Academic Affairs

Eric Hoenes del Pinal, assistant professor and undergraduate program director for the Department of Religious Studies in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, has been selected as a 2023-24 Fulbright U.S. Scholar for Guatemala.
Trained as a cultural and linguistic anthropologist, Hoenes del Pinal’s approach to the study of religion is strongly ethnographic with an emphasis on the role of language and non-verbal forms of communication in shaping human interaction. 

UNC Charlotte remembers Charlotte business leader and philanthropist Leon Levine, who died Wednesday, April 5, for his expansive commitment to the University and his investment in high-achieving students.

UNC Charlotte and SkillStorm, a technology talent accelerator, are joining forces to close skill gaps in the Charlotte region’s fast-growing tech industry. This joint effort will provide North Carolina professionals and employers with access to previously untapped talent pools in an effort to close digital skills gaps that impact their current workforce.

The University Career Center will host an open house from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 12, to kick off the weeklong observance, “Disability @ Work: Advocating for a Brighter Future.” 

U.S. Coast Guard veteran Zach Bessant is an adult learner who is achieving his goals through the James William Kirk Scholarship established by Kim Kirk Steffan.

The UNC System Learning and Technology Symposium is scheduled for Thursday and Friday, April 13-14, at The Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City.

This two-day event is designed to showcase innovative and effective instructional practices occurring at UNC System institutions. Conference sessions will focus on course design; diversity, equity and inclusion; innovation technologies and learning spaces; learning professionals as researchers; open educational resources and pedagogy and open access scholarship; and supporting student engagement and success.

As director of corporate and custom training, Amy Wartham is responsible for consulting with organizations in the Charlotte region about their workforce development needs. She has been at the University for 23 and a half years,  her first six with the Belk College of Business before moving to the School of Professional Studies. Learn more about Wartham in this Q&A.

Tierra Durant is a graduate student studying social work in the College of Health and Human Services. She is involved with the Graduate Social Work Association and is a graduate assistant for the Student Advising for Freshman Excellence Program, housed within the Office of Identity, Equity and Engagement. Learn more about Durant in this Q&A.What is the most rewarding part of being a graduate assistant for the SAFE Program?

What is ChatGPT? How should it be used in academia? These are questions facing higher education institutions this spring, and UNC Charlotte is no exception. 

Much discussion is occurring around the academic usage and integrity of text-based generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, a new chatbot software that can explain ideas and concepts and generate convincing, human-like, though often oversimplified and sometimes inaccurate, written text. 

Charlotte faculty members Kirill Afonin and Margaret Quinlan are the 2023 recipients of the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal and the Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award, respectively.