Faculty and Staff News

OneIT will upgrade network hardware between Monday, May 16, and Friday, May 20. Many buildings will experience wired, wireless and phone network outages during this time. Contact the OneIT Service Desk at 704-687-5500 if you have any questions or submit a ticket through help.charlotte.edu. Monday, May 16 (Evening) These buildings will experience wired and wireless […]

Lloyd Blenman, a professor in the Belk College of Business Department of Finance since 1999, died Thursday, April 28.

Blenman, whose area of expertise was international finance, served as editor of the Quarterly Journal of Finance and Accounting, advisory editor for the University of Guyana Press and co-editor of the African Finance Journal.

Donna Watson from the Housing and Residence Life Office needs shared leave donations. The Benefits Office will accept donations through May 17.

To contribute leave, faculty and staff should refer to the requirements in Personnel Information Memorandum (PIM) 29 or complete the online Voluntary Shared Leave Donation Form from the HR Benefits Forms website.

Forty-nine staff members were nominated for the Staff Employee of the Year Award in four categories. Among the innovation nominees, one stood out from the rest — Kiran Budhrani. 

As associate director of personalized and adaptive learning in the Center for Teaching and Learning in the School of Professional Studies, Budhrani demonstrated exceptional innovation and leadership through the implementation of a large-scale academic transformation project in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics to aid student learning.

As director of Niner Central, Kimberly Laney sees each day as a new opportunity to help Niner Nation thrive. What better way to do that than build relationships within UNC Charlotte? 

Her team leadership in providing student services covering critical enrollment areas like financial aid, bursar, health center and registration while being the main point of contact for all calls or inquiries coming to the University, earned Laney the Staff Employee of the Year Award in the category of Human Relations. 

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.

Employees of the Year in devotion to duty go above the normal requirements and have contributed significantly to the advancement of UNC Charlotte and service to the citizens of North Carolina. 

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. 

UNC Charlotte defines exceptional community service as an employee who has made outstanding contributions by participating in or implementing community and public service projects such as volunteering with various non-profit organizations. 

Anita Joseph, Office of Housing and Residence Life, needs shared leave donations. The Benefits Office will accept donations through April 27.

To contribute leave, faculty and staff should refer to the requirements in Personnel Information Memorandum (PIM) 29 or complete the online Voluntary Shared Leave Donation Form from the HR Benefits Forms website.

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

Friday, May 13 (Shift is 7:30 to 10:30 a.m.)

Belk College of Business

The William States Lee College of Engineering

College of Health and Human Services