University Welcomes New Employees

UNC Charlotte welcomed the following new staff and faculty members during the Aug. 21 New Employee Orientation session:

Academic Affairs
Flossie (Pamela) Wimbush, Associate Director, Distance Education

Assessment & Accreditation
Karen Singer-Freeman, Director of Academic Planning & Assessment

Belk College of Business
Chase Thebeau, University Program Associate

College of Computing and Informatics
Der Vang, Director of Mentoring

Counseling & Health Services
Aayla Alexander, Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Tess Collett, Graduate Psychological Trainee
Zachary Elison, Psychologist
Leila Forbes, Graduate Psychological Trainee
Danielle Graham, Graduate Psychological Trainee
Cierra Whatley, Psychologist or Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Dean of Students
Shawn Knight, Assistant Director of Student Conduct & Academic Integrity

Enrollment Management
Dustin Grannis, Assistant Director
Jonathan Reece, University Registrar

Grounds
Lucas Trinidad, Grounds Services Technician

Housing and Residence Life
Christopher Kee, Property Security Officer
Tracy King, Property Security Officer
James McCathorine, Property Security Officer

Religious Studies
Karyn Williamson-Coria, Business Services Coordinator

University Communications
Vashti Crowell, Visual Arts Specialist

University Recreation
Christian Washington, University Program Associate

New Employee Orientation, coordinated by the Human Resources Department, is now 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: (front row, left to right) James McCathorine, Jonathan Reece, Karen Singer-Freeman, Chase Thebeau, Lucas Trinidad, Der Vang, Christian Washington, Cierra Whatley, Karyn Williamson-Coria, and Flossie (Pamela) Wimbush, and (back row, left to right) Aayla Alexander, Tess Collett, Vashti Crowell, Zachary Elison, Leila Forbes, Danielle Graham, Dustin Grannis, Christopher Kee, Tracy King, and Shawn Knight.