MSU IT leadership celebrated June 9, recognizing the extraordinary efforts of its staff to advance student, faculty, and staff success through the presentation of the inaugural Excellence in IT Awards. Awards were presented to MSU IT staff in the areas of student and staff success, as well as in the categories of Innovation, Virtual Champion, Outstanding Service, and Most Valuable Teammate.
All IT staff were invited to nominate peers who exemplify MSU IT’s mission, vision, and values. A diverse, six-member selection committee scored all nominations and made recommendations for this year’s recipients. Winners received an engraved award and additional professional development opportunities for their entire teams.
Each week, beginning June 14, an in-depth feature of one of this year’s award recipients will be added to this site.
This year’s award recipients are:
2021 Student Success Award
Linda Barrows, Info Tech 1, Digital Classroom Services, Academic Technology
2021 Staff Success Award
Angie Kimmel, Info Tech II, Access Management Team, DSS IT
2021 Innovation Award
Sherrie Medved, Info Tech II, Unified Communications
2021 Virtual Champion Award
Ahmed Issawi, Product Services Manager, Application Services
2021 Outstanding Service Award
Mike Nauta, IT Security Analyst, Information Security
2021 MVT Award
Jenn Phillips, Service Desk Team Lead, ANR Tech Services
Excellence in IT Awards Nominees
Steven Anderson, Heather Atkinson, Danielle Barnes, Eric Dolley, Nicholas Guerra, Daniel Hahn, Nickie Hakes, Charles Harden, Nicholas Hartman, Jeffrey Herrmann, Kevin Holtz, John Hulbert, Gabrie Italia, Gordon Kiewiet, Gregory Koerner, Nicholas Kwiatkowski, Angela Laferriere, Steven Levra, Jr., L. Stephanie Ly, Thomas Marra, Aaron McCormick, Nathan Moore, Eoin O’Connor, Mick Parks, Mark Pierce, Joshua Price, Rosemary Ridsdale, Matt Stehouwer, Ryan Ward, and Catherine Zhang.
