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New Lightcast Report Request Form Provides Access to Valuable Alumni Data

May 15, 2025 by White, Brian

The Graduate School is offering the new Lightcast Report Request Form to easily request customized Lightcast reports. Utilizing Lightcast’s labor market intelligence, these reports can provide valuable insights into your alumni’s career pathways, further education, estimated earnings, utilized skills, and more.

Access to the Lightcast form is available on GPDNet’s GPD News + Resources under Resources on the left side of the page.

For more information, please contact Josh Peterson (jpeter84@charlotte.edu).

Faculty Reviewers Sought for STEM Communication Training Initiative

May 05, 2025 by White, Brian

The STEM Communication Training Program is recruiting faculty reviewers to rate work produced by graduate students in our program, supported by NSF Innovations in Graduate Education Award #2325453.

This training helps graduate students develop skills to communicate their research to general, non-specialist audiences. Assignments include op-eds, social media posts, videos, etc.

Reviewing will take place on May 27 and May 28. A $1,000 stipend will be provided as summer income.

If you’re interested, please contact Elise Demeter (edemeter@charlotte.edu) and indicate your availability for May 27 and May 28.

Web Launch Coming June 1: Program Page Review Underway

April 30, 2025 by White, Brian

UNC Charlotte’s new website is launching June 1, including the newly reimagined academics hub at academics.charlotte.edu. Graduate program pages will be hosted on this site and you are likely a part of a review process for the initial information that will be displayed on June 1. Please connect with your College Communicator or ucomm-web-group@charlotte.edu if you have questions or need to provide updated information.

Q1 International Graduate Recruitment Report Available

April 17, 2025 by White, Brian

An update on graduate recruitment is now available from Graduate Admissions.

The report, published by Joe Campos, Assistant Director of Recruitment for the Graduate School, outlines current challenges, opportunities and strategies for enhancing international enrollment.

The report, Q1 2025 International Recruitment Update, is available for download.

Spring A2i Series Wraps Up at Cefla North America

April 08, 2025 by White, Brian

The Spring 2025 Accelerate to Industry (A2i) professional development series concluded with the first-ever off-site workshop hosted at clinical device manufacturer Cefla North America’s headquarters in Charlotte.

Graduate Enrollment Workshops Materials Available

April 08, 2025 by White, Brian

Thanks to all who joined our recent workshops on graduate inquiry responses and enrollment trends. For those who couldn’t attend—or want to review—presentation slides are now available for both the Graduate Inquiry Response Project (NAGAP Partnership) and Enrollment Management Trends & AI presentations. Download here.

Variety of Events Planned for Graduate Student Appreciation Week Apr. 7-11

April 02, 2025 by White, Brian

A week-long celebration of Charlotte’s graduate scholars kicks off Apr. 7 with wellness and art sessions, a talent show and plenty of food.

The week’s events culminate with the annual Graduate Research Symposium Apr. 11, an interdisciplinary graduate student-run conference that showcases the research of graduate and professional students.

More information on Graduate Student Appreciation Week is available from the Thomas L. Reynolds Center for Graduate Life and Learning. Information and application instructions for the Graduate Research Symposium is available from the Graduate & Professional Student Government.

Graduate & Postdoctoral Writing Center Offers Doctoral Writing Fellowship

April 02, 2025 by White, Brian

The Graduate & Postdoctoral Writing Center (GPWC) invites applications for one new Doctoral Writing Fellow for AY 2025-2026.

Fellows are doctoral students who support the writing growth of Charlotte’s graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. This support includes one-on-one writing support sessions and other programming including presentations, events, and structured writing times. Focus for the search is on doctoral students with career goals related to science writing, grant writing, non-profit communication, and academic and educational publishing.

The GPWC Writing Fellow will receive a 20-hour weekly assistantship, the Graduate Assistant Support Program (GASP) which includes tuition and health insurance, stipend commensurate with the candidate’s doctoral program, and shared office space.

Applications will be accepted through Apr. 30. More information and application instructions is available from the Graduate & Postdoctoral Writing Center.

Graduate Fellowship Application Deadline Apr. 1

March 26, 2025 by White, Brian

The student deadline for applying for a Graduate School Fellowship is Tuesday, Apr. 1. To apply, students may log in to the NinerScholars website and complete an applicant profile to be matched to available awards for which they are nominated.

More information on is available from the Graduate School Fellowship website.

Please contact Julie Green at jhgreen@charlotte.edu for questions.

Recruitment, Enrollment Management Workshops Set

March 24, 2025 by White, Brian

Graduate faculty and staff will have an opportunity to participate in two virtual workshops March 25 on graduate recruitment and enrollment management. In the first, the findings from a secret shopper study will be presented that evaluate how graduate programs nationwide respond to prospective students and offer best practices.

A conversation on the latest trends in graduate enrollment management will follow, with a focus on AI’s transformative and disruptive role in the field.

Listserve Created for Recruitment Staff

March 18, 2025 by White, Brian

The Graduate School has created a Google Group, grad-recruitment-consortium-group@charlotte.edu, for staff that work with graduate program recruitment — full time or part time! This will serve as a space to share updates, best practices, and opportunities.

To be added to the list, please contact Sabrina Brown, slbrown1@charlotte.edu.

Recruitment Resources
📌 Graduate Recruitment Support Request Form
📅 Graduate Recruitment Calendar

Students May Apply to Become Graduate Life Fellows

March 04, 2025 by White, Brian

Through Mar. 21, graduate students have an opportunity to apply to become Graduate Life Fellows (GLF), an important role that serves as liaison to other students and supports graduate student success.

As a part of the Thomas L. Reynolds Center for Graduate Life and Learning (Reynolds CGLL), Grad Life Fellows also promote workshops, programs, courses, and initiatives through word-of-mouth, social media, and visits to graduate classes and organizations.

GLFs receive a $6,000 award (divided into 2 payments) for the academic year.

For more information and to apply, go to the Reynolds CGLL.

Student Speakers Sought for Spring Graduate School Commencement and Hooding Ceremonies

March 03, 2025 by White, Brian

The Thomas L. Reynolds Center for Graduate Life and Learning (Reynolds CGLL) has issued a call for students to speak at the 2025 spring commencement and doctoral hooding ceremonies.

For commencement, student speeches will run no more than three minutes and focus on personal success and that of peers, the people who have played a role in success and that relate to graduates from different majors and backgrounds. More information and an application is available for the commencement ceremony.

Hooding ceremony speeches will run 5-7 minutes and address the impact of research on career progress, experience of becoming a researcher and the role and impact of mentors.

Reynolds CGLL provides more information and an application for the hooding ceremony.

Academic Services Director Sets Weekly Office Hours

February 24, 2025 by White, Brian

This is a reminder for GPDs that the Director of Graduate Academic Services will be hosting weekly office hours on Fridays from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm for program directors to drop in and discuss any questions that they have related to their program. Additionally, the graduation application window is open for late applications through 2/28. Please encourage students who need to apply to graduate to contact their college liaison.

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Spring 2025 Graduate Education Summit Resources

February 14, 2025 by Sam Finley

Thank you to all who attended the Graduate Education Summit. We encourage you to review the resources from today’s session by viewing the slide deck.

View Slide Deck

Martin Takes 2025 CSGS Master’s Thesis Award

January 29, 2025 by White, Brian

Alyssa Martin ’23, a graduate of UNC Charlotte’s M.A. in History program, has been awarded the 2025 Master’s Thesis Award in the Fine Arts and Humanities thesis category from the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools (CSGS).

Did You Know that the Graduate School has a Project Manager for Strategic Data?

January 29, 2025 by White, Brian

Josh Peterson is leading a project to develop a “student success” portal for GPDs. He’s also created a “heat map” showing where our graduate students live. Are there other needs you have related to graduate student data? Let us know! We are interested in projects that may be scalable to other colleges.

Contact Josh Peterson, Josh.Peterson@charlotte.edu.

Graduate Funding Q&A Sessions Planned

January 23, 2025 by White, Brian

The Graduate funding team will host a series of Q&A Zoom sessions beginning Jan. 28 to address the full range of questions regarding funding for graduate education.

The inaugural session Jan. 28 will begin at 3 p.m. To participate, please complete the event registration.

A complete list of training sessions is available for download.

Session Offered on Academic Policies

January 21, 2025 by White, Brian

Graduate faculty are invited to attend the Graduate School session Understanding Academic Policies and Implications Jan. 23, 12-1 p.m. via Zoom.

The session, led by Lauren Coffey, addresses milestone policies by degree level and how policies support academic quality. Key topics include milestone policies, rules for transfer credit, student status, DegreeWorks, graduation clearance and more.

Register to attend the Zoom session.

Enrollment Management Workshop Series Offered

January 13, 2025 by White, Brian

A series of workshops addressing key graduate enrollment management topics kicks off later this month and runs through April. The informal sessions provide insights and practical strategies to enhance recruitment, admissions and enrollment efforts in your graduate program.

The workshops will be presented by Graduate School staff and and other experts from around campus.

The first session, New Graduate Program Director and Affiliate Staff Training, will be held in Reese 524 January 22, 12-1 p.m. Led by Kathy Giddings, Julie Goodliffe, Katherine Hall-Hertel, Lauren Coffey and Johnna Watson, this session will deliver just-in-time training on the core functions of graduate program directors and affiliates, including an overview of key policies and tools for admitting, funding, enrolling and supporting graduate students.

To attend the session, please complete the Registration Form.

A complete list of the upcoming sessions is available for download.