Goals

• Support recruitment and retention of a skilled and multifaceted workforce.​
• Enhance professional development opportunities for employees to foster growth.​
• Ensure compliance with university policies federal and state regulations.​
• Promote employee relations by providing guidance and resources for workplace concerns.​
• Streamline HR processes for recruitment, position management, employee lifecycle activities, and student hiring, to enhance efficiency, reduce administrative burden, and ensure a seamless experience for all stakeholders.​

 

Meet the Team

Alicia Bervine

Executive Director for Student Affairs and Academic Support Human Resources
Email: Bervine@mailbox.sc.edu
Phone: 803-777-4989
Office: Thomson 414

Alicia Bervine is the Executive Director of Human Resources for the Division of Student Affairs and Academic Support at the University of South Carolina, supporting a diverse workforce of over 500 full-time employees, 300 temporary employees, and 2,000 students. In this role, she serves as an business partner to senior leadership and unit directors providing strategic and tactical guidance ensuring that the Human Resources Department evolves beyond compliance to meet the demands of a competitive and dynamic work environment. Alicia is deeply committed to driving cultural transformation and fostering a high-trust organizational culture.

Sammie Burt

Director of Recruitment and Selection
Email: SAMMIEJ@mailbox.sc.edu
Phone: 803-777-9073
Office: Thomson 413

Sammie serves as a strategic partner who ensures division alignment with university human resources practices. This role involves a combination of HR expertise and an understanding of the unique needs and challenges faced by undergraduate students, graduate assistants, and staff. Sammie will play a critical role in developing and implementing HR strategies, division policies, and programs to support the recruitment, retention, and development of a highly skilled and engaged team to contribute to a positive educational experience and a vibrant campus community.

Tamila Pringle

Director of Position Management and Coordinator Support
Email: TAMILAP@mailbox.sc.edu
Phone: 803-777-3819
Office: Thomson 415

Tamila serves as the divisional point of contact for research and best practices for unit leaders to enhance efficiency and demonstrate excellence in people management, including base salary and additional pay. Tam is responsible for position management and creating a consistent framework to ensure unit leaders are managing and maintaining accurate and up to date position descriptions, ensuring the positions are aligned correctly with the university job structure and compensation strategy. She directly manages the service coordinators to ensure ticketing requests for positions maintain alignment with the university goals and the units within the division are getting their ticketing request filled.

Elizabeth Dillon

Director of Employee Relations
Email: ED24@mailbox.sc.edu
Phone: 803-777-4961
Office: Thomson 416

Elizabeth serves as a strategic partner who ensures division alignment with university human resources practices. Will research and ensure best practices are utilized by unit leaders to enhance efficiency and demonstrate excellence in student services. Responsible for fostering a positive and productive work environment by developing, implementing, and overseeing employee relations strategies in coordination with DHR Employee Relations. The Director of Employee Relations for the division will be involved in resolving workplace conflicts, promoting open communication, ensuring compliance with labor laws and regulations, and contributing to the overall well-being of the organization’s workforce.

Lauren Brown

Director of Professional Development
Email: LLBROWN@mailbox.sc.edu
Office: Thomson Building 417

Lauren plays a critical role in advancing the professional growth and career development of staff within the Division of Student Affairs at the university. She focuses on developing and managing a strategic professional development program tailored to the needs of student affairs staff. This includes identifying relevant topics, coordinating workshops, seminars, and training sessions, and securing expert facilitators. Lauren collaborates with division stakeholders to assess needs, to identify the professional development needs of student affairs professionals. 

 

Human Resources Coordinators and Student Staff Managers

Paul DuPre

Student Staff Manager
Phone: 803-576-7756
Email: DUPREJP@mailbox.sc.edu
Office: Thompson 407

Paul oversees the full lifecycle of student employment, including hiring, onboarding, payroll, and termination processes. This role involves managing student employee data through systems like PeopleSoft HCM, coordinating recruitment and retention strategies, ensuring compliance with federal and university employment policies, and collaborating with departmental leadership and HR to resolve issues. Additionally, Paul serves as the division SubitUp liaison and expert.

Krystle Brown

Human Resources Coordinator
Phone: 803-576-7949
Email: kb199@mailbox.sc.edu
Office: Thompson 412

Krystle is responsible for managing various human resources transactions within the Division of Student Affairs, including preparing and maintaining employment records, processing HR actions in systems like PeopleSoft HCM and PeopleAdmin. All coordinators maintain relationships with division units and ensure quality customer service. The role involves ensuring compliance with HR policies, assisting with employee onboarding and offboarding, and providing support for HR-related inquiries. Additionally, the HR Coordinator monitors the HR ticketing system, participates in committee activities, and collaborates with the finance team to ensure timely processing of HR payments.

Patricia Davis

Human Resources Coordinator
Phone: 803-576-7971
Email: davispt3@mailbox.sc.edu
Office: Thompson 411

Patricia is responsible for managing various human resources transactions within the Division of Student Affairs, including preparing and maintaining employment records, processing HR actions in systems like PeopleSoft HCM and PeopleAdmin. All coordinators maintain relationships with division units and ensure quality customer service. The role involves ensuring compliance with HR policies, assisting with employee onboarding and offboarding, and providing support for HR-related inquiries. Additionally, the HR Coordinator monitors the HR ticketing system, participates in committee activities, and collaborates with the finance team to ensure timely processing of HR payments.

Sully Hutto

High Impact Student Employment Coordinator
Email: szhutto@mailbox.sc.edu
Office: Thompson 409

The High Impact Student Employment Coordinator leads initiatives that enhance the career readiness of student employees and the professional development of their supervisors within the Division of Student Affairs. The role involves organizing orientations, workshops, and recognition events, aligning programming with NACE competencies, and assessing impact through evaluation data. This position also supports supervisor training by promoting best practices in recruitment, training, and supervision, while fostering collaboration across departments. Additionally, the coordinator serves as chair of the Student Employment Advisory Committee, acting as a liaison between stakeholders to advocate for student employment priorities.

Trannie Smith Simmons

Human Resources Coordinator
Phone: 803-777-7526
Email: SMITHTD6@mailbox.sc.edu
Office: Thompson 410

Trannie, is responsible for managing various human resources transactions within the Division of Student Affairs, including preparing and maintaining employment records, processing HR actions in systems like PeopleSoft HCM and PeopleAdmin. All coordinators maintain relationships with division units and ensure quality customer service. Additionally, the HR Coordinator monitors the HR ticketing system, participates in committee activities, and collaborates with the finance team to ensure timely processing of HR payments. Trannie serves as the liaison to the Procurement Team and ensures all PD transactions are entered in the ticketing system.

Jeni Terrapin

Student Staff Manager
Phone: 803-576-7857
Email: jeni.terrapin@sc.edu
Office: Thompson 408

The SAAS Student Staff Manager at the University of South Carolina is responsible for overseeing the complete student employment lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, payroll changes, and separations for over 700 student workers. This role ensures compliance with employment eligibility protocols such as I-9 and E-Verify, and serves as the Division's expert in these areas. The manager delivers student hiring best practices, trains supervisors, facilitates a university-wide student onboarding workshop, and collaborates with HR partners to address timesheet issues. Additionally, the position serves on the student advisory board and partners with campus units to enhance student learning and inclusion.