Carol Hartley, business services coordinator for the Department of Languages and Culture Studies, is this year’s Employee of the Year recipient in the category devotion to duty. She won not merely because of her devotion to duty, but because “Carol is the heart of our department,” said nominator Ana-Isabel Aliaga-Buchenau, associate chair of the department.
Shannon Caveny-Cox ’98 is the solid waste coordinator in the Office of Sustainability at UNC Charlotte. Learn more about her unique role, which includes scientific-like dumpster dives, and her favorite sustainability tip on this Earth Day.
Describe your job as solid waste coordinator and what you do at UNC Charlotte.
What does it mean to embody a servant’s heart? It means being involved in the community, even when you’re off the clock. It means sacrificing weekends. It means going above and beyond through planning, strategizing and serving for the betterment of others and the overall growth of the community.
Volunteer help is needed for the upcoming Spring Commencement ceremonies to assist at the information tables, pass out name cards to graduates and welcome guests. Register to volunteer.
Commencement ceremonies
From 6 to 11 p.m., Friday, April 15, OneIT will conduct maintenance work on the University’s data center. Users may experience short (less than one minute) network interruptions throughout the evening.These systems will be unavailable for short amounts of time during this maintenance window:
To help support employees this semester, the Human Resources Office is sponsoring two additional events in partnership with ComPsych, the University’s professional counseling service offered through the Employee Assistance Program.
The Human Resources Department received 40 nominations for the 2022 UNC Charlotte Staff Employee of the Year Award, a record number nominated in the categories of devotion to duty, human relations, innovation and community/public service. For this year, a total of 49 staff members were nominated either individually or as members of teams.
Last fall, UNC Charlotte made several changes to the return of Facilities and Administrative (F&A) funds to investigators, departments and centers. Now, the Office of Research and Economic Development (RED) will eliminate restrictions on amounts returned and accumulated by faculty.
