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NCUR Conference Set for April

November 26, 2018 by White, Brian

The National Council on Undergraduate Research Conference is set for Kennesaw State University April 11-13. The NCUR Conference attracts more than 3,000 with research presentations on many disciplines.

Room registration is open some hotels are already fully booked. Conference registration begins in February.

From the organizer: “NCUR provides students with the opportunity to present their scholarly research in a professional setting and interact with their peers, in addition to meeting with graduate school and corporate recruiters.”

For more information, visit the NCUR website. Hotel options are available on NCUR’s Conference Hotels site.

Dec. 13 Webinar To Cover Education Market Opportunities in Brazil, Columbia

November 21, 2018 by White, Brian

The U.S. Dept. of Commerce is sponsoring a free webinar Dec. 13 entitled Education Market Opportunities in Brazil and Colombia.

The webinar will include information on Salão do Estudante fairs coming to six major Brazilian cities in March. The events will include opportunities to meet high school counselors, agents and directors of Brazilian universities.

For more information and to register, please visit the DOC’s Exports site.

DegreeWorks Survey Published

November 16, 2018 by White, Brian

A recent survey of Graduate Program Directors assessing usage level and soliciting suggestions for improvement has been published.

The summary of results of the survey is available for download.

Veterans’ Fellowship Named for Donor, Rules Changed

November 15, 2018 by White, Brian

The Graduate School’s Veterans Scholarship, an $18,000 GPD-nominated grant, was recently named in honor of Commander F.M. (Mike) Reynolds, a Graduate School donor and brother of Associate Provost and Graduate School Dean Tom Reynolds.

Commander Reynolds retired from the U.S. Navy after more than 30 years of service. During the Vietnam War, he served as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. Impervious, a minesweeper operating along the coast of South Vietnam and later in the Gulf of Tonkin. During his tour as C.O., Reynolds earned the nickname “Iron Mike” for his steadfast service, fearless dedication to duty, and unwavering leadership under the most arduous conditions of war.

“The University of North Carolina at Charlotte recognizes the many sacrifices our veterans made while serving our country,” Dean Reynolds said. “This scholarship was established to provide the opportunity for veterans to continue their higher education to become the next generation of public and private sector leaders committed to the service of others.”

The Reynolds Veteran’s Scholarship is open to military veterans from any branch of service and admitted to any master’s or doctoral degree program at UNC Charlotte.

In addition to the name change, the first year of this scholarship is service-free. In the second year, the student has the option to hold an assistantship (TA or RA) or continue with the service-free award.

Details on this and all other fellowship opportunities are available on the Graduate School’s Fellowships page.

New Student Funding Dashboard Coming for GPDs

November 14, 2018 by White, Brian

A fully integrated system that will allow GPDs to view, nominate, prioritize, and manage funding for students will go live in the coming weeks.

GPDs and staff are invited to a demo of the system Dec. 6, 1:30 – 2:45 p.m. in Cato Hall 248. Please RSVP to Amy Palmer to ensure seating is available.

Contact Julie Goodliffe if you have questions.

Dean Introduces New Leadership Award

November 14, 2018 by White, Brian

The Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award program honoring excellence in graduate program administration will launch in spring 2019.

The award will be presented to a Graduate Program Director or Graduate Program Coordinator selected by a committee of Graduate School staff, Graduate Council, Graduate and Professional Student Government and previous winners.

In launching the award, Dean Reynolds said, “In addition to managing enrollment, Graduate Program Directors and Coordinators track and manage their students while implementing programs and services to promote their success. Doing this well deserves recognition and praise.”

The award will be made annually. The winner will receive $1000, an engraved plaque, and his or her name will be engraved on a perpetual trophy.

For more information on award criteria, please download the Information Sheet. To submit a nomination, please use the Reynolds Leadership Award Google Form.

Funds Available for GPD-Nominated New Students

November 14, 2018 by White, Brian

Fellowship grants ranging to $18,000 plus tuition and health insurance are now available to new students – but a Graduate Program Director must nominate them.

Through Mar. 15, students nominated for one of several available fellowships will be contacted by the Graduate School and instructed to apply (if they haven’t already) in the NinerScholars portal. You may nominate a student by going to the NinerScholars student nomination portal.

View this Tutorial from Julie Goodliffe, Director of Funding and Fellowships, which explains the nomination process in NinerScholars.

Fellowship Name	Total Offered	Deadline	New or Continuing	Degree Level	Academic Criteria	Citizenship	GPD Nominated
Commander F.M. (Mike) Reynolds Veterans Scholarship	$18,000 stipend, full tuition, health insurance and fees – 2 years	March 15, 2019	New	Master’s or doctoral	GPA 3.0-4.0	US	Yes
Herschel and Cornelia Everett Fellowship – Master’s	$10,000, in-state tuition	March 15, 2019	New	Master’s	GPA 3.2-4.0	US, preferably NC or SC resident	Yes
Herschel and Cornelia Everett Fellowship – Doctoral	$15,000, in-state tuition, health insurance	March 15, 2019	New	Doctoral	GPA 3.2-4.0	US, preferably NC or SC resident	Yes
Wayland H. Cato Fellowship	$18,000, tuition, fees, health insurance	March 15, 2019	New	Doctoral	GPA 3.0-4.0	No restriction	Yes
William F. Kennedy Graduate Fellowship	$18,000, tuition, health insurance and fees	March 15, 2019	New	Doctoral	GPA 3.0-4.0	No restriction	Yes

Online Form Available for Reporting Research Misconduct

November 13, 2018 by White, Brian

UNC Charlotte’s Research Integrity Office (RIO) now has a confidential web-based form available to submit reports of research misconduct.

Headed by Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School Tom Reynolds, the RIO is responsible for investigating allegations of plagiarism, falsification, and fabrication of research materials.

“Fortunately, we see few cases of suspected misconduct,” Reynolds said. “And the ones we investigate we often can resolve without damaging the reputation of our researchers or hampering progress of the research. Still, we must be vigilant to avoid even the appearance of misconduct.”

University Policy 309 defines misconduct as fabricating or falsifying data, plagiarizing work, or failing to follow accepted practices in proposing, performing, reviewing or reporting on research.

Use the RIO form to submit questions about research misconduct or examples of misconduct that you have observed. Reports filed with the RIO are held in strict confidence.

CGL Names 2018 3MT Winners

November 12, 2018 by White, Brian

Xueying Brown, Environmental Engineering, and Donna Goodenow, Biological Sciences, received honors as the top presenters in the Center for Graduate Life’s 2018 Three-Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition held at the Halton Reading Room of Atkins Library Nov. 9.

Visit the News on the Graduate School’s home page for details.

New Teaching Course Planned for Spring

October 30, 2018 by White, Brian

The Center for Graduate Life (CGL) will introduce a new course for graduate students who teach, or undergraduates who want to learn, to identify and build effective classroom practices.

Read the full story in the Graduate School‘s News section.

Graduate Students Polish Delivery for Career Success

October 22, 2018 by Stanchina, Karla

When your career is on the line, getting your point across can be everything.

Graduate students at UNC Charlotte are learning how to boil down extensive and complex research or scholarship into a brief, compelling presentation that anyone can understand – especially the boss. In November each year, students take what they’ve learned to the stage in the Three-Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition.

The professional development courses – and the competition – come from the Graduate School’s Center for Graduate Life (CGL) in Cone University Center 268. The CGL exists to provide a comfortable place, a sense of community, and the developmental support to help graduate students navigate their time here and find success when they graduate.

The CGL programming fits what appears to be a growing need. According to an article in Fast Company, American employers say nearly half of graduates arrive on the job lacking the interpersonal skills to succeed.

“Polishing communication and other soft skills like critical thinking and decision making, has long been a focus for our Center for Graduate Life,” said Tom Reynolds, Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School. “We assess what employers are looking for, beyond the educational discipline, and develop the supplemental programming to meet those needs.”

Students hone their skills in CGL courses and workshops that include such titles as Workplace Communications, Elements of Business Writing and Strategies for Communicating Your Research. Then, they can put those skills to the test through the 3MT® competition.

Through 3MT®, a program that originated at the University of Queensland, Australia, participants compete based on how clear and engaging they can be with their research presentation. The presentations are limited to three minutes and the contestants may use only one static slide.

Finalists in this year’s UNC Charlotte competition will present to an audience in the Halton Reading Room of Atkins Library on Nov. 9 at 3 p.m. Winners will take away cash prizes and a chance to travel to this year’s Conference of Southern Graduate Schools annual meeting in Knoxville.

A reception and celebration of the winners will follow the competition.

The first 3MT® competition was held in 2008 with 160 University of Queensland research students competing. Since then, the competition has spread to 350 universities across 18 countries.

Visit the Center for Graduate Life for more information on the Graduate School’s professional development opportunities.

NinerScholars Portal Open

October 22, 2018 by White, Brian

The NinerScholars Portal is now open for students to begin applying for scholarship for the 2019-20 academic year.

If your college or department has not completed the Scholarship Content Review Process, you’ll need to do so before the University Scholarship Office can open your application to students. Scholarship funds which currently do not have a sufficient balance to make a 2019-20 award, but receive the necessary funding to make an award before February 1, 2019, may still be opened in NinerScholars.

Please contact the University Scholarship Office (USO) if a scholarship that is currently closed to applications should be opened.

The USO will host a training session for the NinerScholars Administrator and Reviewer Portals in early February. The session will offer resources and in-depth training on current and new functionality in the portals. The system enhancements will streamline your application review, recipient selection, and award administration processes. All new and continuing scholarship administrators are encouraged to attend; more details will be made available in the coming month.

You may contact the USO at 704-687-5871 or by emailing scholarships@uncc.edu.

GA Taps Play Therapy Association for Recruitment

October 16, 2018 by White, Brian

Graduate School graduate assistant Krystal Turner, MA, Counseling, recently participated in the annual conference of the Association of Play Therapy (APT) in Phoenix where she helped promote graduate education at UNC Charlotte and presented on the research project “Child Parent Relationship Therapy (CPRT) for Adoptive Families: Parents’ Lived Experiences.”

“We ran a booth to promote the UNC Charlotte Graduate School as well as the UNC Charlotte Multicultural Play Therapy Center,” Turner said.

Visit the Graduate School News page for the full story.

Workshops Available for GPDs

October 15, 2018 by White, Brian

To replace the cancelled Graduate Education Summit, the Graduate School is offering a series of workshops addressing many of the topics that would have been covered at the Summit. Please register for each workshop.

Friday, October 26^thEnrollment Management, Funding, and New Initiatives in Graduate Education

9:00 – 10:00 am Understanding Program Capacity and Developing Enrollment Projections

Location: Graduate School Conference Room, 248 Cato Hall

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10:00 – 11:00 am Funding Strategies to Support Your Graduate Students

Location: Graduate School Conference Room, 248 Cato Hall

Register

12:00 – 1:00 pm Overview of Graduate School organization, staffing and new initiatives