{"id":393,"date":"2023-09-01T11:05:50","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T15:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/information-technology\/?p=393"},"modified":"2023-09-08T16:36:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T20:36:16","slug":"josh-shaffer-wins-a-2023-it-director-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/information-technology\/2023\/09\/01\/josh-shaffer-wins-a-2023-it-director-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Shaffer Wins A 2023 IT Director Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">On August 3<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">rd<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Josh Shaffer was awarded a 2023 IT Director Award for his outstanding contributions to the goals of Information Technology as part of the Digital Corps\u2019 work on the new Lifetime Learning initiative.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Shaffer started working as a full-time designer with the Digital Corps in 2016. He spends the majority of his Corps time assisting students in design-heavy projects and working on high-profile or rapid-turnaround design projects for the University.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Brandon Smith, Executive Director of the Digital Corps, boasts about Shaffer\u2019s outstanding work ethic. \u201cJosh has been crucially instrumental in launching the Lifetime Learning Initiative. We have been asked to make some big contributions to the launch of this program, and nobody has done more of that than Josh,\u201d Smith said. \u201cHe had to figure out the whole process and has been efficient and professional. His work has been invaluable.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When asked about winning the award, Shaffer said he was grateful.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI was not expecting to win, but it felt nice to have my work recognized,\u201d said Shaffer.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When asked what exemplary service means to Shaffer, he said, \u201cI interpret [exemplary service] as someone who cares about their work and tries to show how passionate they are about their work \u2014 someone who will go the extra mile to do things they may not want to do, or that they love to do.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 3rd Josh Shaffer was awarded a 2023 IT Director Award for his outstanding contributions to the goals of Information Technology as part of the Digital Corps\u2019 work on the new Lifetime Learning initiative.\u00a0 Shaffer started working as a full-time designer with the Digital Corps in 2016. 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