Auxiliary Services Circle of Excellence logoAuxiliary 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 Circle of Excellence Awards are received during April and May of each year.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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Selection

Finalists are selected by a diverse committee of Auxiliary Services team members. The committee, along with the Associate Vice President of Auxiliary Services, then review the finalists and select each year’s inductees. Honorees are announced at the annual induction ceremony luncheon in July.


2025 Inductees


All Circle of Excellence Inductees

2025

Individual Awards

  • Judy Howard – Transportation and Parking Services
  • Xiaoling Ma – Dining Services
  • Cynthia Malcolm – Finance
  • Jacob McGinley – Business Process Improvement
  • Mark Reynolds – Information Technology
  • Justin Robbins – Dining Services
  • Ravisha Wijeweera – Dining Services
  • Kelly Wingfield – Transportation and Parking Services

Student Award

  • Hope Andrews – Transportation and Parking Services
  • Karsyn Van Houten – Marketing and Communications

Innovator Award

  • Fay Lewis – Transportation and Parking Services

Team Award

  • Airport Shuttle Initiative
    • Aimee Cheek
    • Randy Davis
    • Brooks Oliver
    • Mark Reynolds
    • Emma Schell
    • Nicholas Stonecipher
    • Allen Sutton
    • Taylor West
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

Innovator Award

  • Ygnacia Davis – Transportation and Parking Services
  • Lianna McAuliffe – Auxiliary Business Analytics
2023

Individual Awards

  • Alexis “Lexi” Cramer – Campus Transit
  • Wendy Daniel – Parking Services
  • Wendy Glenn – Parking Services
  • Stuart Ivy – Information Technology
  • Robin Porter – Auxiliary Finance
  • Adam Rainville – Dining Services
  • Jason Robinson – Campus Transit

Student Award

  • Amy Rust – Auxiliary Marketing

Team Awards

  • Training, Development and Engagement – Dining Services
    • Kelly Belanger-Giguere
    • Teresa Cash
    • Claudia Stephens
    • Tracy Winters
    • Deidra Young

Innovator Award

  • Jean Johnson – Dining Services
2019

Individual Awards

  • Shaquavia Bell – Campus Transit
  • Jacob Jordan – Dining Services
  • Jimmy Lambert – Dining Services
  • Trudy Lane – Dining Services
  • Katrina Lasalle – Campus Transit

Student Award

  • Dallas Boswell – Parking Services

Team Awards

  • Campus Catering – Dining Services
    • Candice Barron
    • Ashley McBride-Espinoza
    • Madison McDearis
    • Brandis Parrott
    • Jessica Rogers
    • Naomi Sidlow
  • Campus Transit
    • John Benedit
    • Mike Cosby
    • Bryan Fuller
    • Nick Little
    • Chris Little
    • Stephen Moss
    • Tige Oglesby
    • Jason Robinson
    • Charlton Scott
2018

Individual Awards

  • Lisa Bradshaw – Dining Services
  • Andrew Cropp – Dining Services
  • Nacha Davis – Campus Transit
  • Mike Oats – Dining Services
  • Katie Scoggins – Campus Transit
  • Melony Smith – Campus Transit
  • Craig Smolenski – Dining Services

Student Award

  • Marlo Sommers

Team Awards

  • Information Technology
    • Wisdom Attipoe
    • Mike Bird
    • Anoush Ebrahimi
    • Dustin Serpa
  • Transportation & Parking
    • Jeff Arthur
    • Jeremy Skates
    • Eddie Solsberry
    • Larry Starkey
    • Sara Tomblin
2017

Individual Awards

  • Hilda Butler – Dining Services
  • Teresa Cash – Dining Services
  • Lauren Corcino – Auxiliary Marketing Services
  • Maggie Montana – Campus Transit
  • Jesus Ozuna – Dining Services
  • Nelson Reynolds – Parking Services
  • Clint Udell – Golf Course

Team Awards

  • Panda Express – Dining Services
    • Michelle Faulkenberry
    • Lisa Fonseca
    • Zariana Georgieva
    • Ellen Hansen
    • Jessica Jones
    • Carmen Wan
2016

Individual Awards

  • Allison Brannen – Auxiliary Services Marketing
  • Cassandra Elder – Parking Services
  • Max Grant – UGA Dining Services
  • Steven Holloway – Campus Transit
  • Patricia Ross – UGA Parking Services

Team Awards

  • UGA Golf Course
    • Dustin Bucher
    • Scott Griffith
    • John Inglett
    • Brandon Kirk
    • Micky Wilson
    • Will Woodruff
2015

Individual Awards

  • Christine Eberhart – Parking Services
  • John Funderburk – Food Services
  • Stuart Hammond – Food Services
  • Joy King – Auxiliary Services
  • Shasta Meeler – Campus Transit
  • Ginger Nix – Auxiliary IT
  • Charlton Scott – Parking Services
2014

Individual Awards

  • Jeff Arthur – Campus Transit
  • Kevin Booth – Golf Course
  • Anthony Brown – Parking Services
  • Gregg Hudson – Food Services
  • Rick Marr – UGA Printing
  • Mary Parrish – Food Services
  • Anna Reynolds – Parking Services
2013

Individual Awards

  • Clayton Cooper – Printing Department
  • Tysen Dedufour – Parking Services
  • Stacia Fink – Food Services
  • Leanne Fouche – Parking Services
  • Will Woodroof – Golf Course

Questions

Questions about the program may be directed to Auxiliary Services Circle of Excellence Committee: 706-542-7933.