Graduate School

Three military veterans will begin earning their master’s degrees at UNC Charlotte aided by substantial awards provided by the University’s Graduate School. The funding, called assistantships, will cover tuition and health insurance, plus a $12,000 annual stipend. Total value of each assistantship is roughly $36,000. The awards require the students to aid professors in their departments with research and teaching.

Doctoral student Hannah Peach and master’s candidate Jessica Morton are the 2015 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award recipients, presented by the Graduate School and Center for Graduate Life.

The honor recognizes one doctoral and one master’s student who were nominated by their faculty supervisors for their work as teaching assistants. These separate awards allow UNC Charlotte to recognize the different types of tasks and demands placed upon graduate teaching assistants at their respective level.

The 15th annual Graduate Research Symposium (GRS) was held recently in the J. Murrey Atkins Library.  This student-run conference showcased current student research taking place at UNC Charlotte.  First-place winners received $800 each.

This year’s top paper and poster presentations were:

Physical Science Category
Paper

Three UNC Charlotte students have received National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF) for 2015; this brings the total number of NSF GRF students produced by UNC Charlotte to 20.

Dena Shenk, professor of anthropology and graduate coordinator of the Gerontology Program, is the 2015 recipient of the Harshini V. de Silva Award; the honor is presented annually to a faculty member who best exemplifies de Silva’s commitment to graduate students.

Colleagues regard Shenk as an exceptional graduate mentor who has had an influential impact on the Gerontology Program.

The UNC Charlotte Graduate School has added a new opportunity to attract military veterans to enroll in one of its extensive list of master’s and doctoral degree programs.  Beginning with the fall 2015 semester, the Graduate School is offering two graduate assistantships designated exclusively for veteran students.  Each two-year assistantship is valued at $36,000 to $45,000 and includes full tuition, health insurance and an assistantship stipend.

Join the Graduate Life Fellows in the Center for Graduate Life from 3 to 5 p.m., Thursday, March 26, for a “Stress-reduction and Self-care Open House.” Visitors can enjoy yoga, guided relaxation, stress-reduction skills training and more.  The event is open to the public.

The schedule of event is:

3 to 3:15 p.m. Yoga

3:20 to  3:35 p.m. Guided meditation

3:40 to  3:55 p.m. Stress-reduction and coping skills training*

4 to 4:15 p.m. Yoga

4:20 to 4:35 p.m. Guided meditation

Hua Xu, the Robert Graham Associate Professor at the School of Biomedical Informatics in the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, will present “Natural Language Processing: Methods and Applications in the Medical Domain” at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 25, in Fretwell Building, Room 126.

A documentary screening and panel discussion of “Living Thinkers: An Autobiography of Black Women in the Ivory Tower” will be at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 12, in the College of Health and Human Services, Room 128.

Kristen Reynolds, a master’s student in English literature and a Graduate Life Fellow of the Center for Graduate Life, will host the event.

The Charlotte Research Scholars (CRS) program is accepting applications for summer 2015. A summer research program for high-achieving students, the CRS provides research experience and professional development for students in their field of interest.