After 24 years of dedicated service, Maryanne Maree-Sams is retiring from her role in Graduate Admissions.
A reception to honor Maryanne’s accomplishments will be held Dec. 1, 3-5 p.m. in the Student Union Art Gallery.
Please register to attend the event.
The Slate User Guide in the Graduate Program Portal has been updated to include newly added functionality to help manage application performance.
New exports available include:
In addition to what was presented at the summit, we have also added the ability to search for events and download attendee information. Use of this tool is covered in our User Guide.
Graduate Admissions is again providing GPDs with a list of new and continuing students in their program who are eligible to register but have not. The report will be distributed weekly from start of registration until the close of registration for each term.
Programs are encouraged to reach out to these students and urge them to register.
If you have questions, please contact Maryanne Maree-Sams, MaryanneMaree-Sams@charlotte.edu.
Come see the 10 finalists compete for a chance to win $1000! Reception to follow in the Rowe lobby.
The final round for the 2023 3MT competition will be held Nov. 17, 4-7 p.m., in EPIC G256.
3MT is a communication competition that challenges graduate students to describe their research in 3 minutes or less, using just one static slide. It is an important professional development opportunity for graduate students.
To learn more about it please visit the Thomas L. Reynolds Center for Graduate Life and Learning.
Graduate Admissions staff participate in several recruiting fairs each year and maintain a list of high quality events that provide great opportunities to connect with prospective students. For more information, review the recruiting tips on GPDNet or contact MaryanneMaree-Sams@charlotte.edu.
The new Graduate & Postdoctoral Writing Center (GPWC), a collaboration between the Graduate School, Writing Resources Center (WRC) and the Division of Research, will host an open house Nov. 1 from 12 to 3 p.m..
The GPWC is located in Denny 213 and offers a range of writing support to graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.
Read more from the Graduate School.
The yield communication campaign for Spring 2024 launches on Thursday, Oct. 12. The target audience is admitted graduate students who have yet to accept their admissions offer. The communications encourage them to submit their enrollment intention form.
Questions? Reach the Marketing and Communications team via email at grad-comm@uncc.edu.
The 2022-23 Graduate Program Excellence award recipients were honored Sept. 20 in a reception held in the Student Union Art Gallery.
Dr. Jy Wu, Infrastructure and Environmental Systems, was selected to receive the Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award for 2022-23. Carmalita Govan, Computer Science Graduate Program Coordinator, received the Graduate School’s Outstanding Program Administrator award.
Read more from the Graduate School.
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 and reading the additional resources. A recording of today’s Summit is also available (Password: fn.$4Vf7).
UNC Charlotte was recently awarded a three-year National Science Foundation Innovations in Graduate Education grant of approximately $500,000 to explore best practices in training STEM graduate students to communicate their research to non-specialist audiences.
The Graduate School will offer Mentor Training for graduate faculty Nov. 3, 9:00-4:00. The session will be held in the Student Union, Room 200.
The curriculum comes from the Center for the Improvement of the Mentored Experience in Research (CIMER) at the University of Wisconsin. It is highly interactive and includes a variety of useful resources and tools.
Attendance is limited, so please sign-up early using this form.
The Graduate School is seeking nominations for the First Citizens Bank Scholars Award and the Harshini de Silva Graduate Mentor Award
The Graduate School invites nominations for the 2024 First Citizens Bank Scholars and Harshini deSilva Graduate Mentor Awards. The First Citizens Award recognizes a senior full-time faculty member for outstanding scholarship, creativity, and/or research. The Harshini de Silva Mentor award recognizes a faculty member who exemplifies outstanding graduate mentoring.
Read more about the 2024 awards from the Graduate School.
Graduate School Assistant Dean for Funding and Research Julie Goodliffe is conducting an outreach to potentially eligible candidates to apply for an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
Dr. Goodliffe, an experienced NSF reviewer at the national level, offers live information sessions and assistance in completing the Fellowship application. The sessions are online and planned for Sept. 15 and 21.
Sept. 15 Zoom session, 3 p.m.:
https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/
Meeting ID: 914 3583 3331
Passcode: 350384
Sept. 21 Zoom Session, 11 a.m.:
https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/
Meeting ID: 950 3916 9766
Passcode: 970734
For more information, contact Julie Goodliffe, jmgoodli@uncc.edu.
The Graduate Admissions Team is hosting a virtual Application Information session on September 27th at 12:30pm EST. This session is designed for UNC Charlotte faculty/staff looking to pursue graduate education at UNC Charlotte and use their education benefits. The session will share information on the graduate application and admissions process at UNC Charlotte and general information on how to use education benefits to take graduate level courses at UNC Charlotte. We hope you will join us!
RSVP for the virtual event here: https://gradapp.charlotte.edu/register/?id=5012c408-8a99-4190-9d5d-ce3cd3d97b7a
ETS student search and recruitment experts share tips for improving your applicant search Sept. 20 at 1 p.m. during the webinar “Search Strategies: Real Stories from Real Users.”
The GRE® Search Service — a powerful database you can use even if you don’t use GRE scores — can help you find students who are a good fit for your program. The GRE Search service has helped thousands of graduate and professional programs find students who match their recruitment goals.
For more information, please visit ETS GRE®
The Biden administration issued guidance documents aimed at clarifying the implications of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down race-conscious admissions policies in higher education. The guidance emphasizes that while colleges have lost a significant tool in achieving diversity in admissions, they should not abandon broader efforts to enroll and support a diverse student body.
The Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), jointly issued by the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education, underscores the value of diversity in education and pledges support for colleges that pursue lawful steps to promote diversity and inclusion. It acknowledges that fostering diversity requires sustained action to eliminate barriers that prevent underserved students, particularly students of color, from accessing the benefits of higher education. The guidance suggests that colleges should intensify efforts to recruit and retain talented students from underserved communities, which may involve focusing on students from diverse backgrounds and creating a sense of belonging for enrolled students.
In addition to the DCL, the two departments also released a question-and-answer resource that outlines legally permissible practices for considering race in admissions. The guidance clarifies that institutions are still free to consider qualities and characteristics of individual students that pertain to their admission decision, such as personal experiences related to race. It also addresses the use of demographic information for outreach and recruitment efforts.
While the Supreme Court’s ruling bans the consideration of racial status in admissions, colleges can still gather and use demographic information to refine outreach, recruitment strategies, and campus programming. The Education Department announced plans to release a report in September on promising diversity and inclusion practices. The report will include strategies for using measures of adversity in admissions, such as considering applicants’ financial means, their socioeconomic background and high-school context, and personal hardships or experiences with discrimination.
The Graduate and Postdoctoral Writing Center is a new initiative created through a collaboration among the Graduate School, the Division of Research and the Writing Resources Center. Launching in Fall 2023, the center’s team will include the Graduate School’s Associate Teaching Professor of Writing, the Director of Charlotte’s Writing Resources Center, a faculty fellow, two doctoral writing fellows and part-time administrative support.
The Graduate Writing Center seeks a faculty fellow to provide grant-writing training to Charlotte postdoctoral scholars and graduate students in doctoral and research master’s degree programs. Course release and/or compensation to be negotiated based on faculty salary and teaching load.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
The initial appointment would be for 18 months, with annual renewal options.
Desired Start Date: January 2024
Application review will begin on Monday, October 2.
Interested faculty are encouraged to send a resume and letter of interest outlining why they believe they will be successful in this position to Dean Mukherjee at pmukherj@charlotte.edu.
The Thomas L. Reynolds Center for Graduate Life and Learning has added a new information section regarding post-doctoral benefits, including parental leave and access to the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS).
The parental leave policy states that post-doctoral fellows may take up to six weeks of leave following the birth or adoption of a child. Through CAPS, postdocs may access group therapy and one-on-one appointments.
Read more at the Reynolds Center for Graduate Life and Learning.
A new video is available to assist prospective students in smoothly navigating the application process. We encourage you to consider including this embedded video on your program webpage, incorporating it in an information session and subscribe to the Graduate Admissions channel on YouTube.
Questions? Reach the Marketing and Communications team via email at grad-comm@charlotte.edu and view more resources via the Marketing and Communications Toolkit.
Dr. Daryl L. Kerr recently joined the Thomas L. Reynolds Center for Graduate Life and Learning as Faculty Associate.
Read more from the Graduate School.
