The Graduate School Funding and Assistantships team will host a webinar Apr. 19 to provide information and answer questions from faculty and staff.
Topic: Meeting with Funding/Assistantships Team
Time: Apr. 19, 2021, 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Meeting ID: 971 4543 6961
Passcode: 477656
Charlotte Venture Challenge and Innovation Virtual Showcase, scheduled Apr. 20, will feature UNC Charlotte research startups, student entrepreneurs, local startups and technologies for license.
The event will also include a sampling of student business and social entrepreneurs seeking to launch new companies.
For more information and to register, please visit the event site.
The Office of Undergraduate Research launches the 2021 Virtual Undergraduate Research Conference this week, with presentations and judging Apr. 15 and 16.
For more information, please visit the Undergraduate Research Conference website.
For more information and to register, please visit the Center for Graduate Life.
Outstanding graduate students are the key to the success of any research university. In the words of Graduate School Dean Tom Reynolds, “They are necessary to attract top faculty which in turn drives our research and scholarship forward to the next level.”
The driving force behind graduate education is the desire to address business and community needs. Our Center for Graduate Life delivers professional development, career preparation and a sense of community that equips well-educated students with leadership, cultural and communication skills they need to succeed. Our Graduate Fellowships help provide the resources students need to maintain focus on their studies and progress toward their degree.
Please consider how you can assist UNC Charlotte’s Graduate School in educating and training graduate students whose work in laboratories, private industry and national universities contributes to America’s global leadership. Today’s graduate student becomes tomorrow’s highly trained, skilled leader or employee.
Show your support by visiting #NinerNationGives.
Registration Begins Apr. 5 for GRAD 6330 – Workplace Communications.
The 2-credit course, instructed by Ivanna Garibaldi Campbell, covers principles of good communication in the workplace with a focus on writing for the technical fields.
Visit the course schedule at my.uncc.edu to register. More information on academic from the CGL is available from the CGL Academics website.
Four students – two from the William States Lee College of Engineering and two from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences – were awarded the highly competitive and prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation for 2021.
The four; Forest Atcheson, Electrical Engineering, Terawit Kongruengkit, Materials Engineering, Anthony Lindsay, Political Science, and Christopher Neff, Electrical Engineering are among only 2,000 students selected nationwide to receive the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship from more than 16,000 applicants.
For more information, please visit the Graduate School.
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 Center for Graduate Life is accepting applications for the Graduate School Teaching Fellowship (GSTF) through May 1.
Fellows receive an award of $3000 plus focused instruction in course design, teaching methodology, and classroom best practices.
For more information and to apply, please visit the Graduate School Teaching Fellowship application page.
The Human Resources Department is accepting nominations of exemplary, dedicated people for the annual Employee of the Year award. Nominations will be accepted through Mar. 19.
More information and a nomination form are available from Human Resources.
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.
The Center for Graduate Life (CGL) will offer the Accelerate to Industry (A2i) workshop Leading from Behind Mar. 12, featuring key leaders of intelligence software company Tresata.
Members of Tresata’s management team will share strategies on leveraging the soft skills needed to motivate high performance and help leaders lead.
Graduate students can register through the CGL.
