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The Libraries' Achievement Awards were held June 11, 2024
The Libraries' Achievement Awards were held June 11, 2024
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
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:
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