Announcements
for Friday, October 3, 2008
from Emily Dickens,
Community and Government Affairs
The University of North Carolina prohibits certain activities related to
governmental and political processes that are
incompatible with the general responsibilities of public employment.
STATE LAW
North Carolina General Statutes (N.C.G.S.), § 126‑13 and § 126‑14 defines
appropriate political activity of State employees and prohibits the following:
State employees taking any active part in managing a campaign, or engaging in
political activity within any period of time
during which s/he is expected to perform services for the State.
The use of the authority of a State employee’s position to secure support for or
to oppose any person or issue in any
election.
The use of State property to secure support for or to oppose any person or issue
in any election.
Actions by a State employee that coerce another State employee to support or
contribute to a political candidate or party.
APPLICATION OF POLICY
These guidelines apply explicitly to the use of public resources in support of
or in opposition to political campaigns. They are not intended to limit
discussion among faculty, administrators, and other State employees regarding
political or campaign issues or candidates or to limit debates at which
candidates have equal time.
This policy applies equally to FSU faculty, staff and students, and to
individuals external to FSU, and therefore:
No Fayetteville State University equipment or services (e.g., vehicles and other
equipment, campus mail, computers and
e-mail, postage, photocopying and fax, etc.) may be used for political campaign
activities.
The campus should not endorse any particular party or candidate.
University officials should refrain from activities that may be perceived as
university support of a political campaign.
Chancellors and principal university staff may not be actively involved in the
endorsement of any candidate or become
identified with any candidate.
These prohibitions do not affect:
The right to freely express your views on any subject, including advocacy
for/against candidates for public office. This is protected by the First
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and by the North Carolina Constitution.
In exercising these rights, the resources of the university cannot be used.
Engagement in political campaign activities should be conducted independent of
your university employment and at times when such activity does not interfere
with employment obligations to the university.
Political campaign activities on campus.
The activity must be sponsored or hosted by registered student organizations
and all expenses related to the activity, if any, are borne by the candidate,
political organizations or student organizations.
University facilities may be rented for political events per campus policy on
use of university premises and facilities. Such sponsored events may not be
subsidized or supported by the university.
Anyone who wishes to endorse a candidate may do so at the university’s free
speech zone – located in front of the Rudolph
Jones Student Center.
Please note that per the Division of Student Affairs, all activities hosted by
registered student organizations require proper forms and approvals. Voter
education/voter registration activities require additional approval granted
through the Office of Community and Government Affairs.
from Emily Dickens,
Community and Government Affairs
Do you want to learn
more about our local candidates for the state house?
FSU will host a candidate forum on October 15, 2008 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. in Shaw
Auditorium featuring NC House Candidates- Representative Margaret Dickson and
Lou Huddleston.
We need your questions to the candidates. What are you most concerned
about? What should we ask our candidates?
Please email any questions to
edickens@uncfsu.edu with the subject: Candidate Question. Deadline:
October 4, 2008
from Theresa Graham,
Human Resources
Ms. Rasheen Williams of the Purchasing 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.
Ms. William’s illness has caused her to exhaust all of her 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 her, 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, Barber Building - room 9, no later than October 17,
2008, 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.
from Tanya
Williams-Jones, Academic Affairs
The Office of the
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs is now fully operational and
located in the Barber Building, suite 223. Please note that as Interim
Provost, Dr. Young will no longer be the first point of contact for student
issues. All student issues must be referred to Dr. Massey (Interim
Associate VC for AA), thru Mr. Wes Brown (ext. 1614). Their office is
located in the Barber Building, suite 232. Thank you for your patience.
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