General News

UNC Charlotte’s Hollywood-inspired Giving Green Campaign drew rave reviews from generous faculty and staff members. The result was an epic total of $194,698 in one-time gifts and payroll-deductible pledges to benefit the Arts & Science Council, the State Employees Combined Campaign and the UNC Charlotte Foundation.

Chancellor Philip L. Dubois expressed his appreciation to faculty and staff members who made a financial contribution during a special Giving Green “After Party” in the Barnhardt Student Activity Center Wednesday, Nov. 18.

Service members who are deployed away from family and friends during the holidays remember the comfort of receiving cards from the public. As one soldier remarked for the Army News, “For those guys to receive letters, it was the thing that made Christmas for them in a place where the environment is not covered in snow and cheer but with sand and fear.”

On Nov. 5, Chancellor Philip L. Dubois sent a letter by email to all faculty and staff in which he reiterated a message from his August Convocation address: that the University will once again address compensation for employees

Anne Tompkins, former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina and UNC Charlotte alumna, will deliver the 2015 Barnhardt Seminar on Ethics and the World of Business. Starting at 6:30 p.m., Nov. 18, go to livestream.charlotte.edu to watch the presentation. The Office of University Communications is sponsoring the live stream.

Rep. Dean Arp, who earned a master’s degree in mechanical engineering at UNC Charlotte in 1999, discusses why science-based education is important to future economic development.

Often nontraditional students face challenges beyond those of college-aged students as they begin or return to college. Scholarships are one way to overcome the financial barrier, and 2015 was a record-setting year for the Office of Adult Students and Evening Services.

For 2015-16, OASES awarded nearly $150,000 in scholarships to 78 students. The recipients and donors recently attended a luncheon to celebrate this milestone.

Mark West, chair of the English Department, will receive the 2016 Anne Deveraux Jordan Award.

Presented by the Children’s Literature Association, the award is a kind of lifetime achievement award, recognizing significant contributions in scholarship and service to the field of children’s literature over the course of the scholar’s career. West will receive the award at the association’s annual conference in June 2016.

Susan McCarter, assistant professor in the School of Social Work, will be the guest on the Nov. 20 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast. Starting at noon, she will share her research on disproportionality across the justice system.

The blindfolded image of lady justice has long represented the ideals of America’s judicial system. Yet a mounting series of public incidents between police and African-Americans and data on the effects of socioeconomic status, race and education suggest that justice in America is far from blind.

A new master’s program in the UNC Charlotte School of Social Work will make it possible for enrollees to earn a graduate degree as a part-time student while taking many classes remotely.

The School of Social Work in the College of Health and Human Services will begin offering a part-time plan of study for its Master of Social Work (MSW) degree beginning in summer 2016. Created with working professionals in mind, the curriculum is the same as that offered in the full-time MSW program but allows students to earn the degree in three years, rather than two.

The Office of Extended Academic Programs offers numerous training opportunities. Discounts of approximately 50 percent are available for UNC Charlotte faculty and staff. For more information, call 704-687-8900 or email ceregistration@uncc.edu.