Academic Affairs

As director of corporate and custom training, Amy Wartham is responsible for consulting with organizations in the Charlotte region about their workforce development needs. She has been at the University for 23 and a half years,  her first six with the Belk College of Business before moving to the School of Professional Studies. Learn more about Wartham in this Q&A.

Tierra Durant is a graduate student studying social work in the College of Health and Human Services. She is involved with the Graduate Social Work Association and is a graduate assistant for the Student Advising for Freshman Excellence Program, housed within the Office of Identity, Equity and Engagement. Learn more about Durant in this Q&A.What is the most rewarding part of being a graduate assistant for the SAFE Program?

What is ChatGPT? How should it be used in academia? These are questions facing higher education institutions this spring, and UNC Charlotte is no exception. 

Much discussion is occurring around the academic usage and integrity of text-based generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, a new chatbot software that can explain ideas and concepts and generate convincing, human-like, though often oversimplified and sometimes inaccurate, written text. 

Charlotte faculty members Kirill Afonin and Margaret Quinlan are the 2023 recipients of the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal and the Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award, respectively.

Celebrate Women’s History Month at UNC Charlotte.

Evan Wantland, a teaching professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, was recently named director of Math Pathways. In this new role, he is responsible for making sure the people and resources are in place to redesign the University’s Math Pathways for every student as the focus of Charlotte’s Quality Enhancement Plan. Learn more about Wantland and the University’s QEP in this Q&A. What is NINERways: The Path to Math Success and what is your role in the program?

Nine new proposals have been selected by UNC Charlotte’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion to receive spring 2023 Inclusive Excellence Grants for their potential to advance diversity, promote equity and foster inclusion throughout Charlotte and the surrounding community.

The University’s online master’s in education programs are No.1 in North Carolina, according to U.S. News & World Report.

UNC Charlotte has strengthened its reputation as one of the nation’s top providers of online education, rising to No. 4 (tie) on U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Online Bachelor’s Degrees ranking.

David Rodriguez, a senior majoring in public health sciences, recently received the Community Impact Student Award given by North Carolina Campus Engagement, a statewide network of colleges and universities committed to preparing students for civic and social responsibility.