Faculty and Staff News

UNC Charlotte offers eligible employees 12 paid holidays each calendar year, and the Human Resources Department published the approved holiday schedule annually. The 2022 schedule can be found below: HOLIDAY (University is closed)

Congratulations to the 2020 and 2021 recipients of the 49er Alumni Campus Employee Network (ACE) Award recipients — Sabrina Brown ’09, Solomon Franklin ’03, ’06, ’11 M.A. , Kevin Edwards-Knight ’09 M.S.W., Brenda Shue ’11, ’13 M.A. Joshua Avery ’03, ’06 M.A. and Darin Spease ’89.  They were recognized during a special luncheon held recently.

Walter Alexander, Building Environmental Services, needs shared leave donations. The Benefits Office will accept donations through Nov. 8.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.

UNC Charlotte faculty and staff volunteered at the Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Sort-A-Rama held at the Charlotte Convention Center Thursday, Oct. 14. The University co-sponsored the event.“Thank you to the Second Harvest Food bank team for hosting this volunteer event and for bringing together local organizations and community members to help fight food insecurity in our city,” said Mark Colone, senior director of development at UNC Charlotte. “As a University founded on the very principle of service to others, we are proud to be a sponsor of this year’s Sort-A-Rama.”

Justin Toler, Office of OneIT, needs shared leave donations. The Benefits Office will accept donations through Nov. 1.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.Donation forms also are available through the Benefits Office, King Building, Room 207.

Marcus Frazier, Building Environmental Services, needs shared leave donations. The Benefits Office will accept donations through Oct. 19.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, email Marina LeLeux, benefits counselor, at mleleux@uncc.edu.

UNC Charlotte’s Dean Kruckeberg, a professor of  communication studies, has earned the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Gold Anvil Award, the organization’s highest honor for lifetime achievement.

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Dean Nancy Gutierrez reminds us how important it is to support the Arts and Science Council and the State Employees Combined Campaign to strengthen and sustain North Carolina communities and their citizens.

Kamia Johnson from the Lab School (Niner University Elementary) needs shared leave donations. The Benefits Office will accept donations through Oct 11.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, email Marina LeLeux, benefits counselor, at mleleux@uncc.edu.

Authorship is one of the main forms of currency in academia, and decisions about who is named an author, and in what order, can be challenging to navigate even among successful collaborations. To help in this area, the Graduate School led the development of University Policy: 318, Authorship Policy and Resolution Procedures. View a brief introduction to the policy by Provost Joan Lorden.