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Faculty Informational Orientation Sessions – Fall 2023
The Office of the Provost and several University partners have collaborated in support of faculty success to offer brief orientation sessions that provide campus awareness and learning opportunities for new and current faculty. The sessions will highlight and connect faculty to services, resources, and programs available at the University. Faculty will learn about the functions of various administrative offices and hear from a host of campus units on when to engage with their office and how to access support services across the campus community. Applicability Sessions are open to all new and current faculty. Participation is voluntary. About the Sessions
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Announcing the 2023 Provost Distinguished Faculty Leaders Program Cohort
Dear Colleagues, In the spring, we announced the launch of the Provost Distinguished Faculty Leaders Program (PDFL). This program was established to offer outstanding faculty the opportunity to explore academic leadership roles within the university. The PDFL will enable participants to enhance their abilities as faculty leaders by collaborating with leaders in the Provost’s Office on projects that hold significance for both themselves and the university. Participants will engage in a cohort-based, year-long academic training program designed to expose them to higher education processes, issues, ideas, and challenges at the executive level and to prepare them for leadership roles. Collaborating
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External Professional Activities for Pay (EPAP) 2022-2023
Pursuant to the Board of Governors’ Policy on External Professional Activities, we are reminding all EHRA Faculty and EHRA Non-Faculty employees that External Professional Activities for Pay (EPAP) requests for any activities that are currently known to occur in the time period of July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, should be submitted into the online Activities, Interests, and Relationships (AIR) management system (http://air.unc.edu). External Professional Activities for Pay (EPAP) means any activity that: is not included within one’s University employment responsibilities; is performed for any entity, public or private, other than the University employer; is undertaken for compensation; and
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Faculty Retirement Planning Guide
We are pleased to announce that the UNC-Chapel Hill Faculty Retirement Planning Guide is now available as an interactive pdf on the Retirement Planning page of the HR website. This new resource assembles in one place the most retirement-relevant information for faculty at all career stages, from initial employment through the transition into retirement. The Faculty Retirement Guide addresses a variety of topics including: Catch-up contributions and beneficiary designations. Implementing other retirement support like Social Security and Medicare. Emeritus designation and maintaining your UNC connections. This guide features the collective advice from over 30 recently retired UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, and
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