Some offices, departments, college or divisions have Excel spreadsheets or Access databases that are critical to their operations. Is your unit one that has a spreadsheet or database to track clients, customers, students or others who interact with your department/office, and would your operations be affected if such a spreadsheet or database would be lost?
The College of Education’s Teacher Education Advising Licensure and Recruitment Office will host a retirement reception in honor of Sam Nixon from noon to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 28, in the College of Education, Room 110.
Lane Harrison, a doctoral candidate in computing and information systems, will defend the dissertation “The Role of Emotion in Visualization” at 3 p.m., Friday, Aug. 23, in Woodward Hall, Room 338. Aidong Lu is the dissertation advisor.
Deeptak Verma, a 2012 graduate with a doctorate in bioinformatics and computational biology, is this year's recipient of the Graduate School’s Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award.
Nearly 5,550 students will make the campus their residence during the 2013-14 academic year. Move-in, scheduled for Friday through Sunday, Aug. 16-18, will be the time for new and returning students to set up their home away from home.
The College of Health and Human Services has received approval from the UNC Board of Governors to offer the Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health Sciences.
The program, housed in the college’s Department of Public Health Sciences, will be the University’s 21st doctoral degree.
Herlicia Blakely, human resources; Tina Dadio, legal affairs; Julie Henry, Atkins Library; Sue Levin, CLAS Advising Center; and Sandra Soriano, Belk College of Business; won the weekly Air Quality Summer Raffles for July for dining on campus.
Kathleen Schumacher, materials management, was the monthly winner of the ‘fill-up-your-tank’ raffle.
UNC Charlotte and the Charlotte School of Law have partnered to offer several unique dual degree programs. Students will have the opportunity to earn a Juris Doctor and a master’s degree in real estate, accountancy, business administration or public administration.
Full understanding of how natural resources relate to rebel forces in the developing world is crucial to U.S. national security policy, and a Department of Defense-funded project at UNC Charlotte is expected to provide greater insights into the impact of those resources.
