ITS Leadership Academy
The 2022-23 inaugural Leadership Academy included five sessions at each of the UNK, UNL, UNO campuses. It included individual leadership development and NU ITS organizational development.
Rick Fredericks Awards
Outstanding Leadership in a Collaborative Effort Award
The NU ITS Rick Fredericks Award for Outstanding Leadership in a Collaborative Effort This award is presented to an individual NU ITS staff member who utilized a thoughtful, collaborative approach in their work.
Past recipients include:
- 2022 - Neil Brown for his leadership throughout the unified network project
- 2021 - Jay Killion for his extraordinarily collaborative approach to project management
- 2020 - Phil Redfern for his efforts in endpoint management
- 2019 - Cheryl O’Dell for her work in cross-campus cybersecurity awareness and engagement with the Cybersecurity Escape Room
- 2018 - Jeremy Van Hof for his efforts leading the Canvas initiative
2023 Awardee: Shawn Aguirre for his work on the Cybersecurity Interest Group
Outstanding Collaborative Project Award
The NU ITS Rick Fredericks Award for Outstanding Collaborative Project award is presented to a project that was successful due to its cross-campus collaboration within ITS and/or with external ITS stakeholders.
Past recipients include:
- 2022 - The Unified Network Project
- 2021 - DUO Two-Factor Authentication Project
- 2020 - Canvas Push to Gradebook Project
- 2019 - University Wide Area Network Project
- 2018 - VOIP Project
2023 Awardees: Yuja and Oracle Exadata Hardware Upgrade Projects