Grad Admissions

Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director Valentina Cecchi has been appointed honorary consul of Italy to the state of North Carolina. In her role, Cecchi will promote economic and cultural exchange between Italy and North Carolina. Read more at Inside UNC Charlotte.

MBA alumnus Kwame Molden ’12 found success as the co-founder of what has become a nationwide fashion brand in watches. Molden’s SPGBK Watches are sold in 200 stores, including Nordstrom, Macy’s, Belk and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Design Store in New York. Read more at Belk College of Business.

UNC Charlotte was recently ranked among the best universities at creating new knowledge and transferring it to the marketplace in useful applications. The study, produced by nonprofit organization Heartland Forward, evaluated universities across the country. UNC Charlotte ranked third among UNC System universities. Read more at Inside UNC Charlotte.

The Graduate School and Graduate Admissions have a new, temporary location to serve the UNC Charlotte community and prospective students near the center of campus in the Cone University Center, Room 268. Near the fall semester, the Graduate School will find a permanent home in the Reese building when modifications to the space are complete. […]

Graduate students David Brown, Bioinformatics, and Kaitlin Klotz, Biology, demonstrated the value of graduate education for state legislators as part of the N.C. Council of Graduate Schools 11th Annual Graduate Education Day on May 24 in Raleigh. Graduate students and Graduate School representatives from 14 universities across the state gathered to meet with legislators and […]

The Spring 2022 Commencement on May 13 at the Jerry Richardson Football Stadium included 1,096 doctoral, master’s and certificate students. That number includes the most Ph.D. degrees in a single term (61) since 2018, and at 178, the most doctoral degrees conferred yet in an academic year. “Our number of graduating doctoral students continues to […]

LaShana Wiggs, D.B.A., was featured recently in the Charlotte Observer about the extraordinary challenges she faced on her way to achieving a doctoral degree while struggling with multiple sclerosis. Read more in the Charlotte Observer.

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Nominees Outstanding Instructor of Record Nominees The Graduate School and the Center for Graduate Life and Learning (CGLL) recently held the first in-person Teaching Assistant (TA) Awards ceremony since 2019. Attendance at the event was limited. Tom Reynolds, Dean of the Graduate School, opened the event by thanking the nominees and all […]

Rachel Siegal, Ph.D., Health Psychology recently was selected to receive a $20,000 Scholar Award from the P.E.O. Sisterhood, a philanthropic educational organization dedicated to supporting higher education for women. Siegal’s dissertation is focused on supporting and enhancing community violence prevention efforts in Mecklenburg County. Rachel earned her B.S. in Psychological and Brain Sciences in the […]

The Graduate School recently awarded donor-supported graduate fellowships to 14 Charlotte students, representing a broad cross section of academic programs. Established to support exceptionally talented and committed graduate students, the Graduate School offers a variety of fellowships for program specific research or scholarship. The fellowships are presented annually in the spring with award payments beginning […]