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Graduate Students Level Up their Careers with Industry-Ready Skills Program
   November 15, 2024
The Fall 2024 Accelerate to Industry (A2i) workshop series concluded last month, having connected 60 Charlotte graduate students to thought-provoking and career-enhancing presentations from distinguished experts representing Novant Health, TIAA, Pesta, Finnie and Associates, LLP, 704 Shop, and Siemens Energy.  A2i is a workforce development program that allows graduate students to explore...

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Three Minutes, One Big Idea: Graduate Students Present Innovative Research in 3 Minute Thesis Competition
   November 11, 2024
In late October, dozens of UNC Charlotte graduate students presented at the preliminary rounds for 3 Minute Thesis (3MT), a competition developed by the University of Queensland that challenges graduate students to succinctly summarize their research for a non-specialist audience in 3 minutes or less. The concept for 3MT is simple, but daunting. The trick comes in making complex information...

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Graduate Students Seated During Commencement

UNC Charlotte ranks among top 30 in U.S. for career outcomes, ROI for international students
   November 4, 2024
UNC Charlotte has been recognized as one of the top 30 universities in the United States for career outcomes and return on investment for international students, according to the 2024 F1 Hire Career Outcome University Ranking, released Oct. 16. The ranking, compiled using federal data sources by the international career management website F1 Hire, considers four factors: average salary,...

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Dr. Terry Xu Receives Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award
Xu is recognized for exceptional leadership in graduate education
   October 2, 2024
Dr. Terry Xu, Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Programs, Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, was selected to receive this year’s Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award for her leadership in maintaining a thriving graduate program during a tumultuous period. Dr. Xu is credited with maintaining consistency and high academic standards and transparency in Ph.D. qualifying exams...

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Joe Campos Named Recruitment Assistant Director
   August 26, 2024
Joseph Campos, formerly Associate Director of Admissions for Queens University, has joined the Graduate School as Assistant Director of Recuitment. Campos has over 20 years of experience in enrollment management, workforce development, and global partnerships. He will lead efforts to expand and strengthen Charlotte’s graduate international recruitment and enrollment strategies. He holds a B.S....

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Graduate Students Elevate Teaching Skills with Future Faculty Fellowship Program
Reynolds CGLL Offers Enhanced Learning and Support for Aspiring Faculty
   August 21, 2024
Graduate students interested in a teaching career will get a boost from the new Future Faculty Fellowship program recently launched by the Thomas L. Reynolds Center for Graduate Life and Learning. The program's first cohort of 10 graduate students on track to graduate this academic year spent last week with the Graduate School's Faculty Associate for Teaching, Dr. Judith Krauss, learning how to...

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Annalise Tolley Receives P.E.O. Scholar Award
   August 14, 2024
Annalise Tolley, a doctoral student in the Health Psychology program, recently became Charlotte’s fourth recipient of the highly competitive P.E.O. Scholar Award.   The P.E.O. Scholar Awards (PSA) provide merit-based awards for women who are pursuing a doctoral-level degree. They are provided by the P.E.O Sisterhood, an organization focused on helping women participate in...

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Rasmussen and Adu Receive Graduate Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award
The Distinguished Dissertation Award recognizes outstanding doctoral research at UNC Charlotte.
   July 5, 2024
Congratulations to Monica Rasmussen '24, Ph.D. in Infrastructure and Environmental Systems, and Providence Adu '24, Ph.D. in Geography, on receiving the Graduate Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award for 2024. Each year, the Distinguished Dissertation Award is presented by the Graduate School Dean to recognize exceptional research and scholarship by a doctoral student at UNC Charlotte....

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UNC Charlotte Belk College of Business receives national Insight Into Diversity 2024 Inspiring Programs in Business Award
Honor recognizes Doctorate in Business Administration’s successes
   March 4, 2024
UNC Charlotte has received the 2024 Inspiring Programs in Business Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine, for the Doctorate in Business Administration in The Belk College of Business. Charlotte is one of only two universities in North Carolina to receive the recognition this year. The national award spotlights programs, particularly at universities and colleges, that offer comprehensive...

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Adam Reitzel
Adam Reitzel Selected to Lead Grant Writing Development for the Graduate & Postdoctoral Writing Center
NSF and NIH grant recipient has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed publications
   December 12, 2023
Adam Reitzel, Professor of Biological Sciences and co-director for the CIPHER Center, was recently named Faculty Fellow of Grant Writing in the new UNC Charlotte Graduate & Postdoctoral Writing Center (GPWC).  As a Faculty Fellow, Reitzel will bring his exceptional scholarly writing experience to aid the development of grant writing talent among postdoctoral fellows and graduate students...

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