More than 220 graduate and professional administrators and faculty from around the country participated in the 2021 Graduate Student Success and Wellness conference (GSSW2021) hosted virtually by UNC Charlotte on May 6-7.
This year’s event brought together registrants from over 50 educational institutions to exchange ideas and learn best practices to promote wellness and success.
Read more at the Graduate School.
GRE Search Service will host a free webinar May 12 to share information on how some programs are coping with today’s financial constraints, travel restrictions and technological innovations.
All visa and VAC appointments, both in-person and interview waiver, at U.S. Embassy New Delhi and the consulates in Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata are cancelled until May 15 and at the consulate in Mumbai until May 28.
Ventureprise Launch NSF I-Corps Virtual Summer Cohort is now accepting applications. This program is for UNC Charlotte faculty, staff and students to explore the commercial possibilities of their ideas and research.
For more information and to apply, please visit the Entrepreneurship website.
Kaitlyn Holshouser, Curriculum & Instruction-Urban Elementary Education, and Jules Maguire, English, recently were named top Teaching Assistant and Instructor of Record for 2020-21, respectively.
The Graduate School hosts the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards annually to honor top TAs nominated by faculty supervisors for their work. The awards, one to the top Teaching Assistant and one to the top Instructor of Record, recognize outstanding and innovative teaching techniques.
This year, 31 students were nominated for the awards.
Dr. Judith Krauss coordinates efforts to support graduate teaching assistants through the Center for Graduate Life, including Graduate Teaching Assistant training offered at the start of the fall and spring semesters. She also offers workshops on a variety of teaching-related issues each semester.
Dr. Akin Ogundiran, a Chancellor’s Professor and professor of Africana Studies, Anthropology and History, is the 2021 recipient of the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal, UNC Charlotte’s most prestigious faculty award, in recognition of excellence in research.
He was honored at a special Zoom ceremony March 18.
The 2020 recipient of the First Citizen’s Award was Dr.James Walsh, Political Science and Public Administration.
Read more about this year’s award at Inside UNC Charlotte.
The Graduate School will host the Graduate Student Success and Wellness Conference May 6-7. For more information and to register, please visit the Graduate School.
The forms required for Master’s capstone reporting have been consolidated into a single DocuSign form to simplify reporting.
The new Master’s Capstone Report for Comprehensive Exam, Portfolio Presentation, Study Report and Project can be found on the Graduate School’s Forms page. The new form replaces the Exam Report for Comprehensive, Portfolio Presentation, and Study Report for Master’s Students.
Thesis students will continue to submit the Final Defense Report.
If you have questions, please contact Sandra Krause, Assistant Dean for Graduate Academic Affairs, skrause1@uncc.edu.
A project of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science (MEES) is providing an additional path to a doctoral degree for STEM students, allowing patentable projects to be developed to meet capstone requirements in addition to publication of original research.
The program, Pathways to Entrepreneurship (PAtENT) expands the opportunity to earn a doctoral degree, possibly spurring graduation rates and encouraging technological innovation. Funded by a National Science Foundation Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) award received last fall, the program provides each faculty-student team with $5,000 to support research.
“The central goal of the project is to develop an alternate roadmap for STEM PhD students that is scalable and reflects the rapidly evolving workforce needs,” said Dr. Terry Xu, Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Programs, MEES.
A Project Description and PowerPoint Presentation describing the program are available for download. For more information and to participate, contact the principal investigator: Praveen Ramaprabhu, praveen.ramaprabhu@uncc.edu, Professor, MEES.
Reseach and Economic Research (RED) will launch a new research administration system called Niner Research in the fall, replacing today’s NORM system.
The new system will provide proposal and contract administration, conflict of interest management, the use of laboratory animals, biosafety, and human subject research. The new system will be in service by Sept. 30.
Over the next few weeks, RED and college research office staff will host a series of instructor-led training sessions on the new system.
More information is available in a memo from Rick Tankersley, Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development, which is available for download.
The Center for Graduate Life is currently taking Graduate Life Fellow applications for the 2021-2022 year through Mar. 14.
The goal of the GLF program is to enhance the graduate community through leadership, peer mentoring and the coordination of activities that foster diverse social and academic engagement. Fellows receive $5000 for the academic year and great experience for their CV or resume.
Please encourage interested students to visit our webpage for more info and for a link to the application form.
Information on graduation clearance is available from the Graduate School.
Questions about thesis and dissertation forms may be sent to gradschoolforms@uncc.edu.
Questions regarding these organizational changes may be sent to Sandra Krause, skrause1@uncc.edu.
U.S. News and World Report is offering UNC Charlotte colleges the opportunity to market their graduate programs through Student Connect, their lead generation platform. Through a special rate of approximately $5,000 annually (based upon traffic), colleges receive a profile page at U.S. News and World Report’s education site. From that page there are a number of options colleges can choose including lead generation, Best Graduate Programs impressions and additional reach tools. Because this is administered at the college level, please contact your college communicator if interested in participating.
The Center for Graduate Life (CGL) is looking to showcase great examples of graduate student and alumni achievements.
Through it’s Instagram and LinkedIn accounts, the CGL publishes examples of professional, personal or academic achievements to recognize and celebrate students’ work.
For questions or to have a student featured, please contact Catherine Butt, cbutt@uncc.edu.
Ya-yu Lo, professor of Special Education and graduate program director for the M.Ed. and MAT programs in the Department of Special Education and Child Development, is the 2021 recipient of the Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award. She was honored at a special Zoom ceremony Thursday, Feb. 18.
Read more at Inside UNC Charlotte. More information on the Harshini V. de Silva Award is available from the Graduate School.
Associate Professor of Architecture Peter Wong was selected to receive the Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award for 2020-2021 for his contributions to student success above and beyond his teaching role.
The Reynolds Leadership Award honors excellence in graduate program administration and is presented annually to a Graduate Program Director (GPD) or Graduate Program Coordinator (GPC).
Please visit the Graduate School for more details.
The Center for Graduate Life recently updated content on its YouTube channel to include the Accelerate to Industry lecture/workshop series, the STEM Communications series, formatting and submission of theses or dissertations, recent Q&A sessions for new grad students and more.
For more information and to subscribe, please visit the CGL YouTube site.
