Staff Resources
This page contains information and links about employee resources on campus. It is not an exhaustive list. If you know of additional resources and benefits that you would like added to this page, please contact employeeforum@unc.edu.
Educational Resources
Continuing Education & Degree Completion
- Carolina Family Scholarships (Need-based fund created by Carolina employees to provide financial support to the children of full-time colleagues to attend any of the 16 UNC campuses/accredited community and technical colleges in North Carolina)
- Comprehensive list of educational assistance programs, including tuition waivers for staff and fee waivers for spouses of full-time employees
- Friday Center for Continuing Education
- UNC System Online Degree Program
Free Media Resources
- The Well
- Media Resource Center (Online tutorials, film check out, and equipment loans)
- NC LIVE (Free access to eBooks, audio books, videos, online magazines, newspapers, journals, materials for learning a second language and more)
- Lynda.com
- New York Times through UNC Libraries
- Washington Post through UNC Libraries
Free Library Resources
- Calendar of monthly training and events at University Libraries
- Interlibrary Loan (Request books that aren’t in stock at UNC Libraries)
- UNC Libraries (Check out books and other materials free with your One Card)
Professional Development
- Diversity Education Team Through Diversity & Multicultural Affairs
- HAVEN Training (Provides students, faculty, or staff with tools and skills to be an ally to someone who has experienced sexual, interpersonal (relationship) violence, or stalking)
- Human Resources Course Catalog (Free professional development courses for UNC staff)
- ITS Workshops and Training (IT focused training covering instructional, informational, and research computing technologies)
- Lynda.com (Free training videos for nearly every software package you can imagine)
- Microsoft IT Academy (Free online training for Microsoft products)
- Odum Institute Short Courses (In-class trainings for survey design, Qualtrics, and research methods. Open to faculty and staff, most day long courses have a small fee.)
- Safe Zone Training Programs Through LGBTQ Center (Provides students, faculty, or staff skills to support people of all sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions)
- Software Acquisition (Discounted software for university departments)
- After Five Bell Tower Toastmasters (Provides staff regular practice in public speaking and leadership skills)
- Web.unc.edu (Create professional portfolios and departmental sites in WordPress using the UNC Theme)
Financial Resources
- Commuter Alternative Program (Affordable alternatives to parking on campus)
- Emergency Loan Program
- Employee Discounts
- State Employees Credit Union
Health and Wellness
- Access NYT Cooking through the University Libraries
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Campus Rec (See site for information about discounted membership rates for UNC staff)
- Gender Violence Service Coordinator (A confidential advocate to all students, faculty, and staff who have experienced, or are experiencing, interpersonal violence and gender-based violence either before or during their time at UNC)
- The Farm
- Guide to Support Each Other During Community Mourning
- UNC Wellness Center at Meadowmont
- UNC Wellness Center In Northwest Cary
- UNC Campus, Booker Creek & Bolin Creek Trail Running Map
- YMCA of the Triangle
Accommodations Resources
- Equal Opportunity and Compliance Office (for assistance seeking accommodations)
- Gender Non-Specific Bathrooms on Campus
- Lactation Rooms
Work-Life Programs
On-campus affinity groups:
- Carolina American Indian Caucus
- Carolina Black Caucus
- Carolina Latinx Collaboration
- Queer Faculty and Staff Network
Human Resources Work-Life Program:
- Awards and Recognition
- Child Care Programs
- Educational Programs
- Elder Care Programs
- Emergency Loan Program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Family Medical Leave Act
- Flexible Work Arrangements
- Parenting Programs (Carolina Women’s Center)
Centers and Institutes
- Ackland Art Museum
- American Indian Center
- Carolina Center for Public Service
- Carolina Women’s Center
- Center for Maternal and Infant Health
- Diversity and Multicultural Affairs
- LGBTQ Center
- Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
- North Carolina Botanical Garden
- Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History
Confidential Support
- University Ombuds Office
- Gender Violence Services Coordinators in the Carolina Women’s Center
- Alcoholics Anonymous
Confidential Reporting
- University Compliance Line (Confidential reporting tool to identify and address compliance concerns about financial, research, HIPAA or EHS matters on campus in a positive, constructive environment)