Faculty/Staff

Human Resources has announced the 2017 Employees of the Year:

Devotion to Duty

Gary Edwards, Facilities Management

Human Relations

Phillip Brown, University Communications

Innovation

Leslie Zenk, Office of Academic Affairs

Community and Public Service

Beginning at noon, Monday, March 13, Inside UNC Charlotte (and the University’s official Facebook page) will live stream a conversation between Kathy Reichs, producer of the television show “Bones” and a UNC Charlotte anthropology professor, and Cathy Bessant, chief operations and technology officer for Bank of America. The talk is part of an Exponential campaign major gift announcement with Bank of America that is being held at UNC Charlotte Center City.

David Coleman, associate director of police support services, died Wednesday, March 8. He was 65.

UNC Charlotte welcomed the following new staff and faculty members during the March 7-8 New Employee Orientation session:

Athletics
Keith Henry, assistant football coach
Mark Lacey, University program associate

Athletics Academic Center
Jessica Kyllo, assistant director and GOLD coordinator

Belk College of Business
Erin Knaul, academic and career coach

Center for Teaching and Learning
Randi Wahl, instructional designer

The webinar “Hobbies for Mental and Physical Health” can be viewed at noon, Thursday, March 16. Benefits of pursuing hobbies and why pastimes count are among the topics that will be discussed.

Register online at the HR learning and development website. After logging in, click on the workshops tab and scroll to the lunch and learn section.

Registration is now open for UNC Charlotte’s Undergraduate Research Conference (URC), a University-wide showcase of undergraduate research projects.

Sponsored by Academic Affairs, Atkins Library, the Charlotte Research Institute, Honors College, and Levine Scholars Program, the conference will be Friday, April 21, in the Barnhardt Student Activity Center. Colleges and departments across the University also provide conference support. This event will be open to the campus community and to invited guests.

John Daniels, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and chair of the National Ash Management Advisory Board, will present “How UNC Charlotte is Advancing the Research, Practice and Policy of Coal Ash Management” at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 14, in EPIC, G256.

The Office of Human Resources (HR) has launched a new SHRA performance management program, NinerTalent STAKES – Succeeding through Teamwork, Active Feedback, Knowledge Transfer, Engagement and Support. 

Faculty and staff members can try out the fitness and recreation areas in Belk Gym for free Monday, March 6, through Sunday, March 12.

To take advantage of this offer, employees should bring their UNC Charlotte IDs for presentation at the check-in location.

The Belk Gym features a fitness center, cycling and group fitness studios, basketball and racquetball courts, a swimming pool and locker rooms.

Click here for information on memberships.