Employee Recognition

Employee Recognition

Campus Enterprises employees go out of their way daily to create extraordinary guest experiences and improve our services at NC State. We strive to acknowledge our employees’ outstanding contributions through a variety of awards and recognition programs.

Campus Enterprises Spotlight

The program’s four key features are its ability to highlight positive behaviors that Campus Enterprises desires for other employees to emulate, tangibly reward employees, ensure employees that their supervisors and peers see and appreciate that employee’s contributions, and lastly,  foster a “thank you” culture.

Learn more about the Spotlight

Service Award Dinner

Campus Enterprises honors its permanent employees who are celebrating 5+ year employment milestones with an annual dinner.

Honorees can bring a guest for a three-course meal and ceremony, where they receive a framed certificate from the department.

2023 (Service year 2022) photo gallery 2022 (Service years 2020-2021) photo gallery 2020 (Service year 2019) photo gallery

VIP employee celebration

Every spring, Campus Enterprises hosts a party to celebrate both departmental and individual accomplishments.

2023 photo gallery 2019 photo gallery

NC State Awards for Excellence

The NC State University Awards for Excellence is the most prestigious honor bestowed upon non-faculty employees.

The NC State Awards for Excellence commence each year when all colleges and business units across campus select employees to be recognized as Awards for Excellence recipients. In addition to receiving eight hours of paid time off and a $250 cash award from the respective college or business unit, recipients are also honored at the NC State University Awards for Excellence ceremony, where up to twelve individuals receive special distinction as recipients of the NC State University Awards for Excellence.

The twelve possible recipients of the NC State University Awards for Excellence receive an additional eight hours of paid time off, a cash award for $1,000, and an engraved award plaque. The NC State University Awards for Excellence recipients are also submitted for consideration for the Governor’s Awards for Excellence, which is the highest honor awarded to a State of North Carolina employee.

Learn more about the Awards for Excellence

Pride of the Wolfpack Award

The Pride of the Wolfpack Award recognizes individual employees for a special or unique contribution to their college, business unit, or NC State University. Through the generous sponsorship of the NC State Bookstore, recipients will receive a framed certificate and lapel pin.

Active employees in the following categories may be nominated for the Pride of the Wolfpack Award:

-SHRA employees
-EHRA employees
-County extension employees

Retirees, faculty, and temporary employees are not eligible for the Pride of the Wolfpack Award. Examples of temporary employees include, but are not limited to, graduate assistants, house officers, postdoctoral scholars, and student workers. Groups or teams are also ineligible for the Pride of the Wolfpack Award. In order for each member of a group or team to receive an award, each member must be nominated individually.

Each college and business unit has the flexibility to establish the nomination and selection criteria for the Pride of the Wolfpack Award. Please contact your college or business unit coordinator for more information.

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