The 2023-2024 Staff Achievement and Service Awards

As spring gives way to summer, that means it’s time for the Libraries staff awards! The Libraries Staff Service Awards program was held online on June 6 and the Libraries Annual Staff Achievement Awards were presented online on June 11. A separate in-person reception will be held on June 20 in the Duke Energy Hall at the Hunt Library to celebrate both the Service Awards and the Achievement Awards for 2023-2024. 

Here are the Staff Achievement Awards winners for 2024:

Libraries' Awards

Back of the Book Award: Chris Bowen, Information Technology

Bright Idea Award: Mia Partlow, Access Services

Cheers for Peers Award: Jason Evans-Groth, Learning Spaces & Services

Creating Community Award: Troy Hurteau, Digital Library Initiatives

Learners Award: Oliver Morris, Finance & Business

Elizabeth S. Burnette Team Achievement Award

Discovery Retreat Team: Josh Boyer, Maria Collins, Adebola Fabiku, Hiva Kadivar, Andreas Orphanides, Jason Ronallo, Kristen Wilson

University Awards—Pride of the Wolfpack

• Shaun Bennett, Research Engagement
• Sarah Hawks, User Experience
• Courtney Hewett, Research Engagement
• Nellie Maurer, Libraries Human Resources
• Molly Wilkison, Libraries Human Resources

Staff members nominated for university-level awards, the winners of which will be announced later in June, were also recognized. The Libraries' nominees for the Awards for Excellence, Provost's Unit are:

• Aisha Grant, Kenan Library of Veterinary Medicine
• Katelan Haynes, Operations, Logistics, & Environments
• Maria Rice, Libraries Human Resources
• Ryan Hunter, Information Technology

Here are the Staff Service Awards to celebrate the service and milestones of staff from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024:

Five Years  

Michael Fairback, Access Services

Neal Hairston, Access Services

Mia Partlow, Access Services

Beth Ashmore, Acquisitions & Discovery

Lara Fountaine, Community Engagement

Ryan Hunter, Information Technology

Will Jackson, Information Technology

Colin Keenan, Learning Spaces & Services

Alex Valencia, Learning Spaces & Services

Rob Olendorf, Natural Resources Library

Devon Waugh, NC LIVE

Alexa Carter, Research Engagement 

Courtney Hewett, Research Engagement

Tisha Mentnech, Research Engagement

Susan Ivey, Research Facilitation Service

Taylor Wolford, Special Collections Research Center

Robin Davis, User Experience

Ten years

Trevor Thornton, Digital Library Initiatives

Joey Jenkins, Information Technology

Jason Evans Groth, Learning Spaces & Services

Colin Nickels, Learning Spaces & Services

Glenn Privette, Operations, Logistics & Environments

Robert LaSane, Operations, Logistics & Environments

Fifteen years

Jason Ronallo, Digital Library Initiatives

Andreas Orphanides, User Experience

Twenty years

Emily Schmidt, Special Collections Research Center

Todd Kosmerick, Special Collections Research Center

Twenty-five years

Julie Lu, Information Technology

Thirty years

Flora Blackley, Acquisitions & Discovery

Thirty-five years

Terri Chance, Acquisitions & Discovery