Shout-out Wall for Q2 & Q3 2025

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Shout-out Recipients
April 2025 - October 2025 (Q2 & Q3)

 

Miguel Gomez

Big thanks to Miguel for consistently delivering excellent customer service with technical expertise. He is humble and always ready to help.

His positive attitude extends to his student employees, who reflect the same helpful and welcoming approach—making every customer feel supported.

Thank you, Miguel for your outstanding work and impact!

Timothy C

While the team was working diligently to set up and integrate the West Grove Commons door locks in time for Fall move-in, which was successful, Tim was walking the halls of West Grove Commons during construction and testing every door lock. Each time the contractor declared the doors working, Tim would drive to campus and repeat his testing. This went for several rounds before the locks truly were working as required. This testing was technically outside of Tim's scope and should have been performed by the vendor. However, Tim quickly noticed that the vendor was underperforming and understood that this had to be perfect in order to meet HDCS's expectations and the students already booked to live in WGC. Tim went above and beyond to commute to campus and conduct many of these tests. 

West Grove Commons Door Locks

Partway through the West Grove Commons construction, the One Card office purchased contracts for mobile student credentials (digital One Cards) and the associated hardware and software for West Grove Commons to make this work on residential door locks. Coming after the initial design process and involving a change of scope to WCG construction, the Business Apps team was thrown into a worst-case scenario. Timothy C., Calvin K., and Worth F., along with Mujahid Al M. in the Systems team, were expected to set up this new server and integrate it into StarRez and Transact in only a few months to support Fall 2025 move-in. These four professionals worked diligently, sometimes outside of regular work hours, to make sure students could move into the dorms smoothly as scheduled. All four deserve recognition for their efforts.

Mark L

I had a computer glitch in my email list on my MacBook Pro. I had received an email I could not delete. Every time I deleted it it would come right back. I tried a wide range of methods to delete this email but none of them worked. I was concerned that the email might have been a computer virus and I was at a loss as to what I should do. Mark was extremely helpful in helping me deal with this problem and getting the email deleted. He was very patient with me. I could never have fixed this problem without his help. So I wanted to send a THANK YOU to Mark and let his superiors/supervisors know how knowledgeable, patient and helpful Mark was with me.

Ivan W.

Ivan is the definition of dependable. No matter what he's working on, he always makes time to help out, and does it with a calm, can-do attitude. Whether it's last-minute requests (guilty!) or unexpected issues, Ivan jumps in without hesitation and makes sure everything gets handled.

He’s dropped what he was doing more than once recently just to make sure I had what I needed—with zero notice. That kind of support doesn’t go unnoticed.

Thank you, Ivan. Your reliability, teamwork, and kindness make a huge difference. I really appreciate you!

About Shout-outs

The ITS Shout-out program recognizes ITS employees for going the extra mile at work and striving to make our department better.

Nominate an ITS employee today!

Golden Gator Synopsis

Every quarter ITS selects a staff member(s) or a team as a recipient for our Golden Gator Award. The winner(s) will be announced at our quarterly Town Hall meeting.

How Does it Work

If a person or team provides excellent service or leadership, you can nominate them for a shout-out on our shout-out page. There are several categories to choose from when submitting a nomination, including Calm in the Eye of the Storm, the Behind the Scenes Wonder, Above & Beyond the Call, Customer Whisperer, Unwavering Dedication to Service, Unexpected Leader, and other, where you may write in another category of your own choosing. Once you select your preferred category, you can then compose an explanation behind your shout-out submission. Please include your name, department, and email address.

Below is an example of what a nomination may look like:

Jane Doe

nominated on 12/1/2020

Kindly be informed Jane helped us tremendously to resolve one issue in CS. We would like to give our sincere special recognition to them. Without their expertise and willingness to help this communication would not be going out today. I appreciate their efforts more than I can say.

 

What Happens Next

Once we receive your nomination, we will notify the nominee(s) and their supervisors letting them know they’ve been nominated. ITS will then post the nomination to our ITS shout-out wall. The shout-out will be listed under the quarter in which they were received. At the end of the corresponding quarter, ITS’s Staff Advisory group and one member from outside ITS will meet to vote on all the nominations received. Based on the tally of votes, we will determine who will receive our Golden Gator Award for the quarter. We will then notify you that your nominee was chosen as a winner. The winner(s) will be announced at our Town Hal meeting and listed as such on our shout-out wall. 

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