Faculty/Staff

Sharon Green with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department needs shared leave donations.

To contribute leave, faculty and staff should refer to the requirements and participant forms in Personnel Information Memorandum (PIM) 29 or in the literature racks outside of the Benefits Office, King Building, Room 207. For more information, contact Joy Finney, benefits counselor, at 704‑687‑0648.

UNC Charlotte welcomed the following new staff and faculty members during the Oct. 31-Nov. 1 New Employee Orientation session:

College of Arts + Architecture
Haley Wishall, business services coordinator

College of Computing and Informatics
David Farynyk, senior software engineer

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Hengyou Zhang, research associate

Data Science Initiative
Kary Gregor, public communications specialist

The department formerly known as Risk Management, Safety and Security is now Safety and Security.  

The name change, which was effective July 1, 2017, was made to more accurately reflect the department’s areas of responsibility in the Division of Business Affairs, as well as to help clarify the addition of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) to the newly created Division of Institutional Integrity.

UNC Charlotte is now a participant in the nationwide State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA). This benefits the University in terms of regulatory compliance and students in terms of quality and consumer protection.

The three finalists for the position of director of facilities planning will deliver a campus presentation as part of the interview process.

Presentations will be:

Faculty and staff members can update their federal and state employee withholding certificates (Form W-4, and NC-4) through “My UNC Charlotte.”

Follow these steps to view and update withholding allowances.

The Department of Reading and Elementary Education in the Cato College of Education won the Staff Council Homecoming Decorating Contest.

Rachel Pierson-Bonin, HR, was the individual winner.

The UNC Charlotte Staff Council sponsors a decorating contest during Homecoming to encourage offices/departments and individuals to display their Niner spirit.

Campus units that competed in the contest were:

Faculty and staff members are invited to join colleagues for socializing and networking at a Faculty and Staff Social, which will be from 4:30 to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 7, in the Popp Martin Student Union Art Gallery.

Sponsored by Chancellor Philip L. Dubois, the social will feature light hors d’oeuvres, wine, beer and soft drinks. RSVPs requested.

UNC Charlotte welcomed the following new staff and faculty members during the Oct. 17-18 New Employee Orientation session:

Athletics
Raymond Bolger, support services associate

Belk College of Business
Solange Tricanowicz, assistant director for employer relations and career and professional development

Building Environmental Services
Crystal Beam, building environmental technician
Saida Pyles, building environmental technician
Robert Smith, building environmental technician

The Office of Emergency Management and the Police and Public Safety Department will conduct a full test of the NinerAlert system at approximately 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24. All methods of alert notification will be used. This includes text messaging, email, Alertus technology (on-campus screen takeover), LiveSafe and social media.

The test message will read:  

NinerAlerts: This is a test of the UNC Charlotte Emergency Alert System. This is only a test.