Faculty/Staff

UNC Charlotte welcomed the following new staff and faculty members during the March 20-21 New Employee Orientation session:

Art & Art History
Frank Olive, facilities management technician for building trades

Belk College of Business
Samantha Finley, public communications specialist

Building Environmental Services
Tamira Boyce, building environmental technician
Fredricka Sweeting, building environmental technician

The Human Resources Department, in partnership with ITS and other campus units, has launched a new, fully online workflow for the tuition waiver program. 

Eligible full-time, permanent faculty and staff members can take up to three free courses a year from any of the 17 schools within the UNC system. Courses can be to earn a degree or simply pursue intellectual interests. 

Michelle Reinken has joined UNC Charlotte’s Division of Institutional Integrity as the University’s Title IX coordinator following a national search. She previously served as associate director of student conduct in the University’s Dean of Students Office.

As Title IX coordinator, Reinken will lead the Title IX Office in its mission to promote a safe and healthy campus environment through compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act (Campus SaVE).

Faculty and staff members can register to attend “China Country-Culture Workshop,” scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, April 20.

Cleveland Johnson, Facilities Management Building Environmental Services, 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.

As of Monday, March 19, the College of Health and Human Services has the highest participation rate for the COACHE Faculty Satisfaction Survey with a nearly 41 percent response rate.

Ted Elling, associate vice chancellor for research and systems development in the Division of Student Affairs, will retire on April 1 after 27 years of service.

A retirement reception in his honor will be from 2 to 4 p.m., Thursday, March 29, in the Barnhardt Student Activity Center Salons. 

Nina Simmons, director of Student Activity Center and Venue Management, will retire from the University April 1 after 19 years of service.

A retirement reception in Simmons’ honor is scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m., Monday, March 26, in the Barnhardt Student Activity Center Northwest Concession Pod (Room 157). 

Faculty and staff members can join colleagues for socializing and networking at a Faculty and Staff Social, which will be from 4:30 to 6 p.m., Thursday, April 12, at Harris Alumni Center at Johnson Glen.

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

Allison Sigmon, Belk College of Business, 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 225. For more information, contact Joy Finney, benefits counselor, at 704‑687‑0648.