Academic Affairs

UNC Charlotte faculty members enter Halton Arena for the formal ceremony to welcome new students as part of the Day of Convocation Monday, Aug. 24.

Designed as a shared experience for incoming freshmen and transfers, “Day 1” or Day of Convocation was a campus-wide initiative to formally induct these new students into the UNC Charlotte academic community.

Prior to the 11 a.m. ceremony, students gathered at their colleges for welcome remarks from their respective deans prior to proceeding to Halton Arena.

Starting at 11 a.m., today, view a live broadcast of the formal ceremony for the “Day of Convocation,” a campus-wide initiative to formally induct new students into the UNC Charlotte academic community.

Margaret Quinlan, associate professor of communication studies, received the Bonnie Cone Early-Career Professorship during the University Convocation, Thursday, Aug. 20.

A three-year appointment, the Cone Early-Career Professorship for Teaching recognizes a recently tenured professor who embodies Bonnie Cone’s tenacious commitment to providing UNC Charlotte undergraduate and graduate students with enriching, high-quality educational experiences. The recipient is nominated by a dean or department chair and selected by a faculty committee of award-winning teachers.

While classes don’t start at UNC Charlotte until Aug. 24, there’s already a buzz of activity in the classrooms and hallways at the Charlotte Engineering Early College (CEEC) high school.

Distinct from its peers in one of the state’s largest public school districts, CEEC welcomed its second class of ninth-graders on Aug. 6, along with a handful of sophomore transfers from across Mecklenburg County.

Patrick Madsen is director of the University Career Center; he officially started the position on Monday, Aug. 17.

Madsen joins the University from UNC Greensboro, where he was director of its Career Services Center. He is recognized for successfully transforming UNC Greensboro’s career center into a contemporary one that meets the needs of today’s students, alumni and employers.

Organizers for this year’s Career and Public Service Expo, hosted by the University Career Center, expect more than 170 organizations to attend the event; the companies will offer students thousands of full-time jobs, internships and co-ops in a range of industries. 

For incoming freshmen and transfer students, Monday, Aug. 24, will be “Day 1,” a shared experience in which they will come together to learn more about what it means to be a 49er.

Day One, or Day of Convocation, is a campus-wide initiative designed to formally induct new students into the UNC Charlotte academic community.

Update: On Aug. 6, the House approved the bond bill described below by a vote of 76-29. It now goes to the Senate. The House amended the bill to move the date of the election to March 2016.
The Senate will likely make changes to the bond package.
On Aug. 5, the N.C. House voted 70-39 in an initial vote on the bond package.

A one-time freelance writer, Denelle Eads still relies upon her communications background as the outreach and staff development librarian for the J. Murrey Atkins Library.

“I work with colleagues to promote professional development opportunities and coordinate outreach activities to enable us all in the library to get to know each other,” said Eads. “Currently, we have about 85 faculty and staff members in Atkins, and I interact with everyone.”

After weeks of research, graduate students in the UNC Charlotte course “Knowledge Discovery in Databases” have analyzed diverse data sets related to sharks and have discovered certain patterns emerge.

There appears to be a correlation between the frequency of shark attacks and the phases of the moon, with attacks more prevalent around the time of the full moon. Other factors like tourism, crab population and sea temperature also appear in decision trees and rules that were part of the research process.