General News

The doctoral program in coiunselor education recently received the Robert Frank Outstanding Counselor Education Program Award from the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES). Each year, the Robert Frank Outstanding Counselor Education Program Award goes to a counselor education program nationally that exemplifies the importance of excellence through standards and innovation. Read more at […]

The Graduate School will conduct a webinar Oct. 14 at 12:30 p.m. for University employees who wish to pursue their graduate education. Graduate School staff will explain the easy application process and share information about the tuition waiver program for employees in permanent positions who work 30 hours or more each week, 9 months of […]

Honoring excellence in graduate program administration, the Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award recognizes excellent leadership and outstanding service by a Graduate Program Director or Coordinator. Nominations for 2021-22 will be accepted through 5 p.m., Jan. 28. Graduate Program Directors and Coordinators are leadership positions for the University and play an important and pivotal role in […]

Dr. Julie Goodliffe, Director of Funding and Fellowships for the Graduate School, will facilitate a Sept. 23 forum co-sponsored by the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools (CSGS) and the Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools (CHGBS) titled Reality Roundtable. The session will focus on timely topics including Covid-19 safety measures and concerns, transitioning students from […]

Last Spring the Faculty Council approved a new grade mode option for graduate research credit. Beginning Fall 2021 the default grade mode for Doctoral Dissertation Research and Master’s Thesis Research will be Satisfactory Progress /Unsatisfactory Progress (SP/UP). Programs that offer a MASTER’ S THESIS option may request that a Standard Letter grade (A, B, C, […]

Graduate School Director of Funding and Fellowships Julie Goodliffe is conducting an outreach to potentially eligible candidates to apply for an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Dr. Goodliffe, an experienced NSF reviewer at the national level, offers live information sessions and assistance in completing the Fellowship application. For more information, contact Julie Goodliffe, jmgoodli@charlotte.edu.

Students representing a broad cross-section of UNC Charlotte graduate programs were selected to participate in the 2021-22 Graduate School Teaching Fellows program. 10 students were selected from among 43 applicants. Fellows receive a $3,000 award and participate in a two-semester training program for doctoral students pursuing careers in college-level teaching. Named as Graduate Teaching Fellows […]

Graduate Admissions is transitioning to Slate by Technolutions on September 15th, which will provide the University with a comprehensive, scalable, integrated and sustainable recruitment and admissions system. The current AdmissionPros system (mygradschool.uncc.edu AND eGRAD.uncc.edu) will be brought down on September 7th at 11:59 pm. Prospective students are being encouraged to submit their application and supporting […]

The Center for Graduate Life has changed its name to the Center for Graduate Life and Learning in order to better capture the breadth of our offerings. In recent years, we have expanded our professional development portfolio with new programs such as Accelerate to Industry, the Graduate School Teaching Fellowship, and the STEM Communication Fellows […]

An architecture and engineering interdisciplinary team including graduate and undergraduate researchers received a National Science Foundation Partnerships for Innovation grant to advance its research. The research project will develop high-performance regenerative windows integrated with climate responsive solar cells under a $250,000 Partnerships for Innovation – Technology Translation (PFI-TT) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). […]