Awards and Recognition

T.O.A.S.T. Awards

Show your appreciation for a colleague by giving them a Totally Outstanding Attitude, Service and Talent (T.O.A.S.T.) Award by completing the T.O.A.S.T. Awards Form. After submitting the form, you will receive a certificate that can be printed and presented to the recipient.

June 2025

Brennan Watson – Technology Support Services

May 2025

Brandon Bouché – Outreach, Communications and Consulting
Alyssa Scinta – Outreach, Communications and Consulting
Hal Meeks – Outreach, Communications and Consulting
Walker Rogers – Outreach, Communications and Consulting
Brooklyn Marion – Outreach, Communications and Consulting
Carl Walton – Outreach, Communications and Consulting
Bennett Best – Outreach, Communications and Consulting
Lloyd Degnan – Outreach, Communications and Consulting
Utkarsh Dave – Outreach, Communications and Consulting
Alexandra Weld – Outreach, Communications and Consulting
Trevor Albrecht – Outreach, Communications and Consulting
Jordan Hargis – Communication Technologies

April 2025

Lee Pipkin – Communication Technologies
Sarah Clements – Outreach, Communications and Consulting
Gabriella Ferguson – Outreach, Communications and Consulting
Mark Harben – Security and Compliance
Laverne Petit-Frere – Business Services
Jonathan Cranford – Shared Services
Bill Rodriguez – Security and Compliance
Chris Shearer – Outreach, Communications and Consulting
Elizabeth Tran – Shared Services
Mardecia Bell – Security and Compliance
Chris Deaton – Shared Services
Myk Aleshchanov – Security and Compliance
Kim Vassiliadis – Outreach, Communications and Consulting
Chelsea Sutton – Outreach, Communications and Consulting

March 2025

Todd Miller – Communication Technologies
Andrew Behnke – Communication Technologies

February 2025

Early Yu – Communication Technologies

November 2024

Sherwood Bryan – Enterprise Application Services

October 2024

William Cummings – Communication Technologies

August 2024

Alyssa Scinta – Outreach, Communications and Consulting

July 2024

Marie Hotaling – Communication Technologies
LaToya Darden – Communication Technologies

Pride of the Wolfpack

The Pride of the Wolfpack recognizes staff members on a quarterly basis who make significant contributions to improve the services, systems and experiences of OIT or the campus community and those who demonstrate university values. Recipients receive a certificate and mug sponsored by Wolfpack Outfitters.

Nominate an OIT employee by completing the Pride of the Wolfpack Nomination Form. Consider the following questions when submitting your nomination:

What problem did the individual solve?
What challenges did they face and how did they overcome them?
Did they demonstrate leadership on the job?
Did they save their department or the university time or money?
Did they improve relationships at work?

Q1 2025

Tony Copeland – Shared Services
Eric Campbell – Communication Technologies
Matt Hawkins – Communication Technologies

Q4 2024

William Stevenson – Security and Compliance
Rob Blanke – Shared Services
Chelsea Sutton – Outreach, Communications and Consulting

Q3 2024

Stephen Parker – Technology Support Servicdes
Mike Valentine – Communication Technologies
Bill Jenniches – Enterprise Application Services

Q2 2024

Derek Ballard – Shared Services

Q1 2024

Justin Bryant – Technology Support Services
Chris Shearer – Outreach, Communications and Consulting

IT Community Awards

Since 2019, the NC State IT Community Awards have aimed to recognize teams and individuals that have made a significant collaborative impact within the university’s IT community. Any member of the NC State IT community can be nominated for the following awards:

Operational Excellence Team Award
Extraordinary Project Team Impact Award
Team Player Award
Rising Star Award

Nominate a colleague via the NC State IT Community website.

See the award recipients

University Awards for Excellence

The University Awards for Excellence program was established in 1996 to recognize the achievements of employees who contribute to the university’s success. OIT has three department-level awards — two SHRA and one non-faculty EHRA.

Nominate a colleague by submitting the University Awards for Excellence Nomination Form. Any permanent SHRA employee or non-faculty EHRA employee can be nominated. All campus employees, including individuals or groups, may submit nominations. However, nominees must be individuals.

2025

April Jones – Business Services
Bill Rodriguez – Security and Compliance

2024

Cristian Gradisteanu – Security and Compliance
Jill Phipps – Business Services

2023

David Wagner – Technology Support Services (University Awards for Excellence winner)
Damian Boyce – Technology Support Services
James Glover – Technology Support Services