General News

The University’s two annual giving campaigns begin this week, #NinerNationGives and Giving Green. This is an opportunity to support a number of programs including the Center for Graduate Life and the Claudia M. Reynolds Graduate Fellowship, both of which enhance a graduate student’s academic endeavors. Please join Graduate School Dean Tom Reynolds, as an advocate […]

Faculty Nominations for the Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award may be submitted through Oct. 18, 2019. The Master’s Thesis Award is presented annually to a student to recognize high quality work. Faculty may nominate a student whose thesis has been accepted in partial fulfillment of master’s degree requirements during the past two academic and/or summer sessions. […]

Her students and colleagues describe her as “committed,” “tireless,” and a “hero.” Now Dr. Florence Martin, Education Leadership, can officially add Graduate Program Leader to that list. Dr. Martin is the 2019 inaugural recipient of the Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award for excellence in graduate program administration. She is a professor in Learning, Design and […]

The Graduate School currently seeks nominations for the 2020 First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal. Recognizing outstanding scholarship, creativity and/or research among senior full-time faculty members, nominations may come from any UNC Charlotte faculty member. The First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal has been awarded since 1988 with last year’s honoree being Dr. Steven Rogelberg, UNC Charlotte […]

The Graduate School is pleased to announce a new donor funded fellowship, the Claudia M. Reynolds Graduate Fellowship. It was established through a generous gift to support and encourage high quality graduate students at UNC Charlotte to continue their higher education and become leaders in their professional career. A native of northern California, Claudia Reynolds […]

Graduate students and community members gathered recently for the 2019 Summer Graduate Writing Retreat sponsored by the Center for Graduate Life (CGL) at the UNC Center City campus in Charlotte. Facilitated by Dr. Jill Huerta, CGL Director, and Dr. Aura Young, Doctoral Services Specialist & Postdoctoral Support, the group worked on writing projects throughout the […]

Margaret Kocherga’s, resume is filled with a unique mixture of scientific and artistic achievements that are a testament to persistence. Kocherga, Ph.D., Nanoscale Science, balances a life filled with challenging scientific research projects with dancing and teaching dance. Read more about Margaret’s accomplishments at the College of Liberal Arts & Science’s Exchange Online website.

The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) will host a webcast Aug. 7 on emerging best practices for improving institutional culture and research integrity. The webcast highlights information from three graduate deans, including Tom Reynolds, Associate Provost and Dean of The Graduate School at UNC Charlotte. Reynolds joins John Klingensmith, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Duke […]

The 2019 Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award goes to Lauren Austin (left), Public Policy and Amanda Burmeister, Biological Sciences. This award is presented each year by the Graduate School to recognize outstanding research and scholarship by a doctoral student at UNC Charlotte. Austin’s work, “Afraid to Breathe: Understanding North Carolina’s Experience of the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic […]

The Graduate School at UNC Charlotte recently co-hosted and took part in a multi-institution professional development conference “Building Graduate Community and a Culture of Inclusion” on the campus of Virginia Tech. This is the second year of the regional drive-in conference which focuses on best-practices in graduate student services. This year’s theme was how institutions […]