Jack is always helpful with volunteering to assist me with any heavy lifting no matter what he is doing at the time. If he sees me lifting anything heavy, he will always step in. His kindness is highly appreciated.

Nominated by Kearara Bethea

Estefane has been a dedicated member of the GEAR UP NC team and takes the initiative to go above and beyond. Estefane was promoted to College Access & Success manager about a year ago. Prior to this promotion, she served in an admin role and handled financial processing for GEAR UP NC. During her transition and while GEAR UP NC hired a new budget and finance specialist, Estefane continued to assist with financial processing and helped to train the new hire. Estefane’s contributions to the GEAR UP NC team are greatly appreciated and deserve a ROUND OF APPLAUSE!

Nominated by Patti Harris

Tenora has done yeomen’s work assisting with the System’s GEER mental health grant. In June she completed over 80+ subawards to support mental health projects not just for the UNC System, but also for the NCICU and NCCCS campuses. Thanks to her efforts over 80 new mental health initiatives are being launched across the state. We so appreciate all her time, energy, and assistance with this tedious process.

Nominated by Bethany Meighen

I’m so grateful to have such a caring supportive colleague as Danny. Over the last several weeks when I had to joggle the loss of my mother and my significant other being hospitalized, Danny picked up my slack and we continued to provide excellent customer service to the UNC campuses. In addition in the week that our boss was out of the office, several tickets came into the banner support queue. Danny willingly took the tickets when I asked him for help. He was a godsend. I am so appreciative that Danny didn’t hesitate to take on more to help me and the rest of the team.

Nominated by Karen Boulas

Kait is a resourceful colleague who is never afraid to jump in and troubleshoot a problem. Even with everything on her plate, she finds time to work through barriers, track down solutions, and communicates necessary details to those involved. She is incredibly kind and provides topnotch service to her team in Strategy and Policy and throughout the System Office.

Nominated by Tony Stewart

Melaina is always so patient with our team and willing to answer all of our questions. We’d be lost without her!

Nominated by Shun Robertson

Kathy deserves this nomination and much more! It is amazing to see and be part of the end results of her event planning, coordination, and dedication of so many employee-related initiatives at the System Office. She is a ROCK STAR!! Thank you, Kathy, for all that you do for us here at the System Office.

Nominated by Angelisa Riggsbee

Angelisa is the primary contact between the Purchasing Office and our CFO. Angelisa consistently insures that documents needing the CFO’s signature are appropriately routed, signed, and returned to the Purchasing Office. Angelisa’s assistance is vital to assisting our office in fulfilling our role in procuring goods and services for the benefit of the System Office and the constituent institutions and affiliates of the University of North Carolina.

Nominated by Bob Myers

Ruth always has time to help people. When I was a new employee Ruth went out of her way to help me get comfortable with the systems and space. She would follow up to see how things were going. I could always count on Ruth to have the information needed to do a task that I was unfamiliar with. She is an excellent asset to the System Office. Her quiet, caring, and generous spirit is always there every time I interact with her.

Nominated by April Thompson

Last Saturday night we had a campus whose production Banner was down. I called Haijing for help at just past midnight, and she stayed up with me all night long, finally getting production back up at 9am. What a great effort! What a great teammate!

Nominated by Chris Stefanick