Faculty and Staff News

One Dalton Tower stairwell to be closed temporarily

Stairwell no. 3 that provides access to the Atkins Library’s Dalton Tower will be closed Monday, Feb. 11, through Friday, Feb. 15. This temporary closure is to install a new HVAC unit as part of the Atkins Library Special Collections project.

Signage will direct patrons to use Stairwell no. 4.

Tapper needs shared leave

Nataly Tapper, Lee College of Engineering, needs shared leave donations. The Benefits Office will accept donations through Feb. 14.

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.

Finalists for vice chancellor for research and economic development to give presentations

The search committee for the position of vice chancellor for research and economic development has selected three finalists: Pradeep Haldar, Kelly Rusch and Richard Tankersley.

Members of the campus community are invited to attend candidate presentations, which will be in February.

Rusch, executive director, North Dakota EPSCoR, and professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University, will present at 10:45 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 5.

Incident briefly locks down UNC Charlotte Center City

At approximately 9:25 a.m., Jan. 31, there was a report of gunshots being fired in the 300 block of E. 9th Street. Two shots hit UNC Charlotte Center City, and the building was placed on lockdown immediately.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and UNC Charlotte Police and Public Safety both responded to the scene. According to CMPD, upon arrival, officers spoke with several witnesses who stated they heard gunfire from the intersection of N. Brevard and E. 9th Street

Finalists for vice chancellor for research and economic development to give presentations

The search committee for the position of vice chancellor for research and economic development has selected three finalists: Pradeep Haldar, Kelly Rusch and Richard Tankersley.

Members of the campus community are invited to attend candidate presentations, which will be in February.

Rusch, executive director, North Dakota EPSCoR, and professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University, will present at 10:45 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 5.

Temporary power outage scheduled for Academic Complex

On Saturday, Feb. 2, there will be a complete power outage in the Academic Complex to allow for the installation of new electrical panels as part of the complex renovation project.

There will be no access to the buildings (Barnard, Denny, Garinger, Macy, and Winningham).

Marrow needs shared leave

Clara Marrow, Building Environmental Services, needs shared leave donations. The Benefits Office will accept donations through Feb. 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.

Taylor needs shared leave

Brittanae Taylor, Office of Disability Services, needs shared leave donations. The Benefits Office will accept donations through Feb. 8.

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.

University welcomes new employees

UNC Charlotte welcomed the following new staff and faculty members during the Jan. 22 New Employee Orientation session:

Athletics
Carly Della Sala, assistant director of marketing

Academic Affairs
Jake Graffagnino, assistant director/GOLD coordinator|
Belk College of Business
Jeffrey Jones, associate director of executive education

Building and Environmental Services
Iris Davis, building environmental technician
Scot Slaughter, building environmental technician

Education professor emerita Theresa Perez has died

Theresa Perez, professor emerita, Department of Middle, Secondary and K-12 Education, died Jan. 13, 2019, in California.

Perez dedicated 14 years to UNC Charlotte, where she established the Teaching English as a Second Language program and served as a tireless advocate for educational equity.

Read more on the Cato College of Education website.

Photo: Perez with Provost Joan Lorden.