Beth is very helpful to us and does a great job of helping us during the Board meetings. We can’t thank her enough for all she does to help make sure things run smoothly.

Nominated by Thomas McBrayer

I am delighted to nominate Beth Sanders for the Round of Applause Award. Beth provides vital support for complex administrative processes that contribute to the smooth planning and implementation of events, programs, and initiatives within the UNC System Office. Her efficiency and professionalism make her a valuable colleague.

Beth is reliable, responsive, and consistently thorough. She handles requests promptly and effectively, often helping to solve problems before they escalate. Her positive attitude and willingness to assist create a collaborative and supportive work environment.

Beth’s contributions often happen behind the scenes, but they are essential to the success of our shared goals. We are lucky to have Beth on our team!

Nominated by Heather McCullough

Danny and Dana Sadek-Iliafar collaborated to build a new enrollment funding dashboard that allows campus and system office users to explore their enrollment funding data. The dashboard includes historical data and a live version of the current term, giving users a view of their upcoming enrollment funding. Not only does the dashboard enhance funding transparency and institutional decision-making, it also creates a valuable accuracy check for the existing finance calculation.

Nominated by Aubrey Clark-Brown

Dana and Daniel Barreiro-Talbert collaborated to build a new enrollment funding dashboard that allows campus and system office users to explore their enrollment funding data. The dashboard includes historical data and a live version of the current term, giving users a view of their upcoming enrollment funding. Not only does the dashboard enhance funding transparency and institutional decision-making, it also creates a valuable accuracy check for the existing finance calculation.

Nominated by Aubrey Clark-Brown

Melaina is always willing to answer any purchasing questions, simple or complex. She has extended so much grace to the NC Teaching Fellows Program as we have been working through a large financial project with her. Melaina’s attention to detail and quick response time have made the process so much easier and I am very grateful for her assistance.

Nominated by Monique Keyes

Patti is a great boss to work for. She is compassionate and cares deeply about the work that she does daily and she equally shows care and appreciation for her team. I feel that she works well alongside myself and others in the team and tries to make our work experience more cohesive. I would like to recognize her kindness and the hard work that she does every day. I realize that a lot of what she does is behind the scenes but her team sees her and cherishes her as a person.

Nominated by Kina Moye

Lauren has managed the snapshot modification process for the enrollment data set in SDM. She has implemented changes that make it much easier for finance to understand the financial impacts of snapshot modifications, which allows for much better financial forecasting.

Nominated by Aubrey Clark-Brown

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