Greetings, fellow staff members! Discover a wealth of resources for connecting with colleagues, exploring the perks of working at our coastal university and getting involved.
Have you ever wanted to be a part of something special on campus? Want to work with amazing people making decisions in real-time that could positively affect your work environment? Staff Senate could be the place for you!
Staff Senators serve two-year terms, starting in July.
Nominations open until April 17
Mark your calendars to participate and join the fun! Details will be available in April.
Established and funded by generous staff donors, the Staff Senate Scholarship awards multiple merit-based scholarships each year with a minimum award amount of $500. All permanent SHRA and EHRA non-faculty employees and their dependents who are current UNCW undergraduate or graduate students are eligible to apply.
Please respond to the specific Staff Senate Scholarship short answer questions on the UNCW Scholarship Application to apply.
The priority application deadline is March 1, 2024, but applications will be accepted until June 1, 2024.
To encourage and support professional development through international experiences, Global Partnerships and International Education provides two grants for staff each year with a maximum award amount of $2,5000.
Awards can be used for various experiences and past examples have included co-leading study abroad, Yoga instructor training, learning about staffing and processes from other universities, and attending conferences.
Global Travel Grant Application
Applications will be accepted until May 31, 2024.
UNCW is participating in the UNC System Employee Engagement Survey, a project developed to support the UNC Strategic Plan. It is a regularly scheduled survey on workplace satisfaction that took place in 2018, 2020 and 2022 and taking place again in 2024 at all UNC institutions. Employees will receive a personal survey link on March 25.
This valuable tool will help amplify the praises and concerns voiced by staff. The results will help the Senate to understand the varying experiences on campus better, identify goals that are realistic and measurable, establish staff priorities and measure the progress of existing programs and initiatives.
Survey responses are anonymous and will remain confidential. For questions or concerns, please email staffsenate@uncw.edu.
Created in August 2011 by the UNC System Staff Assembly in memory of UNC-TV employee Janet B. Royster, this annual scholarship is open to any full-time, non-faculty, UNCW system employee. For the 2023-24 academic year, this scholarship will have a maximum award of $1,000 and can be used towards earning a degree or other professional certification.
The UNCW Staff Senate has awarded seven merit-based scholarships to aid employees or their dependents pursuing their degrees at the university. Each recipient received $706 to offset expenses.
“The investment the Staff Senate has made in our staff and their dependents through our scholarship fund has made a wonderful impact,” said Susan Smith, Staff Senate chair and UNC System Staff Assembly vice chair. “This commitment of staff supporting colleagues and their families is what the Staff Senate at UNCW does exceptionally well.”
This year’s recipients are:
The Staff Senate Scholarship is open to non-faculty employees working a minimum of three-fourths of the time and their dependents. The recipient must be accepted into an undergraduate or graduate program at UNCW.