University welcomes new employees

UNC Charlotte welcomed the following new staff and faculty members during the Jan. 8 New Employee Orientation session:

Academic Affairs
Melinda Adnot, associate director

Atkins Library
Christine Beardsley, university library technician

Building Environmental Services
Patricia Pittman, building environmental technician

College of Arts + Architecture
Maria Cunningham, business services coordinator

College of Computing and Informatics
Jody Marshall, director of graduate studies
Michael Cowan, systems administrator/programmer

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Alaina Names, graduate program manager

EPIC
Shannon Jenkins, administrative support specialist

Housing and Residence Life
Mauricio Bayas, building environmental technician

Lee College of Engineering
Geoffrey Heacock, research operations manager

Materials Management
Priscilla Smith, purchasing agent

Safety and Security
John Bogdan, associate vice chancellor

Student Health Center
Anne Basile, pharmacist

Undergraduate Admissions
Karla Crucke, assistant director

New Employee Orientation, coordinated by the Human Resources Department, is a four-hour class with the remaining 12 hours of content moved to a new, online University Onboarding course in Canvas. Now, new employees can work at their own pace to complete the course within their first 120-days on the job. Visit the learning and organizational development website for more information.

Photo: (back row, left to right) Melinda Adnot, Anne Basile, Mauricio Bayas, Christine Beardsley, John Bogdan, Michael Cowan, Karla Crucke; (front row left to right) Maria Cunningham, Geoffrey Heacock, Shannon Jenkins, Jody Marshall, Alaina Names, Patricia Pittman, Priscilla Smith.