Due to cuts to the Employee Forum’s budget, the Forum will no longer sponsor the Notary Public Certification courses (either in person or online), effective Spring 2018. The Employee Forum has sponsored this class for several years, enabling employees to secure a notary public certification at no cost.
If employees are still interested in pursuing certification as a notary public, there are a number of options:
- Durham Tech offers a full-day session at least two times per month for $95. More information can be found on their website.
- Wake Tech offers frequent sessions each month (throughout different campuses) for $85. More information can be found on their website.
- UNC’s Educational Assistance Program allows supervisors “to support academic activities that directly relate to the organization’s identified knowledge, skills, and behaviors (organizational competencies), and which support the mission, vision, and values of the organization.” The supervisor would apply to this program if having a notary public in the unit was directly related to the unit’s successful function.
- Employees can use the Professional Development Grant to pay tuition if certification would benefit themselves but is not essential to their unit. The Forum will continue to offer the Professional Development Grant, which opens to accept applications on December 1, 2017 and on April 1, 2018. Grants are awarded on a first come, first serve basis.
If you have any questions, please contact Clare Counihan (clarecounihan[at]unc.edu), the chair of the Education and Career Development Committee, or Shayna Hill (Shayna_Hill[at]unc.edu), the Chair of the Employee Forum.