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Eastern Kentucky University is an Equal Opportunity employer and educational institution that is an accessible, nurturing, and academically rigorous center of learning. EKU provides faculty and staff with opportunities to transforms lives of students and communities and enables them to adapt and succeed in a dynamic, global society.

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Find Your HR Business Partner & Generalist

HR Business Partners work with assigned colleges or administrative areas to establish and implement HR strategies, initiatives, and activities that foster effectiveness and efficiency, while also aiding in recruitment, motivation, and retention of talented employees for EKU.

Business partners also help deliver HR services in areas such regarding full-time faculty & staff employment, compensation, employee relations, organizational design, performance management, and training & development.

Samantha Jones

859-622-7028

samantha.jones2@eku.edu

Assigned Areas

  • Finance
  • Information Technology
  • Provost’s Office
  • Communications & Brand Management
  • Government & Community Relations

Haylee Connelly

859-622-5093

haylee.connelly@eku.edu

Assigned Areas

  • College of Business
  • College of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
  • Athletics
  • Development & Alumni Engagement

Loran Morris

859-622-8296

loran.morris@eku.edu

Assigned Areas

  • College of Justice, Safety & Military Science
  • College of Letters, Arts & Social Sciences
  • Online Learning, Graduate Education & Research
  • Training Resource Center
  • Model Laboratory

Caelin Scott, Ed.D.

859-622-6834

caelin.scott@eku.edu

Assigned Areas

  • College of Health Sciences
  • Student Success, Engagement & Opportunity
  • Registrar’s Office

Tarena Tyree

859-622-1325

tarena.tyree@eku.edu

Assigned Areas

  • Staff Accommodation Requests
  • FMLA
  • College of Education & Applied Human Science
  • Campus Operations
  • Libraries

HR Generalists manage the daily operations for student employment (undergraduate and graduate assistants), part-time faculty employment, seasonal and temporary staff, and EKU’s Volunteer Program.

Generalists also assist employees with web time entry questions, leave approver updates, and new hire paperwork/onboarding.

Krista Caudill

859-622-3467

krista.caudill@eku.edu

Assigned Areas

  • Student Employment & Part-Time Faculty Hiring for:
  • College of Business
  • College of Health Sciences
  • College of Justice, Safety & Military Science

Hannah Gaspard

859-622-8046

hannah.gaspard@eku.edu

Assigned Areas

  • Student Employment
  • Volunteers
  • Onboarding
  • Training

April Harris

859-622-8660

april.harris@eku.edu

Assigned Areas

  • HR inquiries, including employment verification, onboarding, and new hires

Vanessa Vickers

859-622-7259

vanessa.vickers@eku.edu

Assigned Areas

  • Student Employment & Part-Time Faculty Hiring for:
  • College of Education & Applied Human Sciences
  • College of Letters, Arts & Social Sciences
  • College of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics

Human Resources Mission, Vision & Values

Mission
We support the university’s mission of excellence in teaching through strategic, innovative, and policies, practices, programs, and services that:

  • Attract, develop, reward, and retain a diverse and talented workforce
  • Foster a productive work environment where people feel valued and respected
  • Support the changing nature of work and the work environment
  • Add value and reflect good stewardship of resources
  • Are fair, ethical, and legally compliant

Vision
Human Resources is committed to advancing EKU. We create and sustain a workplace culture of excellence and high engagement, foster innovation, and growth, promote diversity and respect, and support the integration of the demands of work and life.

Values
work. We aim to enable our highly knowledgeable workforce to perform in a solution-oriented, creative, resourceful, and flexible manner. Our guiding principles are:

  • CLIENT SERVICE
  • Collaborate with customers to identify priorities and the best actions to address them
  • Deliver responsive, timely, and excellent service
  • Provide advice and solutions that enable the work of the university
  • Demonstrate commitment to continuous improvement
  • TEAMWORK
  • Leverage and share our HR resources, management tools, knowledge, and talent
  • Communicate respectfully, openly, and collaboratively
  • INTEGRITY
  • Be truthful and ethical
  • Provide service that is trustworthy, fair, and reliable
  • ACCOUNTABILITY
  • Be transparent about processes and decisions
  • Provide metrics/measures for others to see and evaluate

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Contact Information

Human Resources

Jones Building
Room 117

859-622-5094
Fax: 859-622-6667
human.resources@eku.edu

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