Paul Abitz
Information Systems Office

“Paul Abitz, System Coordinator for Student Records in the Office of Information Systems, was instrumental in the successful implementation of iSIS, the new student information system as part of the LASER Project… Conversion of existing academic and personal information of our students was one of the most challenging tasks associated with the iSIS implementation; Paul worked tirelessly and meticulously with other LASER team members to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of this converted data. Throughout this long, grueling effort, Paul could always be counted on to remain calm and focused on the work at hand, doing whatever he could to make the implementation successful. He is a joy to work with and ever a team player.”

Aubrey Klein
Office of Mediated Education (OME)

Aubrey is a student Graphic Designer in the Office of Mediated Education. “An absolute model of dedication and compromise” are a few of the terms used to describe the Aubrey. She has contributed to the web presence and branding of K-State Online, Axio, K-State Alerts, Upgrade K-State and the Student Union and the list goes on. “Aubrey works effectively and efficiently to understand customer needs constantly exceeding the customer expectations. Her personality, enthusiasm, hard word, creativity and belief in the projects make her a student role model.”

“Greg has a genuine interest in seeing the K-State Research & Extension County Offices are represented to the highest degree through their local mailings. Whether it be promotional materials for Master Gardeners, or a monthly 4-H Newsletter, Greg takes the time to ensure each document is professional and of the best quality. This effort creates a win-win for the 105 counties by providing a positive image of Kansas State University within each local Extension office. It is his quality of work and quality of personality that sets him apart. He understands that County Extension Offices operate on limited budgets, and works to create publications that we can afford. Greg LeValley is a tremendous asset to K-State Research & Extension.”>

“Matt is a take-charge person who presents creative ideas and communicates the pros and cons of his suggestions. He has developed more than a dozen training videos on topics ranging from general operating procedures to detailed repair procedures. Matt possesses excellent written communication skills writing and editing effective training modules. His tritten work is both clear and concise. He is articulate when supporting faculty and staff in the technology classrooms and university computing labs and is able to do this with impeccable customer service. Matt has been an important participant in the development of out wiki implementation for student training and as our in-house knowledge base.”

“David has a strong work ethic and has a willingness to teach others what he knows. He works toward identifying problems and coming up with unique solutions that in many cases work well. David helped to ensure the speed of relevant search results for people in the people search application.”

Kelly Moon is an unsung hero within Information Technology Services. She works with all units under the Interim Vice Provost for Information Technology Services on their human resource issues, budgetary and financial management issues and more. Anything that comes Kelly’s way she tackles with sincerity, confidentiality and professionalism. She best embodies a customer service attitude is one of the most positive people within the organization. She is simply the best and her skills and expertise often go unnoticed in the day to day operations of ITS at K-State.

“Jeremiah is the supervisor of the Application Systems Administration (ASA) team in OME. It is their responsibility to be in the middle between the developers and the UNIX administrators to ensure that the OME systems are running properly. We have done a large revamping of our infrastructure, but no one is aware of that because of the effective work that Jeremiah has designed and helped implement. Because of Jeremiah’s work, most of the OME systems work at the high production level that we have come to expect, but are also positioned to change with future technological advances as they emerge. I have never heard Jeremiah utter the words: that won’t work, or we can’t do that. He is always ready to explore any and all options and almost always has an open mind to different concepts or ways of doing things.”

“Jessica looks for ways to make iTAC better and is never without something to do. She was one of the first to help address the need for changes when more staff and student staff were added in the realignment process and equipment checkout doubled due to our relocation. She served on the committee to revise the roles and respsonsibilities of the iTAC receptionists and the University Operators. She is positive and courteous with customers.”

“Steve is a great team member as the Area Technology Support Specialist for K-State Research & Extension and the state contact person for the Blue Ribbon package. He has to travel many miles, and spend countless hours over the phone in order to enable the area extension specialists, county extension agents, office professionals, and research center personnel to do their job. Even though Steve covers 39 Kansas counties, he is always available by phone or e-mail no matter where he is, and has always been timely, pleasant and efficient when solving our problems. Steve is very dedicated to his work, is a fun person to have around and on your work team. He is a true educator.”

”This multi-year project of videotaping and documentation of all activities involved in the restoration and preservation of the Kansas Statehouse required a command of sophisticated technical and management skills. This project involved the creation, design, acquisition, and integration of a searchable digital database into which the audio and video clips will be placed for this and all future restoration projects. This database will serve architects, engineers, preservationist, historians, teachers, students, and the general public for years to come.”