoot. After consulting team members and vendors, she continued working on it long after the rest of us called it a day. She ultimately figured it out (late that night) and got us back in working order, ready for the day! I can’t thank her enough!

Nominated by Stephanie Minervino

Amidst the efforts to support our western North Carolina campuses, we needed to develop some complex IT solutions with short notice. Tio was incredibly responsive and persistent and not only prioritized my request, but helped to come up with a solution that benefited our response efforts in this situation that will also be extremely valuable for any future critical incidents that warrant a mutual aid response. I’m very grateful for Tio’s knowledge, care, and extra efforts with this issue!

Nominated by Suzie Baker

In just one month, Ashton has jumped in as our Educator Prep teams worked through a number of important initiatives. Ashton has displayed impressive balance between listening and leading in such a short amount of time. I look forward to continuing to learn from and with Ashton, as I am thankful for her leadership and mentorship!

Nominated by Clay Smith

Catherine is a wonderful colleague with tremendous patience and kindness. She has provided steady support to the military affairs team over several years. Alongside her data analytics/EDO colleagues, Catherine has been a critical partner in understanding and refining our complex datasets around UNC System military affiliated students. Catherine currently is supporting data needs for the UNC Military Equivalency System (MES), including as a key contributor to our pilot project with the American Council on Education. Her keen eye and willingness to dig deep into the nature and meaning of our various datasets is helping us to evolve our approaches to improving and expanding the MES, and more broadly to improving outcomes for our 22,000 and growing military affiliated student population. Catherine takes the time to explore, educate, and collaborate with our team every step of the way. Because of Catherine and other EDO/D&A colleagues, we have come a long way from where we started when we began tracking military affiliated students in 2016!

Nominated by Kathie Sidner

Tami is conscientious and responsive. She has a warm and welcoming demeanor. She handles all interactions and requests with great care and attention. She is a collaborative, proactive and a thoughtful colleague.

Nominated by Lynn Duffy

Trivia demonstrates a high level of approachability, patience, and expertise in benefits. She has made me feel welcome as part of the team and answered all of my questions thoroughly, without ever making me feel like a burden.

Nominated by Regina Holmes

Daniel provided a “better mouse-trap” when I was working to use data from one spreadsheet to provide expenditure numbers on another. His Excel expertise provided a much simpler solution than I had considered and will allow us to routinely update capital project expenditure information in an automated way. A big improvement over our previous slow, laborious, manual look-up process, and all I did was ask a question! Thank you Daniel!

Nominated by Miriam Tripp