Spring Faculty Awards, Design-Build-Fly Competition and more

Design, Build, Fly

The UNC Charlotte student chapter of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics is flying high in more ways than one, competing in and raising money for the Design-Build-Fly competition, scheduled for May 2024, in Kansas. They will compete against hundreds of teams at this international event.

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FACULTY & STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Learn more about ChatGPT and AI tools, along with other important updates in this week’s Academic Affairs Weekly News Digest.
• Ready for tools like ChatGPT? Attend the Center for Teaching and Learning’s online workshop series: Supporting Student Study Skills and Supporting Student Writing in the Age of AI.
• Today is the Staff Council Chili/Soup and Cornbread Cook-off! Join us in the Cone University Center, Lucas Room, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• The deadline for nominations for the annual Staff Employee of the Year awards has been extended to 5 p.m., Friday, March 17.

STUDENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

• QPR is a 90-minute training to foster a community of care by teaching individuals to recognize the warning signs of suicide, including verbal, behavioral and situational clues. The next student training is tomorrow, March 14, from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
• Applications are open for the Dean of Students Office’s Honors and Awards for students graduating in May, August or December 2023. Apply through Sunday, March 19.

Only at Charlotte

Kirill Afonin, a professor of chemistry, and Margaret Quinlan, a professor of communication studies, received the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal and the Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award, respectively.

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