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The University of Cincinnati values the many different backgrounds and varied life experiences that veterans bring to the workforce. We recognize the contributions and sacrifices made by those veterans, their families, and all military-connected persons. Joining UC offers you the opportunity to use your wide-ranging skills, training, and abilities. It is a chance to grow your career, and to continue to contribute to the community around you.
At UC, we know that veterans understand what it means to be loyal to a team and committed to a goal. The UC team is committed to serving the people of Ohio, the nation, and the world as a premier, public, urban research university. We are loyal to our students and committed to their success. We strive for excellence in everything we do.
The University of Cincinnati provides its faculty, staff, and students an environment where innovation and freedom of intellectual inquiry flourish. Through scholarship, service, partnerships, and leadership, we create opportunity, develop educated and engaged citizens, enhance the economy, and enrich the world around us. Join us and create your path to a new mission!
Opportunities for veterans to get involved & support the community.
UC Serves Day
Each year the university celebrates UC Serves, a day for staff and faculty to share the experience of intentional, focused service to the communities surrounding the University of Cincinnati campuses and beyond. The day of service helps connect UC with community neighbors and build stronger connections among university employees. UC Serves brings staff and faculty to the front lines in supporting UC’s institutional commitment to service and community impact in support of our local nonprofit partners.
Green Zone Training
Green Zone training provides education about military culture and the unique challenges veterans may face as they transition from active-duty service to the civilian workforce. This training is led by Daniel Peat, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Lindner College of Business Management Department. Prior to joining the university, Daniel worked in various military and government positions, most recently as a Division Chief for the Defense Technical Information Center. In addition to his work at UC, Daniel serves in the US Army Reserves as an adjunct professor for the Command and General Staff Officer Course.
Mentor Me program
The Mentor Me UC program is an informal staff mentoring program designed to aid in the attraction and retention of talent to the university by encouraging career development, supporting inclusion, and creating a culture of learning. Mentoring occurs in a relationship that is voluntary and formed by both persons. Informal mentors provide a higher level of particular types of career development functions including coaching, challenging assignments, and increasing the mentee’s exposure and visibility.
UC Volunteer Portal
UC has a Volunteer Portal (volunteer.uc.edu) that serves as a resource for both students and employees to find volunteer opportunities across Cincinnati. The volunteer opportunities listed in UC’s Volunteer Portal are posted by UC, student organizations, or third-party organizations.
Annual Veterans Day Celebration
The Veterans Day Ceremony is a tradition at the University of Cincinnati. The ceremony hosted by Veterans Programs & Services and the Army and Air Force ROTC components honors UC and community veterans.
Annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Run
The University of Cincinnati recognizes the anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., each year with its annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Run at Nippert Stadium. Organized in 2015 by UC’s Office of Veterans Programs & Services, the event challenges participants to climb 2,071 steps at the stadium representing the steps in the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
The Veteran’s Task Force
UC created a Veteran Task Force in 2019 to increase the recruitment and retention of diverse and highly skilled veteran faculty, staff, and students. The task force is made up of volunteer members from many different areas of campus and is currently chaired by Karla Phillips, Assistant Director, Equal Opportunity for UC’s Office of Equal Opportunity and Terence Harrison, Manager, Veteran Military Services in Student Affairs.
“Ensuring the campus and culture are welcoming, inclusive, and accessible to student and employee veterans is a vital mission for UC. The task force’s mission is twofold: to make UC a model institution for demonstrating what veterans bring to the classroom and job market and attracting, hiring, and retaining more veteran applicants.”, said Phillips.
Learn more about Veteran Contributions at UC! https://www.uc.edu/news/units/veterans-affairs.html
We are redefining how a large public university with a research foundation will reinvent itself to serve society in the future.
Dr. Neville Pinto
University of Cincinnati President
Opportunities for continuous learning to help grow your career
The University of Cincinnati offers ongoing opportunities to grow your career! We believe that it is vital to foster a workplace environment that enables staff and faculty to be key contributors to UC’s success.
Through investments in the personal and professional growth of our employees, we can ensure employee fulfillment, effective organization, and quality student experience. These learning opportunities are frequently offered through both in-person and/or on-line learning modalities to accommodate the needs of the learner.
UC offers a Staff Success Center and a Faculty Enrichment Center that provide ongoing training on a variety of different topics, mentoring programs, and growth opportunities for staff and faculty. These opportunities are frequently offered through both in-person and/or on-line learning modalities to accommodate the needs of the learner.
We offer tuition remission to our employees and their eligible dependents who are seeking to earn a degree through UC. Tuition remission covers applicable instructional fees for classes at the University of Cincinnati.
If you are looking for something light and fun, UC offers the Communiversity. If you are looking to restart a hobby, learn a new skill, or just simply try something new, classes are held in the evening and on weekends at the UC Victory Parkway Campus. Courses are tailored with the adult learner in mind. Taught by UC educators, experts, and artisans from the Cincinnati area, they bring the passion for their topics to the classroom, offering you endless opportunities to develop, grow, and learn something new!
UC Benefits – How we support you.
The University of Cincinnati is committed to offering competitive benefits plans that support our ability to recruit, retain and reward highly qualified staff and faculty. Most of our benefit plans, such as medical, dental and vision, begin on the first day of employment.
- UC employees are granted lots of flexibility through hybrid work options, when possible, based on their role. When you are on site, we offer vibrant and beautiful campus locations
- Generous paid time off including vacation, sick leave, annual holidays (including Veterans Day) and winter season days. In addition, we also offer paid parental leave.
- A defined military leave policy that complies with both state and federal law. The policy defines the employment, leave benefits, and reemployment rights of university employees who serve in the uniformed forces [as defined by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (“USERRA”) and Ohio law]. Service in the uniformed services includes, but is not limited to, voluntary or involuntary service in the Armed Forces, the Ohio organized militia, the Army National Guard, and the Air National Guard.
- Tuition remission - This is available for employees as well as their eligible dependents. Tuition remission covers applicable instructional fees for classes at the University of Cincinnati.
- Comprehensive insurance plans including dental, vision, and prescription coverage with a choice between a traditional PPO medical plan and a Health Savings Account/High Deductible Health Plan..
- Our award-winning employee wellness program, Be Well UC, provides educational sessions and events, health coaching, challenges, and more to enhance your health and wellness.
- The Employee Assistance Plan is a Wellness and Benefits program that provides counseling, legal assistance, identity protection and more for all UC benefits-eligible employees and their household members. This benefit is available to all UC benefits-eligible employees and their household members – dependents living away from home, parents, and in-laws – free of charge. The EAP offers access to confidential, professional support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- Generous retirement savings plans with university contributions. Supplemental 403(b) and 457 retirement plans are also available.
- Financial security via our life and long-term disability insurance, accident, and illness insurance.
- Collateral-free, low-interest loans for employees.
- Discounts on campus activities and services including Bearcats sporting events, College-Conservatory of Music performances, UC Bookstores and more.
About UC
Founded in 1819, the University of Cincinnati ranks among the nation’s best urban public research universities. Home to over 50,000 students, 11,000 faculty and staff and 332,000 alumni, UC combines a Top 35 public research university with a physical setting The New York Times calls “the most ambitious campus design program in the country.”
With the launch of Next Lives Here, the Cincinnati Innovation District, a $100 million JobsOhio investment, nine straight years of record enrollment, global leadership in cooperative education, a dynamic academic health center and entry into the Big 12 Conference, UC’s momentum has never been stronger. UC’s annual budget tops $1.65 billion and its endowment totals $1.8 billion.
As a premier, public urban research university, we are constantly seeking visionary individuals to take on the jobs at the University of Cincinnati. Our faculty and staff are the driving force behind student success. Whether you are currently transitioning out of the military or have been in the civilian workforce for a while, UC is a wonderful place to chart a path to new mission. Bring your leadership, loyalty, commitment, skills, and experience to UC and build your career with us. Apply today.