General News

When winter weather strikes, we hunker down, work from home and enjoy the frosty snow. For some business affairs employees, quite the opposite is true. They leave their home, work in hard conditions and manage the ice. Employees from Emergency Management, Facilities Management and Dining Services keep students, faculty and staff safe by maintaining the […]

We asked, you answered. As the cherry blossoms bloom and the weather gets nice and warm, the spring opportunities are endless! Hear from some of our Business Affairs colleagues about their favorite things to do for spring. Teresa Shook, human resources specialist, loves adventuring at national parks. “I love exploring and hiking in National Parks […]

Paulette Russell is a position and performance management consultant in the Human Resources Department. She has a passion for connecting with people and playing Dance Central with her children. Learn more about her work on campus and some advice she has for employees and their supervisors during performance appraisal time. How long have you been […]

Over a period of nearly a year, extensive work has been done to realign the organizational structure of Facilities Management (FM). The realignment, still evolving, has yielded the establishment of one new unit, Engineering Services; and the consolidation of the Capital Projects, Design Services and Planning units into Planning, Design and Construction (PDC). Engineering Services, […]

When the stay-at-home order was issued, our faculty, staff and students’ lives looked vastly different in a matter of days. COVID-19 affected people all around the world, and the UNC Charlotte community was no exception, requiring many employees to work from home. This meant no more going to campus. No more in-person meetings. Pajama pants […]

It is not often that an email renders UNC Charlotte Police Chief Jeffrey Baker speechless, but a recent message of congratulations from Student Government Association (SGA) president Chandler Crean left him lost for words. Crean was writing to tell Baker he had been awarded SGA’s 2019-2020 Staff Member of the Year Award. “We wanted to […]

This year, 12 employees in the Division of Business Affairs were nominated for Employee of the Year in the categories of devotion to duty, innovation, and safety and heroism. The recipients of the Employee of the Year award were profiled here, and you can read about the additional nominees below. We are proud of all […]

More employees are slowly beginning to resume on-campus work. Here are five quick things to know about returning to campus. Telework if you can — The University is taking a steady, phased approach to returning to on-campus work. If you can still telework, you should. Only those employees who are needed for on-site functions or […]

Essential employees. These words have been heard all around the U.S. over the last few months. At UNC Charlotte, many employees continue to work from home. However, essential employees still come onto campus and take the proper precautions to stay safe. They use face coverings, maintain six feet of distance from each other and follow […]

Essential employees. These words have been heard all around the U.S. over the last few months. At UNC Charlotte, many employees continue to work from home. However, essential employees still come onto campus and take the proper precautions to stay safe. They use face coverings, maintain six feet of distance from each other and follow […]