REMINDER: Shared Leave Opportunity

from Theressa Graham, Human Resources

Chief Jerry Monroe of the Police Department has been approved to receive donations under the shared leave program. The intent of the program is to give leave earning employees an opportunity to assist others during prolonged illnesses.

Chief Monroe illness has caused him to exhaust all of his available leave, resulting in a loss of income.

As stated in the policy, non-family members may donate vacation or bonus leave only. If you wish to assist him, please email Ms. Theressa Graham (tgraham1@uncfsu.edu) indicating the number of hours you wish to donate. You may also visit the Human Resources Office, W.R Collins Administration Wing room 220, no later than August 27,2007, to complete the necessary form. The minimum allowable donation is four (4) hours. Be further aware that the maximum amount of vacation leave allowed to be donated by an employee can be no more than the annual amounts that can be accrued by the donating employee, provided that such donation does not reduce the donating employee’s leave balance below one-half of the amount accrued annually.
 

Fayetteville State University to host UNC Community Listening Forum

from Marsha McLean, Office of the Chancellor

Fayetteville State University is one of 12 sites hosting a University of North Carolina Community Listening Forum this fall and will be the fourth stop on a statewide tour.  The listening forums are an outgrowth of the UNC Tomorrow initiative established in March 2007 by the UNC General Administration and UNC Board of Governors.  The purpose of the initiative, under the direction of UNC President Erskine Bowles and Board of Governors Chairman Jim Phillips, is to identify ways in which the UNC campuses can improve economic and workforce development in communities throughout the state.

President Bowles, Chairman Phillips, and members of a statewide blue-ribbon commission will be coming to the Greater Fayetteville area on September 12, 4 – 7 pm, at the FSU Seabrook Auditorium to listen to citizens from this part of the state. Specifically, they want to hear about the community’s most important challenges and how the universities in the region can help address these challenges through academic programs, public service, outreach programs, economic opportunities, and workforce-development activities.

In addition to the listening forums, a survey for gathering feedback from the individuals has also been developed and is available online at www.surveymonkey.com/nctomorrow.  The focus of the survey is to determine the community’s level of interest in the job market, public K-12 education, continuing education, higher education, an educated workforce, health care, the environment, energy costs, crime rates, poverty rates, and government and community involvement.  The survey responses will allow the universities to better respond to community and statewide needs.

The public is invited to attend the listening forum at FSU or any of the other sites throughout the state and take the online survey to share their views on how the UNC campuses can best serve their communities and the state.  For more information, call UNC GA at (910) 962-4231 or FSU at (910) 672-2175, or visit www.nctomorrow.org or www.uncfsu.edu/unctomorrow/index.htm.