The deadline for nominations for the three competitive Veteran Graduate Assistantships is COB, Friday, Mar. 16. All that is required is an e-mail from the Program Director to Dr. Alan Freitag in the Graduate School (arfreita@uncc.edu) nominating the admitted student. Contact Dr. Freitag for details.
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Veteran Education Events Coming Up
Education fairs are planned at North Carolina military installations in which colleges and departments may wish to participate. Camp Lejeune (on the coast near Jacksonville, NC) will host its Spring National Education Expo Apr. 18. Fort Bragg’s Training and Education Center (near Fayetteville, NC) hosts its Education Expo on May 15.
There is no cost for the Camp Lejeune event, but the Fort Bragg event has a $100 participation fee. Contact Dr. Alan Freitag in the Graduate School (arfreita@uncc.edu, x77312) for details.
Recruiting Opportunity Mar. 20 at Wingate
Wingate University’s 2018 Spring Recruiting Fair is Mar. 20, 4:30-6 p.m. at Wingate’s Laverne Banquet Hall.
Reservation is free for the first two representatives. For more, visit Wingate’s registration page.
Campbell Career Fair Mar. 27
Campbell University’s 2018 Career Fair will host a multitude of employers and agencies from the public and private sectors interested in networking with students and alumni.
The event is Tuesday, Mar. 27 in Campbell’s John W. Pope Convocation Center from 11:30- 3:30 p.m.
Registration ($200 for corporate and $100 for non-profit and graduate programs) includes a dedicated table space, parking, lunch and refreshments for two representatives.
For more information and to register, visit Campbell University’s Career Fair site. For questions, contact careerfair@campbell.edu.
Dissertation, Thesis Submission Streamlined and Updated
Several improvements recently were made in the way final documents and fees are submitted for completing dissertations and theses.
The downloadable form for Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) was simplified and reduced to a single page. The form should be scanned and emailed to aura.young@uncc.edu. Just as before, the committee chair’s signature is required for students’ work to be accepted into ProQuest. (In the case of an unsatisfactory defense, this document should be withheld and not the Final Defense Report.) Deadline for submitting the ETD is April 16 for doc students and May 7 for Master’s students.
An online payment portal now is available for submission and optional copyright, Open Access and binding fees.
For more information visit the Center for Graduate Life’s Dissertation & Thesis Formatting page, also updated with links to information on manuscript preparation, ProQuest’s subject categories, publication options, embargoes, copyright, and permissions.
Remember, the inaugural Doctoral Hooding Ceremony is only weeks away!
eGA Webinar Set for Mar. 1
The Graduate School’s student funding team will host a webinar Mar. 1 to discuss funding nominations, SEA form submission and to answer questions about the eGA system for creating graduate assistantships.
The webinar will start at 10:30 a.m. Use the link below to join the webinar:
Meeting number: 646 236 728
Join by phone:
1-415-655-0002 Toll
Access code: 646 236 728
Use your Employee Benefits for a Graduate Education
The Graduate School will conduct an information session Mar. 28 from 12-1 for University employees who hold a baccalaureate degree and wish to pursue their graduate education. Enrollment counselors will explain the easy application process, answer program questions and distribute HR information for the tuition waiver and free textbook rental programs. The session will be held in Cato 248.
Full-time employees can take three classes per year, tuition free. Additionally, employees can apply easily for admission as a graduate certificate or post-baccalaureate (non-degree) student without standardized tests, transcripts or recommendation requirements. To reserve your seat, complete the registration.
Recruiting Event Mar. 28 in Columbia
Columbia College will host a Grad School Fair Wednesday, Mar. 28. The event will draw undergraduate students from the Columbia metropolitan area.
The Fair will be in the Columbia College Student Dining Hall, 1301 Columbia College Drive, Columbia, SC 29203. Registration and parking are free.
To register go to the Columbia College Grad School Fair registration page. For more information, contact Nigel Smith, (nsmith@columbiasc.edu), Coordinator of Career Coaching, (803) 786-3604.
Social Work Virtual Recruiting Event Apr. 18
A virtual event planned for Apr. 18 will connect students interested in graduate programs in social work with interested graduate school educators without the usual transportation expense.
Learn more by visiting the Social Work Grad School Virtual Fair web site.
Apr. 6 Recruiting Opportunity at Livingstone
Livingstone College in Salisbury, N.C. will host a Graduate School / Career Fair Friday, Apr. 6 from 11-2 p.m. The cost of the fair $75.00. To register visit Livingstone College’s registration site.
New Course Scheduler Coming Mar. 5
Schedule Wizard is a schedule building tool for students that allows for a simple and less cumbersome course scheduling process to support the goal of degree completion. Students easily select preferred classes, block off breaks/personal commitments, and generate possible schedules for registration.
Schedule Wizard will be available on the student view of my.uncc.edu under Quick Links beginning Mar. 5. While the tool will be helpful to undergraduates with many course options, it is also available to graduate students. For more information about the program, visit the Schedule Wizard page of the Office of the Registrar website.
Advisor Open Swims:
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Thursday, February 22, 10:00 – 11:00 AM, CHHS 370
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Monday, February 26, 2:00 – 3:00 PM, CHHS 370
Salem College Recruiting Event Mar. 8
The Salem College Spring 2018 Career Fair, Mar. 8, 12-3 p.m., is an opportunity for exposure to bright, motivated and capable students interested in graduate education.
The Graduate School has a table registered for the Expo and invites all interested to register for a table. Registrations will go fast. If you are interested in attending, please go to Salem College, event registration.
For more information, contact Maryanne Maree-Sams, Graduate Enrollment Counselor, 704-687-7243.
Spring Dissertation Writing Retreat Registration Open
The spring Dissertation Writing Retreat Mar. 5-8 gives doctoral students an opportunity to advance their dissertation work. More information is available from the Center for Graduate Life.
Graduate Life Fellow Applications Open
Students may apply to join the Graduate School’s Graduate Life Fellows (GLF) program through Mar. 19.
GLFs have an opportunity to build leadership skills by helping build awareness of opportunities and resources, and providing support for graduate students from orientation through graduation.
For more information, please visit the Center for Graduate Life’s GLF page.
Fall ’18 Grad Student Funding Developments
As the Graduate School engages in the application and student funding process this term, we need to prepare our funding profile for fall 2018. We’re not certain what that profile will look like, but we know it will be driven by two primary factors:
- The amount of funds that will be available for graduate student support in the fall; and
- Actual fall graduate student enrollment.
Consequently, the Graduate School will stop making continuous awards on April 1 and place new nominations from Program Directors in a “waiting pool.” Then on April 15, the Graduate School will begin making limited awards to those in the “waiting pool” based on funds made available as a result of declined offers. Nominations received after April 15 will move into that “waiting pool.” That’s when available funding will determine distribution of funds.
For GASP funding support, make sure that when you nominate a student for GASP that you are also providing that student with a college/department-funded assistantship. Award of that assistantship is a prerequisite for receiving matching contributions from the Graduate School in the form of tuition support.
For more information on the funding process for fall 2018, visit Student Support on the Graduate School’s Faculty and Staff section.
Nominate A Veteran for an Assistantship
Categories: Student Funding
The deadline for nominations for up to three annual Veteran Graduate Assistantships is March 16. All that is required for eligible candidates is that the applicant be accepted into your program and that the Graduate Program Director make the nomination. Email Alan Freitag in the Graduate School with your nominations.
This program reflects the Graduate School’s efforts to recruit exceptionally talented military veterans to our graduate programs. These Veteran Graduate Assistantships provide a graduate assistantship (teaching or research) for two academic years, resident tuition support and health insurance (if needed, based on the candidate’s veteran benefit status), to three newly admitted graduate students (doctoral or master’s).
For more information, visit the Graduate School‘s web site.
To date, eight outstanding veterans have benefited from this program:
- LaKeysha Sawyer, Social Work Master’s
- Tracy Valero, Health Administration Master’s
- Nathan Lambert, Mechanical Engineering Master’s
- Magin Day, Health Psychology Ph.D.
- Frank Thompson, Counseling Master’s
- Tyler Crone, Mathematical Finance Master’s
- Taryn Greene, Health Psychology Ph.D.
- Charles Williams, Social Work Master’s
Here are details concerning these awards:
- Open to military veterans from any branch of service with an Honorable Discharge admitted to any Master’s or Doctoral degree program.
- Student must be newly admitted to a graduate program at UNC Charlotte but not yet enrolled (first-year student).
- Award begins with the fall semester.
- Assistantship is served with the recipient’s home department.
- Up to three competitive awards will be made each year.
- For doctoral students the funding will be $18,000 for 9 months, and for master’s students $12,000 for 9 months.
- Recipients are eligible to receive tuition awards for resident tuition support plus health insurance if needed (the Graduate School and Veteran Services Office will work with each recipient to align the award with VA benefits to ensure the best combination for the student).
- Students must register for a minimum of 6 graduate credit hours in each term the assistantship is in effect and maintain satisfactory progress toward the degree to remain eligible.
- The assistantship will be in place for two years, after which the department or program of study must provide funding as necessary. A third year for a master’s student may be negotiated if needed to complete the degree. After the second year, doctoral programs are expected to provide continuing support (assistantship or fellowship) to the recipient as long as the student is making satisfactory progress toward the degree (full-time enrollment with a minimum grade point average of 3.00). The Graduate School will commit to continuing resident tuition and health insurance awards for an additional three years.
- Graduate Program Director recommends veteran student for award after student has been accepted into the program; Graduate School committee reviews applicants and selects up to three recipients each year
New Doctoral Hooding Ceremony Launches with May Commencement
Categories: Academic Affairs
Beginning with the May Commencement, UNC Charlotte graduating doctoral students will be recognized in a separate ceremony, which will include hooding by their advisor. This new Graduate Hooding Ceremony is May 10 at Halton Arena of the Student Activity Center.
The inaugural event will feature Chancellor Philip L. Dubois as keynote speaker.
“The hooding ceremony is in addition to and does not replace commencement,” said Dr. Tom Reynolds, dean of the Graduate School. “The ceremony is a special recognition of our doctoral students’ significant achievements. The stand-alone event will place greater emphasis on each doctoral recipient.”
Doctoral candidates will receive details of the ceremony when they apply to graduate.
For more information, please visit the Commencement site.
See the following FAQs for assistance in responding to student questions on this change:
Q: Will I receive my diploma at the Hooding Ceremony or at Commencement?
- Doctoral students will receive the Diploma at the Hooding ceremony as well as be hooded.
Q: Will I also be hooded at Commencement?
A: No, but you will walk across the stage and be recognized along with the other graduates at Commencement.
Q: Do I have to attend both in order to graduate?
A: No, but we hope you will take the opportunity to participate in both the Hooding ceremony and Commencement to allow us to celebrate your achievement.
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Nominations Sought
Categories: Academic Affairs
The Center for Graduate Life is calling for nominations for the 2017-2018 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, one at the Doctoral level and one at the Master’s Level.
This faculty-nominated award is open to all GTAs who meet the following criteria:
- The nominee must have demonstrated superior teaching skills while serving as a stand-alone instructor in the classroom or laboratory, or assisting the professor with teaching in the classroom or laboratory.
- The nominee should have outstanding student evaluations. If the program in which the nominee teaches does not collect student evaluations, the nominee must offer equivalent substitutions. Nominees without student evaluations are unlikely to succeed in the award process.
- The nominee should have original teaching materials that support his or her nomination.
- The nominee must have had significant teaching responsibilities for at least two semesters. The current semester may be counted.
- Nominees must be enrolled full-time.
- Nominees must be able to request a letter of recommendation from a faculty member who has worked closely with them in their teaching role. This letter can be from the faculty member who nominated them.
Faculty supervisors of GTAs have been notified about the award as well. If there are any outstanding GTAs you’d like to see recognized, please submit a nomination, even if you are not the supervisor.
Nominations should be emailed to Judith Krauss at jkrauss@uncc.edu. Nomination emails require only the nominee’s name, ID 800 number, email address, degree, and program. Dr. Krauss will contact the nominees directly and guide them through the rest of the application and submission process.
- The deadline for nominations is Friday February 9th.
- Nominees will have until Friday March 2nd to submit their packets.
- The award ceremony will be held April 20th — mark your calendars!
Family Friendly Library Room Open to Students
Categories: Student Affairs
If you are teaching students who have children or dependents, please make them aware that OASES has partnered with the Atkins Library and the ANSWER Scholarship program to build the ANSWER Scholarship Family-Friendly Library Room in Atkins 209. This is a space where parents can bring their children and study, complete with computers, and early literacy computer, books, toys, a TV, and much more. A convenient and beneficial student resource for adults who are juggling time management with school and family. You must register in advance to have access to the room. For more information and to register, visit the Family Friendly Room site.
If you’re interested in contributing to the construction of a second Family Friendly Room, contact Leana Zona, lzona@uncc.edu.
Graduate Admissions Application Portal Gets a Makeover
Beginning Monday, Jan. 29, visitors to the Graduate School’s student application portal will find a redesigned site with simpler navigation that is more mobile-friendly.
The change also replaces the unique user name with the applicant’s email address and sends a confirmation message to that address for validation as part of the registration process. Note: Existing users will need to use their old user name the first time they sign on to the new system.
The application portal allows prospects and applicants to:
- Submit information
- RSVP to an event
- Ask questions
- View emails
- Apply for admission or re-admission
- Monitor application status
- View the decision letter
- Confirm intent to enroll
For more information on Admissions, visit the Graduate School’s Recruitment and Admissions page.
