Student Affairs

The Thomas L. Reynolds Center for Graduate Life and Learning (Reynolds CGLL) has issued a call for students to speak at the 2025 spring commencement and doctoral hooding ceremonies.

For commencement, student speeches will run no more than three minutes and focus on personal success and that of peers, the people who have played a role in success and that relate to graduates from different majors and backgrounds. More information and an application is available for the commencement ceremony.

Hooding ceremony speeches will run 5-7 minutes and address the impact of research on career progress, experience of becoming a researcher and the role and impact of mentors.

Reynolds CGLL provides more information and an application for the hooding ceremony.

Alyssa Martin ’23, a graduate of UNC Charlotte’s M.A. in History program, has been awarded the 2025 Master’s Thesis Award in the Fine Arts and Humanities thesis category from the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools (CSGS).

Read more from the Graduate School.

The Thomas L. Reynolds Center for Graduate Life and Learning (Reynolds CGLL) will host a welcome reception for new graduate students Jan. 14, beginning at 4 p.m. at the Popp Martin Student Center, Room 340 D-I.

The reception, open to all new grad students – including part-time and distance education – will introduce newcomers to the resources available on campus. Staff from the Graduate School and other campus organizations will be on hand to welcome new students. 

For more information and to register, please visit the Reynolds CGLL.

The Graduate School will welcome new doctoral students Jan. 10 for the Spring 2025 Doctoral Student Orientation.

The event will be held in the Atkins Library Halton Reading Room beginning at 9 a.m. 

The session is designed to prepare new doctoral students for what’s ahead in graduate education, and help students make important new connection

Register to attend at the Thomas L. Reynolds Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

The Thomas L Reynolds Center for Graduate Life and Learning (Reynolds CGLL) will host a virtual orientation for new graduate students Jan. 9 at 4 p.m.

The session will include a variety of breakout sessions that address questions many new grad students have on their mind.  The session also will feature a message from the Graduate School Dean and information on services offered by Reynolds CGLL.

Our virtual presentations are designed to foster interpersonal interaction, just as a face-to-face meeting would do. For that reason, no digital note-takers, recorders, or other AI-driven programs are permitted in our Zoom workshops.

Register to attend at Reynolds CGLL.

Charlotte’s 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition is in the books, with Lauren Hultquist, Psychology, Vedika Judyani, Bioinformatics and Brandon Bendickson, Bioinformatics taking first, second and third place honors, respectively. Sarah Tesar, Social Work, won the People’s Choice award.

The final event in this year’s competition, sponsored by the Thomas L. Reynolds Center for Graduate Life and Learning, was held Nov. 22 in the Rowe Auditorium.

Read more from the Graduate School.

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. 

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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.

The Graduate School recently named 8 students representing a cross-section of Charlotte programs to Graduate Teaching Fellowships for 2023-24.

Fellows receive a $3,000 award and participate in a two-semester training program for doctoral students pursuing careers in college-level teaching. 

Read more from the Graduate School.

The Reynolds Center for Graduate Life and Learning will host a virtual orientation for new graduate students Aug. 17 from 4-6 p.m.  The session will offer information on transitioning to graduate school, managing the reading load, balancing school and family and finding your way around campus. 

For more information and to register, please visit the Reynolds Center for Graduate Life and Learning.