Find your HR Business Partner

• 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 reguarding Full-Time Faculty & Staff Employment, Compensation, Employee Relations, Organizational Design, Performance Management, and Training & Development.

Find your HR Generalist

• HR Generalists manage the daily operations for Student Employment (Undergraduate and Graduade Assistants), Part-Time Faculty Employment, and EKU's Volunteer Program.
• Generalists also assist employees with Webtime Entry questions, Leave Approver Updates, and New Hire Paperwork/Onboarding.

HR Business Partners

Samantha Jones, Assistant Director of HR Administration

• Finance & Administration
• Provost's Office
• Communications & Brand Management

Haylee Connelly, HR Business Partner

• College of Business 
• College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
• Athletics
• Development & Alumni Engagement

Loran Morris, HR Business Partner

• College of Justice, Safety, and Military Science
• College of Letters, Arts & Social Sciences (CLASS)
• eCampus
• Model Laboratory
• Graduate Education & Research
• Goverment and Community Relations

Lucy Steele, HR Business Partner

• College of Health Sciences
• Student Success, Engagement & Opportunity
• Libraries

Tarena Tyree, HR Business Partner

• Primary Contact For
  • Staff Accommodation Requests
  • FMLA
• Campus Rec
• College of Education & Applied Human Sciences
• Student Life and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Registrar's Office

Becky Smith, HR Business Partner

• Training Resource Center

HR Generalists

Krista Caudill, HR Generalist II

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

MollySchafer, HR Generalist II

• Student Employment
• Part-Time Faculty Hiring
  • College of Education & Applied Human Sciences 
  • College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences (CLASS)
  • College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)

Vanessa Vickers, HR Generalist I

• Volunteer Program
• Student Employment
• New Hire Paperwork/Onboarding

April Harris, HR Generalist 

• New Hire Paperwork/Onboarding
• Employment Verifications