Issue3 | September 17, 2020 |
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A Message from the Vice Chancellor
Hi, Student Affairs Team!
It was wonderful to spend time with so many of you at last week’s Town Hall. One topic I touched on that I think bears repeating is the need to have important conversations about our health and wellness — to acknowledge the environment we are working in and to do everything we can to make sure we all feel supported. Everyone can play a role:
- Ask for help when you need it, knowing that supervisors will be expecting these requests and will try to find a way to accommodate them.
- Take the time you need for yourself to heal and restore.
- If you are a supervisor, make sure you are regularly checking in with the members of your team, addressing ways that you can help staff better manage their workload, prioritize projects and take time off when they need it.
- Support each other and our students to be solution-oriented and to encourage self-agency, faith in our resiliency, and positivity.
I fundamentally believe that positivity and gratitude can be practices that we follow to help ourselves and our colleagues. I want us to focus on ways we can intentionally recognize each other and regularly highlight the great work we’re doing. Feeling supported by our supervisors and our peers helps facilitate the important student development work we do.
To help show staff appreciation, we have introduced a “Kudos” section of the newsletter, and I hope you will regularly send in your staff "thank you" notes so that we can highlight them here. I’m happy to say that when we asked for your staff recognition notes at the end of the Town Hall, we received 19 responses! A couple are highlighted below and the rest can be seen here.
Thanks for all you do, and if you have other ideas for how we can better contribute to staff health and wellness, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
View last week’s Town Hall:
Passcode: a6UWzD!=
See you again soon!
-Amy
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On campus:
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Student Stores Pharmacy: Monday-Friday |9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sat. |11a.m.-3 p.m.
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Campus Health Pharmacy: (loading dock) Monday-Friday| 1-5p.m.
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Campus Walk-in Clinics Campus Walk-in Clinics – Several walk-up flu vaccination clinics will be offered at various locations across campus with no advance registration required. All clinic times listed below are from 12 to 4 p.m.:
- Thursday, Sept. 24– Tent at Polk Place
- Thursday, Oct. 1 – Tent at Genetic Medicine Building
- Thursday, Oct. 8 – Breezeway at Genome Sciences Building
- Thursday, Oct. 15 – Tent at Polk Place
- Friday, Oct. 16 – Tent at Genetic Medicine Building
- Friday, Oct. 23 – Giles Horney Building
Employees will need to bring their Health Insurance and One Cards.
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From the Well: Making good neighbors |
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How a 17-year-old initiative to educate Carolina students on living as good neighbors in historically Black communities is adapting to the pandemic.
“We knock on everybody’s door, regardless of whether they’re a student or a permanent resident, and we talk about the Good Neighbor Initiative, its mission and its purpose,” said Aaron Bachenheimer, executive director of Off-Campus Student Life and Community Partnerships in Student Affairs.
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New Student & Family Programs |
Carolina Family Weekend 2020
New Student & Family Programs is excited to announce that Carolina Family Weekend 2020 will take place Virtually Friday, September 25 - Sunday, September 27. We recognize that this date is adjacent to Yom Kippur, which begins at sunset on Sunday, September 27. We are working in partnership with North Carolina Hillel to ensure that all families are able to observe as well as participate in the weekend events.
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When: Sunday, September 27|12-2 p.m.
Where: Virtual Involvement Fair with Student Organizations in Heel Life
Another round of SmallFest is set for Carolina Family Weekend. This virtual involvement fair will be held on Heel Life and allows students to learn more about student organizations as well as campus departments that offer involvement opportunities.
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Carolina People: Meet Nadia Korobova |
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Nadia is the Associate Director of University Career Services(UCS) and has worked at Carolina for two years. Some of her main duties include assessment, reporting and data analysis. She also coordinates the Carolina Career Community and marketing and communication for UCS.
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Mindfulness Self-Compassion Sessions |
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In this time that is so challenging for all of us, take a few moments to nurture yourself. UNC’s Well-Being Program, in partnership with the Department of Psychiatry, is offering free virtual 20-minute mindfulness sessions to reduce stress and foster strength and resilience.
- 8 a.m. – Tuesday, Thursday
- 12:15 p.m. – Monday, Wednesday, Friday
- 4 p.m. – Tuesday, Thursday
As you reach out in your compassion to others, make sure to give yourself care and compassion as well. You deserve it.
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Town Hall Edition
ODOS: Shout out to ODOS for continued great work under challenging circumstances. Lots of heavy lifting going on there.
Carolina Housing: I'm speaking for a large group here, but I think every Student Affairs employee was holding Carolina Housing & Housekeeping in our thoughts over this past month. Thank you for all you've done. I hope you get a chance to breathe soon and reward yourselves for doing your best to keep students safe during this chaotic time.
Send your kudos to studentaffairs@unc.edu to be published.
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Student Affairs Town Hall
Thursday, September 24, 2020
12-1 p.m.
Join VC Johnson and the Student Affairs Leadership Team as they present the approved Student Affairs Strategic Plan, share their vision for the rest of the academic year and facilitate a discussion on how we can incorporate our new mission, vision and values into our work.
- Passcode: 954311
- By Phone: 877-853-5257
- Webinar ID: 989 9841 3738
Passcode: a6UWzD!=
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Please email your newsletter submissions to studentaffairs@unc.edu by 5p.m. on Tuesdays to be included in that week's newsletter
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