The U.S. Dept. of Commerce is sponsoring a free webinar Dec. 13 entitled Education Market Opportunities in Brazil and Colombia.
The webinar will include information on Salão do Estudante fairs coming to six major Brazilian cities in March. The events will include opportunities to meet high school counselors, agents and directors of Brazilian universities.
For more information and to register, please visit the DOC’s Exports site.
Fellowship grants ranging to $18,000 plus tuition and health insurance are now available to new students – but a Graduate Program Director must nominate them.
Through Mar. 15, students nominated for one of several available fellowships will be contacted by the Graduate School and instructed to apply (if they haven’t already) in the NinerScholars portal. You may nominate a student by going to the NinerScholars student nomination portal.
View this Tutorial from Julie Goodliffe, Director of Funding and Fellowships, which explains the nomination process in NinerScholars.
| Fellowship Name | Total Offered | Deadline | New or Continuing | Degree Level | Academic Criteria | Citizenship | GPD Nominated |
| Commander F.M. (Mike) Reynolds Veterans Scholarship | $18,000 stipend, full tuition, health insurance and fees – 2 years | March 15, 2019 | New | Master’s or doctoral | GPA 3.0-4.0 | US | Yes |
| Herschel and Cornelia Everett Fellowship – Master’s | $10,000, in-state tuition | March 15, 2019 | New | Master’s | GPA 3.2-4.0 | US, preferably NC or SC resident | Yes |
| Herschel and Cornelia Everett Fellowship – Doctoral | $15,000, in-state tuition, health insurance | March 15, 2019 | New | Doctoral | GPA 3.2-4.0 | US, preferably NC or SC resident | Yes |
| Wayland H. Cato Fellowship | $18,000, tuition, fees, health insurance |
March 15, 2019 | New | Doctoral | GPA 3.0-4.0 | No restriction | Yes |
| William F. Kennedy Graduate Fellowship | $18,000, tuition, health insurance and fees | March 15, 2019 | New | Doctoral | GPA 3.0-4.0 | No restriction | Yes |
As we begin a new semester, it’s a good time to review the information on your Program Dashboard. Many of you experienced a website migration over the summer, which caused your program’s web link to change. You can also update contact information or your program description. Here are some helpful instructions. Note: Because it can be confusing to the reader, it’s best not to use your Graduate Catalog page feed for this particular purpose, but instead direct students to a page within your program/department/college website. From those pages you can link to the Catalog.
Remember, the information found on your Program Dashboard, is pushed to the Graduate Admissions website for prospective student use. Should you have any questions, please use the Comment box below, or contact us in Graduate School Communications.
Are you thinking a Google advertising campaign might be right for your program? Want to be on the top of the list in a prospective student’s search? A recent analysis from Collegis Education details what it might cost you. Download the report Most-Expensive-Degree-Programs-Google-AdWords.
If you have questions about marketing with Google, please feel free to contact the Graduate School’s communications team or your college communicator.
NAGAP’s webinar “This is NOT a Test: Reaching International Graduate Students Through GRE/GMAT/TOEFL Search” is Wednesday, March 28, 1-2 p.m. Led by Raymond Allen Lutzky, Ph.D., Senior Director of Enrollment and Admissions at Cornell Tech, this webinar is open to anyone.
For more information, go to NYGAP’s webinar and registration site.
Wingate University’s 2018 Spring Recruiting Fair is Mar. 20, 4:30-6 p.m. at Wingate’s Laverne Banquet Hall.
Reservation is free for the first two representatives. For more, visit Wingate’s registration page.
Livingstone College in Salisbury, N.C. will host a Graduate School / Career Fair Friday, Apr. 6 from 11-2 p.m. The cost of the fair $75.00. To register visit Livingstone College’s registration site.
The Salem College Spring 2018 Career Fair, Mar. 8, 12-3 p.m., is an opportunity for exposure to bright, motivated and capable students interested in graduate education.
The Graduate School has a table registered for the Expo and invites all interested to register for a table. Registrations will go fast. If you are interested in attending, please go to Salem College, event registration.
For more information, contact Maryanne Maree-Sams, Graduate Enrollment Counselor, 704-687-7243.
Beginning Monday, Jan. 29, visitors to the Graduate School’s student application portal will find a redesigned site with simpler navigation that is more mobile-friendly.
The change also replaces the unique user name with the applicant’s email address and sends a confirmation message to that address for validation as part of the registration process. Note: Existing users will need to use their old user name the first time they sign on to the new system.
The application portal allows prospects and applicants to:
For more information on Admissions, visit the Graduate School’s Recruitment and Admissions page.
The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program helps prepare eligible participants for doctoral studies through involvement in research and scholarly projects. Participants are typically from disadvantaged backgrounds, generally from underrepresented segments of society, and have strong academic potential.
Staff in the Office of Graduate Admissions actively recruits McNair Scholars at the McNair regional conference each summer, and routinely waives their application fees. Note that the fee waiver must be requested by the applicant prior to submitting the application for admission. Applicants should contact Maryanne Maree-Sams at MaryanneMaree-Sams@uncc.edu or 704-687-7243 to request the fee waiver; they must also email her a letter of participation as a McNair Scholar.
Maryanne Maree-Sams also has access to the McNair Scholars database of participants. If you are interested in recruiting exemplary students to your graduate program, please contact Maryanne directly.
The International Student Scholar Office (ISSO) maintains a website Read more…
New Graduate Program Directors: The at-a-glance Electronic Resources Guide provides quick links to the systems needed to help you manage your graduate program.
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