Lydia has done an amazing job coordinating an Open House for the students at NCSSM. She has worked with our 16 universities to plan 2 virtual sessions for the NCSSM students to learn more about all of our system schools and the guaranteed admissions program. This is the first time our team has hosted this event and she has certainly set the bar high for the next time we host it!

Nominated by Bethany Meighen

Thanks to Kim’s leadership over 200 faculty, staff, and students from the UNC System, NCCCS, and NCICU, completed their certification to become Mental Health First Aid Instructors. Kim coordinated over 13 courses in a four-month time period and now these 200+ instructors will work to train 10,000 first aiders across NC. Way to go Kim!

Nominated by Bethany Meighen

Presidential Scholar R. Connor Wood made a significant contribution to the external review process for doctoral program establishments in the UNC System. Connor enthusiastically partnered with me in designing a more efficient workflow and took the lead in rebuilding it within Google Drive and developing a user guide. By combining all external review activities within an application hosted by the UNC System intranet, Connor went beyond the original request to deliver a more transparent workflow, greater consistency of responses, and improved document storage. Helping to streamline and digitize the external review process is but one of many examples of Connor’s lasting impact and valuable contributions to the Academic Affairs division. His efforts are greatly appreciated and deserving of a round of applause.

Nominated by Jennifer Gerz-Escandon

In addition to never saying “no” or “I don’t have time” to a question, Sarah went above and beyond over the summer in support of a cross-system, multi-institutional NSF grant. We couldn’t have pulled it off without her expertise, knowledge, and patience. Thank you, Sarah!!!

Nominated by Michelle Solér

Rhonda and Preksha have done a fantastic job of handling an avalanche of accounting help tickets for ACH returns and returned checks over the past couple of weeks. SEAA is very appreciative of their diligent efforts to help with these problem transactions and I am too. Rhonda and Preksha are a tremendous asset to our team.

Nominated by Quita Loflin

Fred has been working in the office all the time during pandemic, he has been helping every user. I think he did and is doing a great job.

Nominated by Ramdan Maarad

Melaina is the epitome of customer service. She has frequent customer contact and I consistently receive positive feedback on her responsiveness and willingness to assist with complex processes and purchasing regulations. She goes the extra mile, whether it’s clearing a purchase requisition error at 5:30 on a Friday or chasing down ConnectCarolina technical solutions from UNCCH. Melaina deserves a round of applause.

Nominated by Sarah Smith

Alexis went above and beyond to assist me in completing a complicated evaluation report. What initially began with me asking her to assist with just one quick thing on a graph turned into her spending several hours creating high quality graphs and charts for the report. As always her work was high caliber and despite a few challenging charts she kept a positive attitude and conducted her own research to figure out how to display the data in the most effective way.

Nominated by Bethany Meighen

Lisa has been my printing goddess recently. When I’m out of the office, I know she will proactively print off the documents I’ll need when I get back. Having the paperwork ready and waiting saves me time and aggravation since I don’t have to comb through emails to find what I need. Thanks Chucky!

Samantha should receive a round of applause award daily for the intangible things she does in our office. She constantly encourages our team to perform to a higher standard, by promoting collaboration, lifting up her colleagues and choosing the exact path to follow. Applause is needed.

Nominated by Jason Tyson