Circle of Excellence | Auxiliary Services

Auxiliary Services values outstanding service and excellence amongst staff and seeks to recognize and reward exemplary performance. Our employees serve an essential role in furthering the Auxiliary Services mission to provide exceptional customer service to The University of Georgia campus.

Individuals who represent Auxiliary Services with outstanding customer service may be nominated by their peers and management to become members of an honor society known as the Circle of Excellence. These peer-driven awards are designed to encourage exceptional performance, reward excellence in service towards others, and foster healthy teamwork to achieve extraordinary results that benefit the University of Georgia community.

Nominations

Nominations for the 2025 Circle of Excellence Awards will be received online between April 1– May 23. Individuals, students, and/or teams may be nominated multiple times; however, each nomination should be unique. Current members of the Auxiliary Services Circle of Excellence are not eligible for future nominations. Employees within any Auxiliary Services unit may be nominated for the awards below.

Individual Award

This award recognizes an individual who serves as an example to others by providing continuous outstanding service towards others (customers, coworkers, supervisors, students, faculty, staff, or the public.)

Individuals must be actively employed, full-time, and benefits-eligible, and have a minimum of two years of service within the Auxiliary Services department to be eligible for this award.

Nominate an individual here.

Student Award

This award recognizes a student employee who serves as an example to others by providing continuous outstanding service towards others (customers, coworkers, supervisors, students, faculty, staff, or the public.)

Individuals must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program at the University of Georgia, must be employed in a unit into their 2nd semester or employed for two complete semesters or longer, work a minimum of 12 hours per week, and available to continue working through the following semester to be eligible for this award.

Nominate a student here.

Teamwork Award

This award recognizes a team that works together in an exceptional way to provide extraordinary service to their department and the University of Georgia community.

Teams of 2 or more employees may be nominated for this award. Each team member must be actively employed, full-time and benefits eligible, within Auxiliary Services.

Nominate a team here.

Innovator Award

This award recognizes an individual who embodies the WIN motto (Welcome Innovation Now.) This individual enthusiastically pursues excellence while performing their daily tasks and seeks ways to improve each day, both personally and professionally. This individual presents innovative ideas for how to solve existing issues to make Auxiliary Services better each day. Both the individual with the idea and the person who best enabled the implementation of the improvement are honored through this award.

Employees must be actively employed, full-time, and benefits eligible, and have presented at least one WINning idea to be eligible for this award. The winner of this award can honor the individual who assisted and fostered this idea into action, such as a supervisor or mentor.

Nominate an innovator here.

Selection

Finalists will be selected by a diverse committee of Auxiliary Services team members. The committee, along with the Associate Vice President of Auxiliary Services, will review finalists and select this year's inductees. Honorees will be announced at the tenth annual induction ceremony luncheon on July 23.

2024 Inductees

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Deposits Team

Auxiliary Finance

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Brandi Allen

Dining Services

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Nolan Dasher

Auxiliary Finance

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Ygnacia Davis

Transportation & Parking Services

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Brian Heredia

Transportation & Parking Services

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Katherine Ingerson

Dining Services

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Lianna McAuliffe

Auxiliary Business Analytics

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Linda Pack

Transportation & Parking Services

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Nicholas Stonecipher

Auxiliary Information Technology

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Claire Terwilliger

Transportation & Parking Services

All Circle of Excellence Inductees

2024

Individual Awards

Brandi Allen – Dining Services
Nolan Dasher – Finance
Brian Heredia – Transportation and Parking Services
Katherine Ingerson – Dining Services
Linda Pack – Transportation and Parking Services
Nicholas Stonecipher – Information Technology

Student of Excellence Award

Claire Terwilliger - Transportation and Parking Services

Team Awards

Deposits Team - Auxiliary Finance

Tammy Dillard
Connie Ross