The UNC Greensboro Spring Virtual Career & Graduate School Fair will be held Feb. 24 1–4:30 pm. Event details and registration are available on the Handshake career fair page.
For more information, please contact Michael Clinton at UNC Greensboro.
Hear from Dr. Steve Matson, former graduate dean at UNC Chapel Hill and ETS advisor where you’ll learn about the main principles of holistic admissions, as well as the various approaches you can adopt to make your process truly holistic. January 28th at 3:00 pm est.
Apply to participate in the Spring 2021 Ventureprise Launch National Science Foundation I-Corps Virtual Cohort. The program, which starts Feb. 10, provides up to $5000 for a research or business idea, plus commercialization training and new NSF funding.
The second stage is a six-month, $50,000 NSF I-Corps Teams grant. Applications are currently open and are reviewed as they are submitted. More information and the application form can be found on the NSF I-Corps webpage. For questions, please contact Devin Collins or Laura Smailes.
The Graduate School’s upcoming Mentor Training session has a few more openings. Graduate faculty are invited to enroll for the Jan. 28-29 session. The class runs from 9:30-12:30 each day.
To register, please complete the Mentor Training registration form. The form will be closed when all seats are taken.
In data shared by the International Student & Scholar Office, UNC Charlotte ranked high in a recent U.S. Immigration Department SEVIS by the Numbers (SBTN) report.
The report was part of the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) which reports data and trends on foreign national students pursuing an education at SEVP-certified schools.
Following are UNC Charlotte’s rankings on three such lists released by SEVP:
The Graduate School will be transitioning Master’s forms to DocuSign during the first week of December to align with the Doctoral form procedure. DocuSign, a University-supported digital system, allows for the secure collection of signatures and proper electronic routing. These forms can be accessed on the Graduate School Forms website.
Scanned paper forms will still be accepted throughout the Spring 2021 semester.
Important: To ensure proper routing, please use the Graduate School’s form series and NOT a form previously developed by an academic unit or others. In addition, DocuSign recognizes only the UNC Charlotte NinerNet username email address and NOT an alias email address (use format: jdoe@uncc.edu, NOT jane.doe@uncc.edu).
Please refer to the university’s FAQ website for more information about DocuSign.
An exploration into how the home air conditioner can play a role in preventing a power outage won first place for Akintonde Abbas, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, in the 2020 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition coordinated by the Center for Graduate Life (CGL).
Other top presenters in this year’s competition included Amanda Sargent, Ph.D., Organizational Science, who took 2nd place for her research presentation, “Men Versus Women: Who Gets More Support for Work-Family Management?,” and Lena Etzel, Ph.D., Clinical Health Psychology, 3rd place for “The Future: A Looming Threat We can all Relate To!”
This year’s People’s Choice Award was presented to Remi Ketchum, Ph.D., Biology, for her presentation, “Some Like It Hot: Surviving in Extreme Environments.”
A full recording of this year’s 3MT competition, which was conducted online, is available from the Center for Graduate Life.
Academic Affairs and other UNC Charlotte leaders hosted a webinar addressing the interplay between SACSCOC, U.S. Department of Education and UNC System requirements and their impact upon the approval of new academic programs and changes to existing ones.
The session covered recent changes to the course and curriculum review process, the basics of “substantial change,” how “significant departure” is determined, and considerations for establishing new off-campus instructional sites.
The slide deck used in the presentation is available for download.
From the Center for Teaching and Learning: The two biggest learning challenges our students face this fall are managing their course workload and communicating with instructors about their courses. Here are some quick and easy ways to help you address these concerns with your students:
Managing Course Workload
Communication
An open house is a proven strategy for building relationships with prospective students. This Nov. 23 session will help you sharpen your skill for promoting and hosting an information session. Included are real stories from real Program Managers and Directors from Education and Social Work graduate programs who are currently hosting sessions.
Register in advance for this meeting at Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
The latest graduate student exit surveys have been updated on GPDNet under Assessments. The results are published by college along with 2019 results for comparison.
Graduate students are asked to complete the exit survey prior to completing their application to graduate.
Social media is a powerful tool for awareness and recruiting — and it’s free! In this session we will reveal best practices that are proven to get results. We will also share how the Graduate School is using social media to recruit students and build awareness of everything UNC Charlotte has to offer.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://uncc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYof-ihqDsoE9WJMt5FfkWx7ZuThhKBfMpN
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Dear Colleagues,
Congratulations on achieving another record graduate enrollment this semester! Despite unusual and challenging circumstances, your dedication to enroll the new class while simultaneously supporting continuing students is both admirable and appreciated.
Annually, we open the Projections Manager for Graduate Program Directors to submit graduation and enrollment projections for future years. The effort was delayed a bit this semester given the September start of classes, but the system is now available for your submissions. Fall 2021, 2022, and 2023 enrollment and graduation projections are due by Sunday, November 15th. The information is used to help guide your efforts to effectively manage your graduate program enrollment; it’s also vital from a University perspective to understand program capacity, future enrollments, and resources required to support graduate education. Similarly, affirming UNC Charlotte’s commitment to foster diversity and inclusion in graduate education, I encourage you to pay particular attention to ways your program enrollments might reflect a breadth of gender identities, races and ethnicities, nationalities, faith traditions, and other social categories and backgrounds.
Official enrollment and graduation data by degree and major is available via the institutional research interactive Fact Book at https://ir-analytics.uncc.edu/fact-book. To access projections and plans, log into GPDNet (https://egem.charlotte.edu), select PROGRAM DASHBOARD, select PROJECTIONS, click on your program, click on the plus sign (+) next to the 2021 projection year, and then enter data/information in the form. If you need access to the system, or if your program is not listed or needs to be modified, please email Amy Palmer at aagardi@uncc.edu.
To support your efforts to establish projections, and to answer any general questions related to managing graduate programs, two (identical) workshops will be held: one on Wednesday, October 21st, at 11 am, and another on Thursday, October 29th, at 2:30 pm (ZOOM link). I invite you to participate as needed whether you’re new to the role of Graduate Program Director or simply need a refresher on understanding program capacity and developing projections. Similarly, if you prefer a one-on-one meeting to support your efforts or a department-specific session, please email my assistant, Mrs. Amy Palmer, directly to schedule a mutually convenient time.
Additionally, the corresponding graduate enrollment management (GEM) plan that serves as a road map to achieve the projections should be developed in concert with your program’s projections and align to your college’s strategic plan. The plan is an iterative work-in-progress and should be updated regularly throughout the academic year. While it is certainly helpful to have a GEM plan in place by November 15th to support your projections, the November 15th deadline is only for the graduation and enrollment projections.
Warm regards,
Johnna (JohnnaWatson@uncc.edu)
Faculty may nominate students for the Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award through Oct. 15, 2019.
The Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award is a part of the Graduate School’s focus on enhancing research skills. For more information, please visit the Center for Graduate Life’s Research Skills website.
Nomination information, fields of competition and more is available from the Graduate School.
If you have questions, please contact Julie Green, jhgreen@uncc.edu, Master’s Thesis Student Services and Fellowship Specialist.
BuzzFeed News Editor Craig Silverman addresses “Election 2020: How to Verify What You Read, See and Hear Online,” in a Zoom conference Oct. 6 at 4 p.m. hosted by J. Murray Atkins Library.
For more information and to register, please visit Atkins Library.
Graduate Admissions will host a webinar Oct. 14 at 1 p.m. to share best practices for recruiting graduate students. Admissions staff continually monitor nationwide recruiting trends in graduate education and will share effective strategies for recruiting the most diverse and best qualified applicants.
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://uncc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMoce-trD8uHNQo5SpVGMAyW7p6b89GVCJU
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
