Honors student wins highly competitive graduate fellowship
As a child, UNC Charlotte senior Betsabe Rojas Gonzalez bridged language and culture gaps for her immigrant parents and neighbors using a secondhand English-to-Spanish dictionary picked up at a Goodwill store. Later, as a first-generation college student, she connected Latino immigrant community members with resources in Charlotte. Now, she is one of the first UNC Charlotte students or alumni ever chosen for the highly competitive Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Program graduate fellowship.
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NEWS
- Acclaimed Washington Post reporter Dorothy B. Gilliam to speak at MLK Celebration on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
COVID-19 Information
Do I need to participate in re-entry testing?
- If you are unvaccinated, you will need to participate in re-entry and mitigation testing, as you may have last semester.
- If you are vaccinated and eligible for a booster but have not received one, you must participate in re-entry testing and ongoing mitigation testing until a booster shot is received. If you have received your booster, please submit that documentation as soon as possible so we may remove you from the testing pool.
- This chart on the Niner Nation Cares website will help you understand the requirements.
Helpful information about quarantine and isolation
The Niner Nation Cares website has helpful information for students, faculty and staff on quarantine and isolation, including return-to-class and work guidance.
Do I have to quarantine or isolate?
Your responsibilities in quarantine or isolation
Returning to class and work following quarantine or isolation
YOUR DAILY NEED TO KNOW: FACULTY & STAFF
- The “Zoom Refresher for Faculty” workshop on Wednesday, Jan. 12, will review key Zoom settings for instruction, discuss classroom management in Zoom and identify tips when using Zoom for office hours.
- The Office of International Programs invites faculty members to request an international student panel for classroom training sessions.
- The Learning and Development Portal is open for registration! Faculty and staff will find training opportunities that align with institutional goals and support areas of the strategic plan. Questions may be directed to hrtraining@uncc.edu.
YOUR DAILY NEED TO KNOW: STUDENTS
- Connect has a new look. Once a semester, you will be prompted to complete a brief intake survey to customize your experience with the new features; review Connect New Look. You may download the mobile version of Connect by using the Navigate Student mobile app. Learn more about Connect.
- The 49er Card Office has moved all services to the Popp Martin Student Union. Please visit this location to pick up new and replacement 49er Cards. Contact the office at 704-687-7337 or 49ercard@uncc.edu if you have questions.
OUR POINTS OF PRIDE
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Clarinet professor’s new CD presents diverse collection of contemporary composers: Associate Professor of Clarinet Jessica Lindsey, with her musical partner Christy Banks, recently released a new CD of electroacoustic music, published by Albany Records.
MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
EVENTS
- 1/12: The “Better Communications and Less Conflict” webinar will introduce approaches that can be used to communicate more effectively and diffuse difficult conversations before they get out of hand. It will cover organizational communication strategies, how to have more productive conversations with everyone and how to make personal communications more inclusive of everyone.
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