General News

Center for Graduate Life Hosts Writing Retreat
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 […]

Doctoral Student Blends Science and Art
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.

Graduate School Dean Featured in CGS Research Integrity Webcast
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 […]

Austin, Burmeister Are 2019 Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award Winners
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 […]

Graduate School Takes Part in Summer Conference on Graduate Community
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 […]

Construction of New Science Building Underway
UNC Charlotte broke ground at the corner of Craver and Mary Alexander roads for a new campus facility that, when complete, will reshape the way science is taught and studied at North Carolina’s urban research university. Shared by University leaders and faculty, staff, students, alumni, public officials, community partners and friends, the celebratory event represented […]

De Silva Mentor Receives International Education Award
Dr. Chuang Wang, Professor of Educational Research and 2018 recipient of the 2018 Harshini V. De Silva Graduate Mentor Award, was recently selected to receive the UNC Charlotte’s 2019 International Education Faculty Award. More information on Dr. Wang’s latest award can be found in the Academic Affairs Weekly Digest.
Top Researchers Receive Reynolds Fellowship
Students representing a wide range of educational disciplines received this year’s Thomas L. Reynolds Graduate Student Research Award. The Reynolds Fellowship was created by its namesake, Associate Provost and Graduate School Dean Tom Reynolds, to assist with the costs that are overlooked in other funding sources and to help students stay focused on their research […]

Shao, Wilkers Receive 2018-19 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards
Yuehan Shao (top) and Katie Wilkers were presented awards by Graduate School Dean Tom Reynolds. Yuehan Shao, Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, and Katie Wilkers, MS, Kinesiology, were named Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistants (TA) for 2018-19. The Graduate School hosts the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award annually to honor top TAs nominated by faculty supervisors for their […]

Graduate Students Lauded by Counseling Honor Society
Graduate students Krystal Turner, MA, Counseling, Rebecca Blanchard, MA, Counseling and Rachel Saunders, Ph.D., Counselor Education, were honored recently by the UNC Charlotte Mu Tau Beta chapter of international counseling honor society Chi Sigma Iota. Turner was named 2019 Outstanding Master’s Student, Saunders was named the year’s Outstanding Doctoral Student, and Blanchard was cited for […]