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Faculty Resources

Registrar and Academic Success

The UNC Asheville Catalog gives faculty responsibility for taking disciplinary action for academic dishonesty committed in their own classes; students have the right to appeal those actions through the Faculty Conciliator and Academic Appeals Board process.

If you take disciplinary action for a case of academic dishonesty in your classes, please notify the student in writing, then submit a record of your action using the Academic Integrity form.

The Academic Success Center (ASC) takes no additional action if the incident is a student’s first reported case. If ASC has documented multiple incidents, additional disciplinary action can be sanctioned by the Provost’s Office.

Human Resources

The Office of Human Resources is the point of contact for inquiries about medical and dental coverage, full retirement, tuition programs and disability for all faculty and staff.

  • HR
  • hr@unca.edu
  • (828) 251-6605
  • 217 Phillips Hall

Questions regarding the Phased Retirement Program for faculty should be directed to AA Personnel Specialist in Academic Affairs at aa_personnel@unca.edu.

Public Safety

UNCA Public Safety provides emergency response, assistance with personal threats, security escorts, lost and found, parking and transportation services, and assistance with law enforcement.

In an emergency, dial 911 or contact University Police at 828-232-5000

Office of Academic Accessibility

You can contact the Office of Academic Accessibility directly or students can complete and online student application on the website:

Office for Institutional Integrity and Access

Academic Accessibility also assists with accessibility for events and course materials.
For pregnancy-related accommodations, please contact the Title IX Coordinator (see Gender-based misconduct involving students, below, for contact information).

Office of Accessibility 

Human Resources and IX Coordinator

UNC Asheville prohibits all forms of discrimination and discriminatory harassment based on race, sex, age, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, gender and other protected categories. All policies are on HR’s website.

UNC Asheville employees cannot have any instructional, research, administrative or other responsibility or authority over an enrolled student with whom she or he has an amorous relationship or to whom he or she is related by blood, law or marriage.

Faculty, research officer and staff responsibilities:

All have a duty to report discrimination, harassment and related misconduct toward students to Title IX. (For gender-based misconduct involving students, see below.)

The University asks all faculty, research officers and staff to report prohibited conduct involving employees or third parties to Human Resources or Title IX.

All who have supervisory responsibility are required to report prohibited conduct involving anyone at UNCA to HR, and are responsible for acting to prevent discrimination and harassment, including responding promptly and thoroughly to these types of claims.

Title IX Office

Inform the student that you have a responsibility to report what they’ve shared Title IX Office; the Title IX Coordinator will contact the student with resources and information. It is the student’s choice whether to participate in an investigation, if one occurs.

Provide information about UNC Asheville’s resources from the Title IX website.

Registrar and Title IX

Students can register their affirmed (preferred) names, which will appear on course rosters.

Internal Audit Office

The University’s Internal Audit Office is a confidential channel, by phone and web-based, for employees to report or seek guidance on possible compliance and fraud issues.

It includes an option to report concerns anonymously.

Study Abroad Office and Office of Academic Affairs Personnel Specialist

International students and visiting professors and researchers should contact the Study Abroad Office for assistance.

The Office of Academic Affairs Personnel Specialist is the go-to resource for international full-time faculty.

Center for Teaching and Learning

The Center for Teaching and Learning offers resources, workshops and individualized consultation.

Student Well-Being

You can speak with the student, a student affairs administrator, or consult directly with student Health & Counseling Center.

Behavioral red flags may include repeatedly missing class, frequently being unprepared, and a noticeable decline in participation.

Faculty & Staff Well-Being

The Faculty and Staff Assistance Program, offered through ComPsych are available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week with free and confidential assistance.

Ombuds

The University Ombuds Office is a confidential place for faculty and students to discuss workplace and academic concerns, policies and procedures and many other issues.

Ombuds serve faculty and students and are not part of any formal University process.

Student Ombuds

Faculty Ombuds

UNC Asheville’s success is based on instruction that provides high quality faculty and student engagement. While all of UNC Asheville’s degree programs are primarily face-to-face, courses that are offered fully online, whether synchronous or asynchronous,  may also promote student success by providing students with a high-quality learning experience coupled with increased flexibility and access to a wider array of students. Instructors who demonstrate effectiveness at online instruction, based on professional development and annual evaluation of teaching, may be eligible to teach some of their workload online.

Administrators should utilize the following guidelines to ensure equity and student-centeredness for fully online courses.

  • Online courses allocated to faculty should be distributed equitably and be limited to no more than two courses per instructor per semester unless approved by the Dean and Provost.
  • Online courses allocated to faculty may meet synchronously or asynchronously. Online courses must be submitted for approval in advance of the schedule being submitted to the Chair, Dean, and Provost and, if asynchronous, must indicate how instructional hours are equivalent to an in-person course.

Additional guidelines

  • The modality of courses may not be changed from the schedule without approval from the Dean. Face-to-face instruction means that the instructor and the students are in the same room at the same time, and does not include synchronous teaching by videoconference.
  • No more than 20% of a department’s curriculum can be offered online in any given semester.
  • Hybrid is defined as at least 50% in person.

All exceptions to these provisions must be pre-approved by the unit Dean and Provost.

Leadership in each UNC Asheville division is responsible for determining which types of flexibility may be appropriate based on operational need, specific position requirements, and employee performance. Decisions regarding flexible work arrangements are at the discretion of leadership. This policy does not create a guarantee, right, or entitlement to any specific flexible work arrangement for any employee.

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs

The University defines research misconduct, in accordance with federal policy, as any fabrication, falsification or plagiarism in proposing, performing or reviewing research or in the reporting of research results.

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs is the place to go for concerns or questions, including hypothetical situations.

Student Health & Counseling After Hours Contacts

Faculty & Staff Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Veteran Services

The Office of the Registrar handles resources, policies and procedures for veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Transition Programs

Faculty Conciliator

Jackie Langille (2025-2027)

828-251-6453

jlangill@unca.edu

156 Robinson Hall, CPO 2330

Michelle Bettencourt (2024-2026)

mbettenc@unca.edu

224 Whitesides Hall, CPO 2860

 

The job of the Faculty Conciliator is to hear student grievances, to try to resolve them at the earliest stage consistent with fairness to all parties, and to guide the student through the later stages of the grievance procedure if conciliation proves impossible. Consistent with justice, it should be the aim of the Conciliator to resolve as many cases as possible without going to the Academic Appeals Board.

The Faculty Conciliator is chosen by SGA from a list of four full-time faculty members submitted by the Faculty Senate. SGA selects one of the nominees as an Alternate Conciliator should the circumstances of a specific situation make the involvement of the Conciliator impractical. Because of the personal nature of some of the grievances and the potential for injured feelings and hostility, only tenured faculty are eligible to have their names submitted to SGA for the position. Both the conciliator and the alternate serve one-year terms with the alternate assuming the position of conciliator in the subsequent year.

Procedures are fully described in the faculty handbook.

Faculty Development Resources

Developing Courses and Course Activities

Academic Affairs endeavors to make funds available for activities that enhance learning in a course or for projects to develop new courses or curricular elements. Please complete the funding request form or contact your academic dean for details.

Faculty interested in adding service learning to their classes can find information at the website for the Key Center for Community Engaged Learning.

Faculty Development Opportunities

Academic department/program budgets include a travel allotment for each full-time faculty member. Chairs and program directors may exercise discretion in the actual allocation of dollars. Academic Affairs encourages departments/programs to work in a collaborative way to maximize effective use of these funds.

Academic Affairs strives to provide support and funding for faculty to engage in scholarship and creative activities although the available funding changes yearly. Please contact your academic dean for more information about requesting funding for scholarship and creative activity.  The Faculty Development Funding Request is available on the forms page.

Faculty may request Professional Development Leave to pursue a significant piece of scholarship or creative work. Applications typically are due early in fall semester of the year preceding the planned leave year. For more information, please see Section 4.1.4 of the Faculty Handbook, and contact your academic dean.

Faculty may participate in a variety of development activities through the Center. For information on current opportunities, visit the Center for Teaching and Learning website.

The URC is charged with encouraging and facilitating faculty participation in research and creative activity. URC administers the annual Intramural Faculty Research Program funded by the UNCA Foundation. Contact the committee chair for more information.

The UTC is charged with encouraging and facilitating improvements in teaching. Annual activities vary. Contact the committee chair for more information.

Faculty Evaluation

At UNC Asheville, all full-time continuing faculty participate in an annual evaluation process that is designed to provide both a summative evaluation of each faculty member’s performance in teaching, scholarship/creative activity, and service and formative suggestions for improvement in these areas.

Annual evaluation begins with the completion of the Faculty Record Form which is completed in Watermark Faculty Success. Additional resources:

  • 2025-26 Committee of Tenured Faculty (CTF) Presentation PowerPoint – Timeline & Pertinent Information
  • Fall 2025 Partial-Year Annual Faculty Record form – UPDATE: We will not be using the Fall 2025 Partial-Year Annual Faculty Record form previously located here. You will need to use Watermark to generate your partial-year faculty record reporting your activities or the year so far. In Watermark, under Reports, go to Annual Faculty Record. Set the start date to May 15, 2025 and the end date for the date you are running the report. Look it over for accuracy, save a copy, and upload into the Google Form with your other materials.

Faculty Funding Opportunities

UNC Asheville funds faculty for projects and activities. To learn more, please see the following opportunities. Links are provided to the appropriate contacts and, if publicly posted, the application.

Funding limit: $400

Applications accepted at any time, but the budget is typically exhausted by March.

CTL awards support on-campus faculty development (e.g., honoraria or travel for guest speakers for workshops/presentations for faculty).

Funding limit: $350

If funding is for a field trip, additional funds may be authorized to cover faculty expenses. Calls for Applications occur once in the Fall semester and once in the Spring semester.

Curricular enhancement awards support activities or projects that enhance student learning in specific courses or program/curricular areas.

Funding limit: $500

The Faculty Development Fund supports faculty professional activity. The supported projects and activities are intended for special opportunities of unusual benefit to the university rather than ordinary faculty travel to conferences. Calls for Applications occur once in the Fall semester and once in the Spring semester.

Awards vary

The endowed professorships also include resources for supporting other faculty as appropriate. If you believe your project falls within the purview of the professorship, as described in the following linked page, feel free to contact them.

Funding limit varies (see information)

Applications accepted at any time.

The Humanities Program supports Humanities faculty development, Humanities Program projects, Humanities speakers and programming, research focused on Humanities

Key Center Faculty Fellows receive up to $1500 to support their projects

Key Center goals are to increase the quantity and quality of service learning designated courses, develop faculty leadership, advance institutional change related to community-engaged learning and teaching.

$1000 stipend for faculty advisors, $1000 for the community partner organization, and students also are paid for their research hours

The McCullough Fellowship Program allows students to gain practical skills through applied research projects in such areas as data analytics and mapping, environmental and administrative law, application of new technologies, and the preservation of critical ecosystems. McCullough Fellows collaborate with faculty members and community-based businesses and organizations to address areas of critical need in our local area.

Awards vary, ranged from $1500-$2000

Applications for funding due early October.

The Mills Distinguished Lecture Funds support visiting distinguished lecturers in the Humanities. (Available only to faculty in Classics, History, Modern Languages, Philosophy, and Religious Studies.)

Awards vary

Applications for funding due early October.

The Mills Faculty Research and Development Award funds faculty research in Humanities, including conference travel expenses, books and supplies, or other professional development expenses. (Available only to faculty in Classics, Foreign Languages, History, Literature and Language, Philosophy, and Religious Studies.)

Funding limit: $450

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

PREP funds up to 11 faculty or staff members to attend training opportunities—such as workshops, conferences, and seminars on grant seeking, grant writing, community/partner engagement, project development, etc. (Note: Faculty/staff must provide the first $50 of the training from their departmental professional development funds, and PREP funds will reimburse the remaining amount, up to $450.  For training costs that exceed $500, the faculty/staff member will pay the excess amount from their personal funds.)

Funding limit: $1500

Please contact the URC Committee for application and deadline information.

The URC funds faculty scholarly and creative projects for upcoming year (e.g., materials/equipment, travel, student research stipends).

Funding range: $250-$1000

Please contact the USC Committee for application and deadline information.

USC funds faculty engaging in service projects with students. Projects should clearly demonstrate a student learning experience in combination with service to the community.

Funding limit: $500

Please contact the UTC Committee for application and deadline information.

UTC funds professional development in teaching or pedagogical innovation (e.g., attendance at pedagogy workshops, course redesign, incorporation of peer mentors, course assessment).

Forms & Guidelines

This section includes relevant policies and resources available to support faculty work. Members of the faculty should contact their dean if they have questions about any of these policies or opportunities.

Introduction to Self-Service Banner with Instructions (updated July 2016)

Budget Information

The Office of Academic Budget and Personnel, located in Phillips Hall Office of the Deans, is part of the Office of Academic Affairs that supports the Provost. This office supports the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and the general operations of the division through program analysis, budget preparation, scenario forecasting, financial records management consistent with “best financial management standards and budgetary practices” and responsible resource tracking and usage assessments.

UNC Asheville follows North Carolina State regulations in formulating all general operating, renovation, repair, capital or other fund budgets. In preparation for each biennial budget, the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) holds meetings with state agencies to review agency-specific program inventories and to discuss how information is to be collected for the budget development process. OSBM issues instructions for the preparation and oversees submission of budgets as required by the General Assembly on a biennium or annual basis.

Managing department and program budgets can be challenging. Below are some helpful resources providing information on making and managing budgets.