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The Graduate School seeks a current faculty member (tenure-track or non-tenure track) to assume the part-time administrative role as Faculty Fellow, Graduate Program Director, Workplace Competencies, to develop and manage this new graduate certificate program.
Position: 0.50 FTE administrative assignment, which includes a stipend for summer; start date January 2021 (one-year appointment is negotiable and renewable).
Responsibilities: The successful candidate will serve as Graduate Program Director (GPD) for the new graduate Certificate in Workplace Competencies. The certificate is a short academic program focused on essential professional skills. The GPD will manage recruitment, admissions, enrollment, and services for the students in the certificate program. This will include developing and supporting communications efforts, conducting outreach to prospective students, and identifying new competencies and associated courses to add to the program.
Qualifications: Must be a current faculty member (tenure-track or non-tenure track) and be eligible for a graduate faculty appointment.
Compensation: Administrative stipend equal to one course buy-out for the fall and spring semester with optional summer salary, if needed, for a 12-month appointment. Office space will be provided along with access to an operating budget and administrative support.
Please submit a letter of interest to Jill Huerta, Executive Director, Center for Graduate Life, 704-687-7232, jhuerta2@uncc.edu.
The call for nominations has been issued for three distinguished faculty awards: The Harshini V. De Silva Graduate Mentor Award, the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal and the Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award.
For more information and to nominate, please follow the links below to each program’s nomination page:
Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award – Nominations accepted through Dec. 11
Harshini V. De Silva Graduate Mentor Award – Nominations accepted through Nov. 6
First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal, Nominations accepted through Nov. 13.
A message informing new graduate students of the process to apply for North Carolina residency was sent recently, targeting those admitted for Fall 2020 who are classified as nonresidents.
Should your students have questions about residency, please direct them to the centralized Residency Determination Service (RDS):
Phone: 844-319-3640
Email: rdsinfo@ncresidency. org
Website: www.NCresidency.org
Faculty with questions may contact Brenda.Sawyer@uncc.edu, 704-687-5122.
For more information on residency, please visit https://ncresidency.uncc.edu/.
The International Student and Scholar Office (ISSO) recently distributed guidelines for enrollment of international students. Newly admitted F-1 international students (excluding transfers from other U.S. institutions and those changing degree levels) will need to meet the following requirements to maintain legal status in the United States:
The ISSO is cross-referencing several data sets (including student self-reports) through Sept. 14 to identify potentially affected students. That information will be shared with the Chair of the appropriate department to assist them in their course registration. So far, the process has identified few students in this situation.
Instructors need to fulfill their in-person or hybrid components as planned starting Oct.1 unless the university moves to 100% online before that date.
If you have questions, please contact ISSO.
Approximately 140 faculty and staff participated in the Graduate School’s annual GPD Summit Sept. 2.
A recording of the online presentation is available at https://uncc.zoom.us/rec/share/RL5GvY6ICTHuNNNz_JeDwZb2T8Cbau7XVx5FM4WH-DsD2flCw2gwY0_APZUMQR7V.pd98UFdpQOXE3Ek_
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UNC Charlotte was included in the Top 100 Schools with Optional Practical Training (OPT), according to 2019 data recently released by the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) of the Department of Homeland Security
The top employers for OPT participants and other data is available on the SEVP website.
UNC Charlotte was recently awarded a multi-year National Science Foundation grant totaling more than $580,000 to investigate strategies for ensuring an open, transparent culture of research on campus.
The project, “Fostering a Culture of Openness and Transparency with Institutional Authorship Policies,” is headed by PI Lisa Rasmussen, Graduate Faculty Fellow, with co-PIs Katherine Hall-Hertel, Associate Dean for Graduate Academic and Student Affairs, George Banks, Associate Professor of Management with the Belk College of Business, and Tom Reynolds, Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School. Elise Demeter, Senior Assessment Research Analyst in the Office of Assessment and Accreditation, was the Project Evaluator.
For more information, please visit the Graduate School.
The Graduate School will host the annual Grad Ed Summit — this year a virtual meeting — on Sept. 2.
Topics at last year’s Summit included discussions on the role of the Graduate School, resources to manage programs and promote student success, student funding and the new GPD Recognition Award was introduced.
An agenda for this year’s meeting is forthcoming.
The Graduate School Funding and Assistantships team will host a webinar Aug. 3 to provide information and answer questions.
Topic: Meeting with Funding/Assistantships Team
Time: Aug 3, 2020 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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New fall 2020 students soon will receive a request from Graduate Admissions to confirm plans for fall semester.
The message, a sample of which is included below, was originally scheduled for distribution to all students July 20 but now will be sent out a few days later. The message contains a link to a form where students can select the following options regarding their plans for fall semester:
A sample copy of the message to students is included below for reference. Please contact the Graduate Admissions Office if you have questions. The last day for students to defer their application to a future term is Aug. 1.
Student Email Example:
Dear (Preferred name),
We hope you are safe and well during this uncertain time. You previously indicated your intent to enroll in the (Program) at UNC Charlotte this fall. With the changes happening on campus and around the world, we wanted to reach out and confirm your enrollment plans for the fall 2020 semester.
Please indicate your plans by filling the attached form and include any details that might allow us to better assist you as you start your first semester at UNC Charlotte. Feel free to contact gradcounselor@uncc.edu with any specific questions you may have.
Graduate Admissions
The Graduate School is working with IT Services to provide a secure, digital solution for collecting signatures and routing the forms required when a graduate student has completed a milestone.
Forms will be revised to create a better user experience and streamline the process. In the meantime, please continue using existing forms on the Graduate School Forms website. Updates will be shared as revisions are completed.
Two online mentoring sessions set for August are already full.
Additional sessions have been scheduled for October 1 & 2 (9:30 – 12:30 each day) and January 13 & 14 (9:30 – 12:30 each day).
The Center for Graduate Life has introduced a New Graduate Student Onboarding Portal to help prepare incoming graduate students for their move to Charlotte and a successful transition to graduate school.
The site includes the basics they’ll need to get started, with information on everything from finding an apartment to parking passes to course selection. Additional information on academic tools and campus offices that support graduate student success will be added to the portal by mid-August.
Representatives from the UNC Charlotte Graduate School participate in several recruitment fairs each year. These fairs present great opportunities to connect with prospective students.
Graduate Admissions maintains a spreadsheet of current opportunities available to UNC Charlotte faculty and staff. Please contact MaryanneMaree-Sams@uncc.edu for more information.
Admitted students physically located in embargoed countries like Iran may not be allowed to take fall semester classes online, according to John Jacob, Facility Security Officer and Export Control Officer in Research and Economic Development.
“The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) considers (online courses) a service to that country/individual that requires a export license from OFAC for a student to take an online class from an embargoed country,” Jacobs said.
Additional information on the policies guiding delivery of online coursework will be shared as it becomes available.
