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

Mark Walter is a tremendous resource for our campuses. Mark is a DBA with the Banner Hosting team and he provides such valuable expertise – both from a technical role but also from a leadership perspective. He is always willing to get involved and help see issues through to their resolution. The most recent case of this was when NCCU had an issue with an ancillary application. He was able to step in quickly and aid in troubleshooting and resolving the issue to get the system functional again.

Nominated by Aaron Meyer

Terry recently bowled a 300, i.e. a perfect game! They raised a banner for him at the bowling alley he frequents!

Nominated by Chris Stefanick

Blake unselfishly shared his time and expertise when I hit a road block during a project I was working on for ECSU to improve their academic standing rules in Banner. Blake willingly jumped in and adjusted a baseline job submission process that calculates GPA to point to transfer credit instead of residential credit so that a GPA could be calculated on transfer credit. This adjustment automated moving transfer credits to count in attempted hours. This automation saved countless hours of manual data entry. The long term effect is improved customer service administering academic standing to students leading to student success. Blake is my hero.

Nominated by Karen Boulas

Daniel coordinated the publication of the Report on State Budget Allocations and Policies. The full 106-page report covered a wide range of financial and policy information on the UNC System. It was presented to the Board of Governors as part of the January BOG meeting.

Nominated by Aubrey Clark-Brown

Daphne possesses valuable knowledge and experience working with Excel, far beyond the routine spreadsheet applications. She is always willing to consult on uses I may be less familiar with and help problem-solve to get the results I’m after. Sharing her knowledge, Daphne has broadened the Excel capability of our team. She’s the Excel Jedi Master for our group!

Nominated by Miriam Tripp

Angelisa always has a full plate providing outstanding support for the CFO and the Board, but cheerfully adds more whenever it’s needed. As we prepared for the move to Raleigh, she kept everyone informed, organized, and on schedule to make the transition as smooth as possible. Now that we’re here, she makes sure she’s available to validate parking whenever it’s needed. Others might sigh at the interruption or roll their eyes at yet another person with a parking request, but Angelisa greets us like she’s glad to see us and sends us on our way cheered and validated. It’ such a pleasure to work with Angelisa and a model for me to emulate!

Nominated by Miriam Tripp

Shirl is so responsive and incredibly helpful! Whether your needs are urgent or immaterial, she always finds time to help. Even when she has several tasks on her plate, she treats you as if you are the priority and does so with grace and patience.

Nominated by Tony Stewart