Round of Applause Awards

Congratulations to the following individuals who have received Round of Applause recognition from their colleagues! To nominate a co-worker for the Round of Applause Award, visit the online nomination form

Round of Applause: Angie Callesis

Angie is always willing to lend a helping hand and goes out of her way to help her colleagues. Recently, she helped us quickly submit 30+ vouchers for student interns to have housing stipends. Thanks to her quick work and offering to help, the students received their funds before moving to their new internship site.

Nominated by Bethany Meighen

Round of Applause: Tameka Robinson

Tameka has gone above and beyond to support our Student Health Centers with the Student Blue plan. She has been a wonderful partner and resource for the campuses as they navigate the student health insurance plan!

Nominated by Bethany Meighen

Round of Applause: Trivia Johnson

Trivia Johnson’s level of customer service is unbeatable! I needed a form filled out for my Public Student Loan Forgiveness. She turned the form around same day. Thanks to her swift response and accuracy in filling out the form, it was accepted by the Department of Education, and as of earlier this month (March 2022), my public student loans have been forgiven!!

Nominated by Heather Hummer

Round of Applause: Ronnean Collins

Many thanks to Ronnean for teaching a wonderful two-day Mental Health First Aid class to a group of graduate students at UNC-Chapel Hill. Ronnean has been instrumental in the rollout of the Mental Health First Aid course to our campuses and we so appreciate her tremendous work!!!

Nominated by Bethany Meighen

Round of Applause: Martina Gargard

Preparing for the biennial Employee Engagement Survey requires a lot of data correlation to make sure that we have correct information for all 48,000 faculty and staff members. Martina was integral to that process by verifying organizational levels and home departments for every institution on tight timeframes. We could not have administered the survey on time without this crucial work. Thank you, Martina!

Nominated by Kathy Bryant

Round of Applause: Katherine Lynn

I would like to express my appreciation to Katherine Lynn and the Facilities Management team for their collaboration with the End User Services team on the Spangler office moves and CSLD consolidation. Katherine and her team did a great job managing communications and coordinating a tremendous amount of work that required long hours during and outside of business hours to successfully complete the project.

Nominated by Ross Yannayon

Cindy Sykes-Walker

Cindy’s commitment to the CSLD consolidation project has been the key to its successful completion. From the very start, Cindy spent many, many hours thinking through the logistics, coordinating the various tasks and vendors, communicating with everyone affected, and executing the plan. Cindy is an experienced professional, truly dedicated, and always courteous and responsive, even in stressful and challenging situations. Thank you, Cindy!

Nominated by Katherine Lynn

Matt Johnson

During the CSLD consolidation project, Matt has stepped up and taken on any task that would help complete the project. If there was something he saw that he could do to help, he did it! Thank you, Matt, for your hard work and commitment to this project!

Nominated by Katherine Lynn

Angelisa Riggsbee

Thanks to Angelisa for always making sure that our Board materials are well-prepared. She is very conscientious and does a great job of communicating with staff to make sure materials are in order. Most of all, I appreciate that she is always kind and does her job with a smile!

Nominated by Katherine Lynn

Warren Sanders

Warren’s hard work and commitment to the CSLD consolidation project have greatly contributed to its successful completion! He has enthusiastically helped with all aspects of the move from continuously emptying recycling bins to physically moving TONS of furniture. He is a great addition to our facilities team!

Nominated by Katherine Lynn