General News
UNC Charlotte named a finalist for national degree completion award
As part of its ongoing efforts to increase degree completion, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) has named UNC Charlotte among three finalists for its 2019 Degree Completion Award. This annual honor works to identify, recognize and reward institutions that employ innovative approaches to improve degree completion while ensuring educational quality.
Anglers of all ages converged on campus
Nearly 100 people enjoyed a recent Saturday morning around Hechenbleikner Lake for the fourth Chancellor’s Fishing Derby.
Mass CPR trainings scheduled
UNC Charlotte’s Environmental Health and Safety Office (EHS) is sponsoring a mass training of hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on Thursday, Oct. 3. Three training sessions will be held in the Cone University Center, Room 210.
CTI to host ‘An Evening for Educators’
Charlotte Teachers Institute (CTI) Fellows and teacher-researchers will share new curricula created for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) students at the 2019 Evening for Educators. This event is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 8, at Discovery Place Education Studio.Learn about engaging new teaching ideas created by CMS teachers in their CTI seminars and summer research experiences and find out about new CTI seminars for CMS teachers in 2020.
Strong Enrollment Numbers
The numbers are in and UNC Charlotte remains the third-largest university in the UNC System, upholding its dynamic transformation to become North Carolina’s urban research university.
Webinar to feature ‘The Professor is In’
The Center for Graduate Life is sponsoring “Hacking the Academic Job Market.” This one-hour webinar, followed by a question-and-answer period, is scheduled for 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 19, in the Cone University Center, Room 268.Karen Kelsky, of the acclaimed The Professor Is In website, will lead this webinar, which is open to all graduate and postdoctoral students, as part of the University’s observance of National Postdoc Appreciation Week.
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Construction Report
See the progress on UNC Charlotte’s latest construction projects.
Can’t Miss Events
With the popular International Festival, an action-packed Kids Fest, the 5th Annual #NinerNationGives, Homecoming and more, UNC Charlotte has your next several weeks covered.
UTOP Cements Success
Support sought to give more first-year students the UTOP experience.