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

Tami joined the System Office in January, and quickly became a trusted and knowledgeable partner for Advancement, HR and IT. We all appreciate her attention to detail and cat-herding prowess, but we are especially buoyed by her positive spirit and it’s a joy to work with her each day.

Nominated by Lauren Connolly

Nancy has been a tremendous help to the marketing efforts of our UNC System Learning and Technology Symposium (April 13-14). Since we began planning this event back in August 2022, Nancy has been very responsive to every request for help with our web presence and keeping it updated regularly, social media marketing content for attendees to use, and has created beautiful digital and print poster materials. She has also included our event in the monthly System newsletter and helped us promote via social media channels too. She always responds quickly and cheerfully and has been a huge asset to the planning committee’s work.

Nominated by Heather McCullough

Renee joined our team a few months ago and has already proven to be such an excellent addition. I am especially appreciative of her as a thought partner for operationalizing research ideas and data questions. She is always open to talking something through which is so helpful! I really value her suggestions and insight.

Nominated by Mary Gaegler