NC State Dining Employees Honored with Division Award for Excellence
Three NC State Dining team members have been named recipients of the 2025 Division of Finance and Administration’s Award for Excellence at NC State University, recognizing their outstanding contributions to customer service, human relations, and efficiency and innovation.
This year’s winners from Campus Enterprises include:

LaShawn McLamb, NC State Dining – Customer Service
Madison Morgan, NC State Dining – Efficiency and Innovation
Lauren Smith, NC State Dining – Human Relation
These individuals were selected from a highly competitive group of nominees across the division and will go on to represent Finance and Administration in the university-wide Awards for Excellence, NC State’s highest honor for non-faculty employees.
NC State Dining is proud to also recognize the following departmental nominees for their exceptional dedication and hard work:
Customer Service
Tyler Anderson, Mo Falih, Jon Graves, Heavenly Higdon, Henry Jaroushman, Roanna Taw, Antonio Torrealba and LaShawn McLamb
Efficiency and Innovation
Madison Morgan
Human Relations
Lauren Smith
“These awards highlight the heart of our mission—putting people first,” said Rich Berlin, associate vice chancellor for Campus Enterprises. “We’re incredibly proud of all our nominees and winners for the impact they make on campus every day.”
The four recipients will go on to participate in the NC State University Awards for Excellence on June 3, 2025.