Karen Linn
K-State Research and Extension - Reno County

"Karen is one of those unique individuals who is a doer, a solver, a cheerleader, and team player. She uses technology to enrigh our work environment, in aiding the public and yet, keeps a personal touch in all of the work performed."

Gary Kepka
K-State Research and Extension

"Gary is helpful, flexible, and a mentor to all of us with technology issues. He is always upbeat, responds quickly to our needs, and never loses patience with us. One staff member says it best, "When Gary walks through the door, I know everything is going to be all right."

"Cathy is often the person who has alrady begun work on a new project before it has been requested and she looks for the most innovative way to complete the work."

"In both the KEAS and the PDB systems, Dylan has worked with technologies that were established before his time and also integrated newer technolgies. Throughout it all, Dylan helped build K-State's identity management efforts to where they are today."

"Jason has taken on the role of being the student that the Help Desk escalates problems to via Remedy. This is a big responsibility for a student worker and requires a lot of focused work, good people and technical skills, and dedication to the job."

"Beth has been employed at K-State for more than 35 years. She has seen the university grow from punch card computing to web-based services and has been at the heart of these changes. She started as a Key Punch Operator and now serves as a Help Desk Manager and Security Administrator."

"We look forward to having him here as the opportunity arises, because we know that he will get the job done quickly and it will be done right. He demonstrates every aspect of what good customer service should be and is definitely deserving of this award."

"Josh continually works to put the customer first in all things that he does. His skills are broad yet he knows how to handle the technical novice and the expert, and both are handled in the same manner."

"Gamage has excellent technical skills but that is not his greatest strength. He is unsurpassed in his ability to embrace our state-level needs and translate those into easy steps for the end users in the counties. Working with Gamage is enjoyable and educational. He communicates the how and why of what he creates for you, with a resulting product that exceeds anything you could have hoped for because he takes the time to really understand the need."

"...grassroots effort, with inauguration in August 2007 by a very ambitious ECC project team. The channel, adopting the motto 'Educate, Inform, Enrich' offers programs that cannot be found anywhere else."

"Russ is always available, friendly and helpful when called with a technical problem of any kind. He is above all patient and always helps fix the problem in a timely, efficient manner. Russ regularly goes above and beyond what is expected of him and does it in a friendly, helpful manner."