UNC Charlotte graduate and undergraduate students are invited to take part in the Penn Resilience Program. The program is a series of free workshops in February and March that teach strategies and skills to help you reach your goals, manage stress and strengthen your relationships.
Read more from the Graduate School.
The Graduate School is attending the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), hosted by the Council on Undergraduate Research, taking place from April 8-10 in Long Beach, California. The Council on Undergraduate Research advances undergraduate research in all disciplines, culminating in the annual NCUR conference. NCUR offers a unique opportunity for graduate programs to engage with more than 3,500 undergraduate scholars to identify prospective graduate students at the conference’s ‘Future Fair.’
The Graduate Admissions booth at the NCUR conference has limited space, but we invite program representatives to join us as there is an opportunity to add additional representatives if there is interest. Please share this opportunity with Graduate Program Directors in your colleges and encourage them to join the Graduate School in recruiting future students already engaged in undergraduate research. The School of Data Science also plans to participate and already has a booth reserved.
The deadline to register is March 1st. Please reach out to Ellie Ivey (efeely@charlotte.edu) in the Graduate School for additional information on registering independently or as part of the Graduate Admissions booth.
Adam Reitzel, professor of Biological Sciences, was awarded the 2024 First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal. Since 1988, this award has recognized a senior full-time faculty member annually for outstanding scholarship, creativity and/or research. Last year’s honoree was Kirill Afonin, professor of Chemistry.
The 2024 Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award was presented to Juan Vivero-Escoto, professor of Chemistry. Established in memory of the noted professor of biology, the de Silva award recognizes a full-time member of the graduate faculty who evinces outstanding graduate mentoring. The 2023 award went to Margaret Quinlan, professor of Communication Studies.
Ceremonies honoring the two award winners will be scheduled in the spring semester, presided over by the Chancellor, the Interim Dean of the Graduate School and University officers.
Read more about the de Silva Mentor Award, First Citizens Medal and past winners at the Graduate School.
The Graduate and Professional Student Government (GPSG) is accepting abstracts for the 2024 Graduate Research Symposium (GRS). Graduate students who engaged in research projects can enter the GRS and share results with other graduate students.
A PowerPoint document with complete instructions is available for download.
Adam Reitzel, Professor of Biological Sciences and co-director for the CIPHER Center, was recently named Faculty Fellow of Grant Writing in the new UNC Charlotte Graduate & Postdoctoral Writing Center (GPWC).
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The Graduate School will offer Mentor Training for graduate faculty May 15, 9:00-4:00, in its second session of the year. The session will be held in the Halton Reading Room.
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.
Join the more than 240 faculty members who have already participated in this training. You will leave with tools and best practices to help you effectively mentor graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.
Attendance is limited, so please sign-up early for the May 15 Session.
The Graduate Program Portal has been updated with Summer and Fall 2023 National Student Clearinghouse subsequent attendance data.
The portal can be accessed via the homepage of the Slate Reader or by the URL: https://gradapp.charlotte.edu/portal/graduateprograms
Sponsored by the Graduate School and in conjunction with the Graduate Research Symposium, the Diversity Scholars Forum will be held Mar. 22, 2024 in the Popp Martin Student Union, Multipurpose Room 340.
Students who are selected to participate will receive a modest $200 stipend to support their work and a certificate.
The event will feature graduate student and postdoctoral research related to diversity, equity and inclusion. The Diversity Scholars Forum showcases research that centers on DEI issues related to the community － both on campus and in the greater Charlotte community. To showcase their work, amplify their voices and celebrate the value of diversity, student presenters will give short lightning-round style poster presentations about their research projects.
Scholars interested in exhibiting their work are encouraged to submit their application before the Dec. 15 deadline.
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.
Graduate Admissions is hosting an information session Oct. 11 for admitted students who are undecided about accepting their offer of admission. Graduate School staff and current graduate students will share information to help them make a decision to continue their education at Charlotte.
Graduate Admissions counselors will review the decision letter, connecting with the program, accepting admission, funding and more.
Please encourage your newly admitted students to register to attend this informative session. For more information and to register, please visit Graduate Admissions.
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.
