Academic Affairs

The Council on University Community is accepting proposals for the Chancellor’s Diversity Challenge Fund, which supports initiatives that promote the daily value of diversity in the intellectual life of the campus. Faculty, staff or students are eligible to apply for awards of up to $5,000.

The BRIDGES Academic Leadership Program offers UNC Charlotte female faculty and staff members the opportunity to develop and strengthen their leadership skills, knowledge and networking to be successful change agents in their communities.

To learn more about this unique leadership program and hear from past participants, attend the BRIDGES information session scheduled for 2:30 to 4 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 20, in the Cone University Center, Room 208.

The BRIDGES Academic Leadership Program offers UNC Charlotte female faculty and staff members the opportunity to develop and strengthen their leadership skills, knowledge and networking to be successful change agents in their communities.

To learn more about this unique leadership program and hear from past participants, attend the BRIDGES information session scheduled for 2:30 to 4 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 20, in the Cone University Center, Room 208.

The UNC Charlotte LGBTQ+ Staff and Faculty Caucus has formed a Trans Studies Reading Group, which will discuss Dean Spade’s “Normal Life.”

This group is open to all UNC Charlotte students, staff, and faculty; space is limited. Email Elisabeth Paquette (epaquet1@uncc.edu).

The reading group will explore Spade’s work in two meetings (5 to 7 p.m., Feb. 15 and March 15).

The UNC Charlotte LGBTQ+ Staff and Faculty Caucus has formed a Trans Studies Reading Group, which will discuss Dean Spade’s “Normal Life.”

This group is open to all UNC Charlotte students, staff, and faculty; space is limited. Email Elisabeth Paquette (epaquet1@uncc.edu).

The reading group will explore Spade’s work in two meetings (5 to 7 p.m., Feb. 15 and March 15).

Camps on Campus is the University’s summer programs of academic enrichment camps for children and young people in rising grades one through 12.

UNC Charlotte faculty and staff members will be able to register their children before the public starting at 8 a.m., Monday, Jan. 29, by calling 704-687-8900. A valid UNC Charlotte ID is required. Click here to view this year’s schedule of offerings.

Public registration will open at 8 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 30.

University Policy 406, The Code of Student Responsibility, was revised to account for recent changes in the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) guidance regarding Title IX cases.

Ventureprise Inc. is now accepting applications from UNC Charlotte teams for the spring 2018 I-Corps cohort. The program, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), helps participants bridge academic and entrepreneurial knowledge.

Effective Jan. 3, there is a new student tab in My UNC Charlotte. This more personalized tab compiles data from Banner, Canvas and Gmail onto one screen, which means fewer clicks for students to view information.

To see this new tab, go to my.charlotte.edu and click “Student-New.” This dashboard view includes:

Due to a planned building router software upgrade, several buildings, residential halls and parking lots will briefly (5-10 min.) lose access to all systems between 5 and 5:30 a.m. either Dec. 19, 20 or 21. This includes computers, phones, wired/wireless and the internet.

To minimize any inconvenience, the upgrades are scheduled well before normal working hours.  The daily schedule is listed below. (Buildings not listed won’t be affected by the outage.)

Tuesday, Dec. 19