Prior Faculty and Staff Meetings
Recordings and Slides from Previous Meetings
Fall 2024 Faculty and Staff Meeting
Our first faculty and staff meeting for AY 2024-2025 included presentations on the following topics:
Dean’s Updates by Nancy Messonnier, MD, Dean and Bryson Distinguished Professor
Generative Artificial Intelligence at Gillings by Kari North, PhD, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Epidemiology
Public Health Practice at Gillings by John Wiesman, DrPH, Associate Dean for Practice and Professor of the Practice, Health Policy and Management
Schoolwide Strategic Planning by Elizabeth French, MA, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives
Gillings Self-Study and CEPH Site Visit by Laura Linnan, ScD, Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs and Professor, Health Behavior
Spring 2024 Faculty and Staff Meeting and Schoolwide Awards Ceremony
Final faculty and staff meeting for AY 2023-2024 featuring Gillings School leadership, followed by schoolwide awards ceremony, on May 1, 2024.
Remarks from:
Nancy Messonnier, MD, Dean and Bryson Distinguished Professor -- Dean’s Updates
Mark Holmes, PhD, Professor, Health Policy and Management -- Faculty and Staff Affairs Unit Update
Kim Ramsey-White, PhD, Associate Dean, Inclusive Excellence -- Strengthening Gillings’ Culture and Community
Brent Wishart, MPP, Senior Director, Facilities -- Preparedness at Gillings
Winter 2024 Faculty and Staff Meeting
Winter Faculty and staff meeting for the AY2023-2024 featuring Gillings School Leadership.
Remarks from:
Dean Nancy Messonnier
Elizabeth French, MA, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives
Laura Linnan, ScD, Senior Associate Dean, Academic and Student Affairs
Andrew Olshan, PhD, Interim Associate Dean of Research
Rebecca Fry, PhD, Chair (Interim)
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Tiffany Farina, CRA, CFRA, Associate Dean for Finance and Business
Fall 2023 Faculty and Staff Meeting
Fall Faculty and staff meeting for the AY2023-2024 featuring Gillings School Leadership.
Remarks from:
Dean Nancy Messonnier
Robert Smith III, PhD, Vice Dean
Elizabeth French, MA, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives
Brent Wishart, Senior Director of Facilities
Bill Gentry, MPA, Director Community Preparedness and Disaster Management Certificate Program
Spring 2023 Faculty and Staff Meeting
The second faculty and staff meeting of AY2022-2023 featured Gillings School leaders.
Remarks from:
Dean Nancy Messonnier
Robert Smith III, PhD, Vice Dean
Elizabeth French, MA, Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives
Fall 2022 Faculty and Staff Meeting
The first faculty and staff meeting of AY2022-2023 welcomed our new Gillings School leaders.
Remarks from:
Dean Nancy Messonnier
Kim Ramsey-White, PhD, Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence
John Wiesman, DrPH, MPH, Associate Dean for Practice
Robert Smith III, PhD, Vice Dean
Faculty and Staff Meeting: State of Gillings (December 15, 2021)
Dean Barbara K. Rimer and other Gillings School senior leaders provide a report on the state of the Gillings School.
January 11, 2021 – State of Gillings
June 22, 2020 – Faculty and Staff Conversations
May 26, 2020 – Faculty and Staff Conversations
April 27, 2020 – Faculty and Staff Conversations
October 17, 2019 – Faculty and Staff
June 5, 2019 – All Staff
March 25, 2019 – Faculty and Staff
October 24, 2018 – Faculty and Staff
Meeting Agenda:
Keep Gillings strong slides:
Progress on the Gillings School’s academic plan slides:
Strengthening student support: Changes in Academic and Student Affairs in the context of our academic mission slides:
Gillings responds to Hurricane Florence slides:
The PFAS project: A primer on emerging contaminants and why they matter in NC slides:
Our People Slides:
Meeting Video: