The Teamwork Award is presented annually by Human Resources to teams at Duke that have shown an ability to work together toward an important university goal and to build collaborate relationships across university units.

"All the nominees have done amazing things -- I will not call them miracles, because they represent much hard work and dedication; these are not the unexpected or undeserved successes, but the ones we know we can hope for when we aim high," Keohane said.

"Teamwork lies at the heart of the success of this plan," said university librarian David Ferriero. "A large group representing various constituencies came together ' their common bond was a passion for their work and how the library might support that work. This work was facilitated by a true collaborative atmosphere where committee members felt comfortable in expressing their opinions, challenging the opinions of others and compromising in a display of appreciation of differences."

Team members included Kenneth Berger, Jason Bergsman, Jerry Black, Maria Park Bobroff, Margaret Brill, Caroline Bruzelius, Robert Byrd, Ginny Cake, Paul Conway, Cathy Davidson, Gary Gereffi, Edward Gomes Jr., Elayne Heisler, Ashley Jackson, Deborah Jakubs, Cybelle McFadden, Ann Miller, Lynne O'Brien, John Pearce, Michael Pickett, Aghijit Prabhu, Rosalyn Raeford, Ann Marie Rasmussen, James Roberts, Matthew Slovik, Helen Solterer, Robert Thompson, Thomas Wall, Judith White and Peter Wood.

The eDuke team was a partnership of communications and information technology teams from across the university under the direction of the Duke Office of News and Communication. The project pulls together information and news stories from across the campus and sends it out by e-mail to Duke students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni and journalists. The three parts of eDuke includes daily news items, daily news clips and a monthly service. As of last week, the service has 6,588 subscribers.

"This was a project that no single department or school could accomplish alone," said David Jarmul, director of the Office of News and Communication. "Everyone needed to work together. Their efforts have benefited Duke greatly. As one Duke alumnus wrote, "I want to commend you on this wonderful idea. I find myself feeling more in tune with and closer to the Duke community at large.'"

The winning team included Terra Abrams, Michael Bacon, Regina Barnhill, Monte Basgall, Maxine Borjon, Scottee Cantrell, Robert Carter, Lacey Chylack, Claire Cusick, Blake Dickinson, Brian Eder, Jonathan Goldstein, Marsha Green, Sally Hicks, Karen Hines, Krisy Johnson, Susan Kauffman, Kim Koster, Keith Lawrence, Dennis Meredith, Geoffrey Mock, Katharine Neal, Diana Nelson, David Reid, Ben Riseling, Rob Sikorski, Cabell Smith, Dorian Smith, Ken Strayhorn and Stuart Wells.

The Cardiac Catherization Lab at Durham Regional Hospital was honored as a premier "promoter of patient advocacy" and a team concept that kept morale high and staff working effectively.

In nominating the unit, administrative director Jan Cremeans noted that the unit has had several members honored with hospital nursing awards, that the staff had won two consecutive perfect attendance awards and that it regularly scores in the upper 90 percentile in patient satisfaction surveys.

She credited an environment where staff members are encouraged to make suggestions.

"We are empowered to be independent thinkers," Cremeans said. "We are assigned individual responsibilities that contribute to the function of the lab as a whole. We can make suggestions to peers and physicians to improve procedures and patient outcomes."

Awardees included Maria Boyce, Otelia Bullock, Robyn Dahlen, Cynthia Ford, Rhonda Fretwell, Rebecca Hudson, Rodney Hudson, Monique LeBlanc, Judi Markham, Wellingtone Noboa, Cathy Oakley, Gwendolyn Sherrill, Marsha Stevens and B.J. Wilson.