The University of North Carolina (UNC) System is committed to offering best-in-class benefit options that provide financial security for all University faculty and staff and their dependents while maintaining the financial stability of the plan. As previously...
Kathy W Bryant
Round of Applause: Shirl Smith
Shirl is so responsive and incredibly helpful! Whether your needs are urgent or immaterial, she always finds time to help. Even when she has several tasks on her plate, she treats you as if you are the priority and does so with grace and patience. Nominated by Tony...
January is National Blood Donor Month
According to the American Red Cross, winter’s inclement weather and busy holiday schedules are two of the culprits that contribute to inadequate blood product supplies at the end of the year. The severe winter weather that swept through the U.S. just a few weeks ago...
New Year, New Financial Wellness Goals
The start of the new year often means new resolutions, or for some, it’s a fresh start with new goals. Kicking off January with Financial Wellness Month is the perfect opportunity to look at your personal finances. During this time of increasing inflation, you may...
Putting it into perspective: riding the waves of the market
Costs on most things we use in our daily lives are increasing, the stock market is all over the map, and we keep hearing about the possibility of a recession. The status quo almost makes you forget that in 2021, the S&P 500 regularly reached new records and the...
2023 Annual Retirement Contribution Limits
The Internal Revenue Service has announced its annual update to contribution limits for pension and retirement plans for the 2023 tax year. Section 415 requires these limits to be adjusted annually for cost-of-living increases. The limit on contributions by employees...
Round of Applause: Ramdan Maarad
Ramdan consistently provides stellar customer service. Whether by text, call, teams message or help ticket, you can count on Ramdan to respond quickly with a few trusty solutions to your problem. If his initial "bag of tricks" is not successful, you can guarantee...
Round of Applause: Melania Hall
Melania Hall is the best of the best! She is always willing to assist me when I am stuck with an issue I have not encountered before. She will send me detailed line-by-line instructions with pictures to boot. She is always pleasant and willing to go many extra miles...
Round of Applause: Xiaoyan Qi
Xiaoyan consistently does an excellent job working with multiple teams to accommodate our requests. She is able to take our ideas for how complex functions should work in the DataMart and translate that into code that seamlessly...
Round of Applause: Kathy Bryant
Kathy Bryant is the knower of all things, keeper of the keys, and all-around great person! Recently, I've been thankful for everything she's done as our divisional move coordinator. Thank you so much, Kathy! Nominated by Stephanie Minervino