Academic Affairs

Physician and UNC Charlotte graduate candidate Saugat Karki was selected recently for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) prestigious Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program (PHIFP).

Rajan Puri, a doctoral student in mathematics, recently received the David Merchant International Student Award for Achievement from the Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars. The award honors one international student who demonstrates exceptional accomplishments in the areas of scholarship and service.

Members of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg community have a new way to share their opinions on a variety of issues with the launch of YourVoiceCLT.

Beginning Monday, July 2, residency determinations for graduate students at UNC Charlotte will be centralized at the statewide North Carolina Residency Determination Service (RDS) rather than determined locally on campus.

New applicants claiming North Carolina residency as well as currently enrolled students who wish to apply for in-state residency for tuition purposes will be required to do so through the RDS. This change occurred for undergraduate students early last year. 

Effective Jan. 31, 2019, all University employees (full-time, part-time, adjunct faculty, student employees) will be required to use Duo two-factor authentication to access all University single sign-on systems. These include Gmail, NinerNet, Canvas and My UNC Charlotte.

ITS is investigating increasing the password reset time frame for those who use Duo, which significantly improves the security of University data.

Keisha Martin, an administrative support associate in the Office of Academic Affairs, died on June 13.

According to ITS officials, intermittent network outages around campus and in buildings are expected between 6 and 9 p.m., Monday, July 2, due to equipment upgrades.

Outages may affect phones, wireless and wired networks, the internet, time clocks and blue light phones.

UNC Charlotte’s Data Science Initiative (DSI) has announced a partnership with Packard Place, Charlotte’s largest community and co-working space, to provide a new satellite site for the University’s Data Science and Business Analytics (DSBA) graduate programs. Students and faculty will be embedded in an entrepreneurial environment with direct access to startups, potential collaborators, mentors and employers, honoring a key DSI commitment to community engagement.

Ventureprise Associate Director Devin Collins recently attended the U.S. Department of State’s 2018 Young Transatlantic Innovative Leaders Initiative (YTILI) Opening Summit in Portugal as a U.S. mentor.

Selected for a second year, Collins will share his expertise with young European entrepreneurs who were chosen for the fellowship program. Seventy entrepreneurs from 45 countries will participate in a year-long series of projects designed to strengthen their businesses by learning best practices from established U.S. entrepreneurs and organizations.

The North Carolina General Assembly has ratified and forwarded to Gov. Roy Cooper its budget proposal for 2018-19. While the legislation includes the enrollment funding for UNC System campuses appropriated in the two-year budget approved last year, it also contains an $800,000 recurring cut to UNC Charlotte’s budget.