Academic Affairs

Construction continues on Levine Hall near the main entrance to campus.  Named in honor of Sandra and Leon Levine, the residence hall, when completed later this year, will house more than 400 students, as well as the administrative offices for the Honors College and the Levine Scholars Program.

Charlotte Observer journalist Fannie Flono and Emily Zimmern, former president of the Levine Museum of the New South, will receive honorary doctorates during UNC Charlotte’s May commencement. The University will hold three ceremonies to bestow undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degrees upon approximately 4,390 students.

More groups of people will be out walking through Charlotte neighborhoods during May, telling stories and sharing experiences about the places they live, as part of the “City Walks” initiative.

Competing for top national and international academic scholarships is a team effort, and the Honors College recently recognized endorsed candidates for these awards and other grants.

Biology major Heidi Cope was recognized for receiving a research Fulbright grant to India, where she will investigate the intersections of marriage culture and the sexual health of adolescent women; Diane Zablotsky from the Levine Scholars Program was her program director.

UNC Charlotte is transitioning to a new learning management system, Canvas; its adoption resulted after several months of study, including a pilot phase that involved more than 100 courses in 20 disciplines and 3,000 students.

SmartAsset recently released its 2016 listing of North Carolina’s “Best Value Colleges,” and UNC Charlotte again came in the top 10.

The University held on to its sixth-place ranking on the list ahead of Davidson College, Appalachian State University, Campbell University and Wake Forest University.

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UNC Charlotte’s Energy Production and Infrastructure Center, in conjunction with CLT Joules, will hold the energy seminar series “Reinventing the Power Industry” from 1 to 4 p.m., Thursday, April 21.

Mirsad Hadzikadic, executive director of the Data Science Initiative and director of the Complex Systems Institute, will moderate “Ideology, Conflict and Hope: The Bosnia Project” at 5 p.m., Tuesday, April 26.

Technology can make life much easier, but it can distract people from their college education. Jose Antonio Bowen, president of Goucher College, envisions the use of technology in the classroom as a way to engage students rather than to simply educate them.

The School of Social Work and Department of Special Education and Child Development announce the approval of a joint certificate program in early childhood mental health (ECMH). This program, which requires 15 graduate hours, focuses on children birth to five years of age and their families.

Graduates of the certificate program will be able to: