2009 University Awards for Excellence Winners
2009 University Awards for Excellence Winners
The 2009 University Awards for Excellence Reception was held on Tuesday June 9th at the Talley Student Center Ballroom on NC State’s campus. Forty-six nominees from across the University were honored and five distinguished employees were named University Awards for Excellence winners. This award recognizes excellence in the areas of outstanding state government service, innovations, public service, safety & heroism, and human relations. Human Resources would like to thank everyone that took time to nominate an employee for the award, those that served on the nomination committee and all that attended the reception. The 5 university winners will represent NC State University at the Governor’s Award for Excellence program this summer.
Congratulations to our 2009 University Awards for Excellence winners and good luck on the state level!
Ernest Yeager
Facilities Maintenance Supervisor
Center for Marine Science and Technology
Mr. Yeager’s motivation, enthusiasm, creativity and integrity at CMAST in Morehead City, NC represent an outstanding NC State employee. He has found ways to greatly improve expectations and communication while consistently questioning old procedures. Improvements created by Ernest have saved costs and has produced an impressive list of tangible products from on-line safety plans to large-scale building renovation projects. Most importantly, Mr. Yeager’s consistently positive attitude and drive for excellence are exactly what is needed during these trying economic times.
Sheila Hayes
Environmental Health and Safety Technician
Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering
Sheila has established new safety guidelines that other departments around campus have since adopted. They include assigning lab managers to each lab, impromptu lab inspections, and ensuring that employees update their safety training and safety plans. Sheila serves as the building liaison and was instrumental in the departments move from Riddick Hall to Centennial Campus. She attended meetings with architects, construction workers, deans, and faculty members to organize the moving of offices and labs. Sheila notified workers of installation defects and was on call around the clock. Sheila has received the Pride of the Wolfpack Award, the Golden Wrench Award, and the Rosemary Robinson Award. Sheila even finds time to help out in the community by volunteering with children who are underprivileged and developmentally challenged.
Mary Lee Marazick
Pharmacist
Student Health Services
Mary Lee Mazarick embodies excellence. Whether it be volunteering after hours to plan and implement free health assessments for students on campus, volunteering for the Open Door Clinic (which provides pharmacy care to individuals who are not able to afford medical care), or providing pharmaceutical aid in which she served on several medical mission/service trips abroad. Mary Lee is a great asset to the university and our community. A colleague of Mary Lee states, “Her passion to help students’ live healthier lives for greater success in college and beyond is evident in both her personal and professional life.”
Dick Parham
Executive Assistant
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Dick arrived in the Sociology and Anthropology Department in 2007 as the department’s first business manager. His skills and talents include a pleasant and courteous demeanor, an unflappable calmness and a capacity for hard work, good judgment and a strong sense of fairness. Dick has been described as a “pirate”! Last fall when the department returned to the 1911 Building, lots of office equipment was needed. Dick began to plunder and identify tons of items at University Surplus, loaded the newly acquired cargo, and sailed it across campus to the grateful crew. It takes these kinds of abilities that Dick has to strategize budgetary and administrative successes in these times of severe budget cuts and hardships.
Barbara C. Hegarty
Research Associate
Center for Comparative Medicine
& Translational Research
Barbara has managed the Vector-Borne Diseases Diagnostic Laboratory and has been a collaborating scientist in the Intracellular Pathogens Research. In 2005, the state-of-the-art shared-use Biocontainment Facility was organized and certified under Barbara’s management. As the lead person of this lab, as well as other labs, she is responsible for the maintenance and growth of highly infectious agents. Her research resulted in antiviral therapy for patients of unknown illnesses with severe medical complications. Barbara has also facilitated research collaborations with veterinarians and physicians throughout the world. She does her utmost to maintain high morale, cooperation and communication among the members of the labs she manages.
