Department `literally spans the campus'
Ann R. Register, payroll-personnel representative for the Academic Affairs Library, has been named top campus HR facilitator.
Register, who has been in her job for more than 20 years, was cited for her knowledge, tact and patience in dealing with more than 230 employees within the library's 30 units.
"Ann's position is unique in that she oversees a department which literally spans the campus, since the staff are distributed among 14 individual library buildings," wrote a nominator.
With tasks as varied as managing time records and absence/leave reports, coordinating deadlines for work performance evaluations, serving as parking coordinator, seeking candidates for vacant library positions and keeping staff abreast of employee resource programs, benefits and safety information, Register has been praised by colleagues as an invaluable resource.
"Ann is a fountain of not only information, but wisdom in her role," a nominator wrote. "She possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of the rules and regulations but is quick to verify information before giving an official answer to our queries regarding personnel matters."
Described as poised, calm and well-organized, the library veteran has navigated changing technology and tremendous growth of University programs and resources during the past two decades.
"She systematically tackles the mounds of paperwork which must be processed through her office and enhances the quality of the reports that leave this library," a nominator wrote. "I have heard staff members from the Personnel Department and Position Management praise the quality of the paperwork from our office and the role Ann plays in making certain that we do it properly."
A co-worker described Register as the embodiment of her title.
"Ann is like breathing," a nominator wrote. "You don't think about her because she's always there and is so good at what she does. Ann responds to our needs in a friendly, gracious and prompt fashion, helping us in any way that she can."
Another nominator summed up Register's importance to the library: "She is a jewel!"
* VIRGINIA ANDREWS (microbiology and immunology)--for her positive, uncomplaining attitude and ability to work well with employees and graduate students alike.
* DENISE CHILDRESS (institutional research)--for caring about her work and her co-workers and for doing whatever needs to be done for those in her department.
* KIMBERLY HEADEN (psychology)--for her pleasant, professional attitude and willingness to keep abreast of changes within the field.
* SANDRA JONES (law library)--for her ability to enforce the rules strictly but fairly, while having employees' best interests at heart.
* MIMI KOMOS (human resources)--for her organizational skills and dedication while maintaining her patience and cheerful attitude.
* RUBY MASSEY (Institute for Research in Social Science)--for her "perpetually constructive" attitude, initiative in keeping up with policy changes and overall professionalism.
* PATTI MCCLOSKEY (business school)--for her innovative ways of communicating with co-workers, her enthusiasm and her caring attitude.
* DAVID NEIDITZ (N.C. High School Athletic Association)--for keeping colleagues updated on relevant information and for his willingness to do whatever is needed.
* DEBRA PARRISH (medicine)--for her knowledge, diligence and ability to remain calm and pleasant in the midst of solving problems for others.
* DIANE STRONG (Academic Technology and Networks)--for maintaining her sense of humor while keeping pace with her department's rapidly changing human resources needs.
* KAY SPIVEY (Institute of Government)--for her skill, judgment and discretion, as well as her knowledge and overall consistently superior service that goes beyond her job description.
* DONNA SUTTLES (highway safety research)--for knowing "everything and everyone to call" to solve problems and for her ability to work efficiently, quietly and with dedication.
* LINDA ZELLER (Principals' Executive Program)--for her insistence on a high quality of performance, her reliability and encouragement of co-workers to do their best.
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