ITS Department Tech-E Trophies Awarded
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ITS Department Tech-E Trophies Awarded
Recognizing Excellence in Service and Profession since 2011
In 2011 the ITS department sought a means to recognize and
celebrate the people who keep all the technological plates spinning at CI. The men and women of ITS work hard on many
fronts, making sure that all the programs, applications, devices and
connections that the campus depends on to meet our common mission are working
at all times. The ITS Tech-E award (a take on a
common term for tech people--“techie” and the E for excellence) was born
out of this desire to recognize their hard work. A committee of ITS peers was selected who
worked together to identify and describe the traits that mark an EXCELLENT worker and these traits are included on the semi-annual nomination forms to
help people identify those ITS personnel who best exemplify those traits. In recognition of the fact that many ITS
personnel do not get much face time outside of the department, eventually two
separate but similar awards were created.
The Tech-E for Excellence in Profession is voted on by the ITS
group only and is presented to that person who voters felt most exemplifies the
traits of a positive attitude, dependability, approach-ability, innovation, and
unselfishness. The Tech-E for
Excellence in Service recognizes those same traits but is voted on by the
entire campus community of Faculty and Staff.
(Side note: Nominations will be sought again in the
middle of the Spring Semester; keep an eye out for that email and nominate the
ITS individual who represents excellence in Service to you!)
At a departmental Lunch and Learn the week of December 10th,
two new winners were identified and were recognized for their
contributions. This semester the ITS
Tech-E award for Excellence in Profession was awarded to Pedro Rivas. Pedro is a member of the ITS Infrastructure
Group who is a System Admin and focuses largely on ID Management work and is an
innovator in many other areas. Pedro has
the distinction of having worked at CI as a student assistant for the
Infrastructure group and eventually graduated not only with a degree in
Computer Science but also a full-time job with ITS! The Tech-E award for Excellence in Service
was presented to Anderson Hanchett.
Anderson has been working (and excelling!) as an Information Technology Consultant for
the Solution Center for nearly 18 months.
In this role, he handles many issues for users with desktop computers,
laptops, wireless, and printing issues and has clearly stood out as a great example
of ITS Excellence. The entire ITS
department congratulates these two fantastic hard-working colleagues!
Pedro Rivas receiving the Fall 2018 Tech-E for Excellence in Profession from Interim AVP Peter Mosinskis ---->
Anderson Hanchett being congratulated by Interim AVP Peter Mosinskis for winning this semester’s Tech-E for Excellence in Service
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