Faculty and Staff News

An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) counselor from ComPsych will be available to meet with employees between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Friday, May 24, in King Building, Room 201A; no appointment is necessary.

 Employees who need support can continue to contact the EAP direct at 1-877-603-8259. Additional information is available on the HR website or by contacting Cindy Edwards at ckedward@uncc.edu or 704-687-0658.

The Division of Business Affairs will sponsor its annual campus-wide ice cream social from 2 to 3:30 p.m., Friday, May 31, in the Cone University Center, After Hours Lounge.

During this free event for faculty and staff members, vanilla and chocolate ice cream with chocolate syrup, strawberry topping, whipped cream, chopped nuts and cherries will be served while quantities last. Ice water also will be available.

RSVP to vcba@uncc.edu by Monday, May 27.

Parking Lot 4A, located at the intersection of John Kirk Drive and Van Landingham Road, will be closed for repairs from Sunday, May 19, through Friday, May 24. Expect construction traffic.

Dear Niner Nation,

I want to share news of the vote earlier this spring to separate the Graduate & Professional Student Government (GPSG) from the Student Government Association (SGA).

During the spring 2019 SGA elections, Referendum 3 on the ballot asked “Do you accept the GPSG Independence Act, which would separate the Graduate & Professional Student Government from the Student Government Association?” 91 percent of student voters responded “Yes.”

Alexander Gordon, 72, an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, died May 13 at Rush Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. 
Gordon earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from Moscow Institute of Electronic Machine Building in 1988. He joined the University as an assistant professor in 2006 and was promoted to associate professor in 2012. Prior to joining UNC Charlotte, he worked in the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology at University of Rochester from 2002 to 2006, first as an analyst/programmer lead and later as an assistant professor.

Gov. Roy Cooper proclaimed May 2019 as “Internal Audit Awareness Month” to recognize the contributions of internal auditors to the success of organizations and the global economy at large. The proclamation recognizes internal audit for:

Chris Jarrett, who has served as the director of the School of Architecture (SoA) for 10 years, will step down from that position on June 30 and join the architecture faculty full-time.

UNC Charlotte welcomed the following new staff and faculty members during the April 30 New Employee Orientation session:

Aerospace Studies
Steve Campbell, administrative support associate

Cato College of Education
Michelle Webb, administrative support associateCollege of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Rong Wang, director for assessment, planning and accreditation

Institutional Integrity
Joanna Rose-Gross, Title IX case manager

Between Monday and Thursday, May 13-16, various lanes on campus will be closed to repair cracks, potholes and undulations on campus roadways. Expect traffic delays during this work.

Flagmen, barriers and signage will be deployed to alert drivers to partial lane closures. Excavating equipment, asphalt rollers, dump trucks and other construction-related vehicles and personnel will be deployed as part of the project.

The UNC Charlotte Internal Audit Department performs operational, compliance, financial and IT audits according to the annual Internal Audit Plan. Audit engagements are conducted in conformance with the International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing. The plan evaluates risk exposures related to governance, operations and information systems regarding the: