October 30

The UNC System recently released a new UNC System Academic Program Approval Calendar. The Office of Academic Affairs has created a set of associated timelines to help departments and colleges plan for the development of new academic degree programs. The timelines as well as a set of Best Practices can be found on the Academic Program Planning and Authorization website.

Enhancing Cultural Awareness
This course is facilitated by the Office of International Programs. The training will present an overview of the common definition and assessment of culture at UNC Charlotte and explore cultural dimensions based on theory and research. Participants will receive resources for sample assignments and a mapping exercise to enhance student cultural awareness. This workshop counts towards the Essentials of Teaching and Learning Certificate and is offered in two formats: an asynchronous , facilitated three-day Canvas course or as a 1-hour synchronous virtual workshop.

• Wednesday, November 1 – Friday, November 3 (Register)
• Tuesday, November 7, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Register)

Part 1: Getting Started with ChatGPT
Join this workshop if you have never set-up an account or are a beginning user of ChatGPT. This hands-on workshop will cover an introduction to generative AI and ChatGPT. Participants will set-up a ChatGPT account, learn how Generative AI produces a response, practice prompting with ChatGPT, experiment with personalized learning techniques, and practice producing instructional materials that could be used in your courses.

• Thursday, November 2, 3:00 – 4:00 PM (Register)

Robert Robinson, a human rights activist who connects local experiences to global concerns, will narrate his experiences for students during his residence in the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences during the week of November 6. He is also offering a public lecture re: Enforcing Human Rights: From the Local to the Global. Read more.

• Tuesday, November 7, 4:30 PM, Fretwell 113 (Register)

For millennia, female authors, printers, and songwriters have shared their beliefs and devotional practices within their domestic and religious networks. Even Protestant women have a long history of making significant religious contributions, according to Amanda C. Pipkin, Ph.D. To illustrate the power of these efforts, Pipkin recounts the story of six Dutch women who were vitally important to the development of the Reformed Church, a sixteenth- and seventeenth-century predecessor of other reformed faiths based on the teachings of Jean Calvin, such as Presbyterianism. Her book reveals that a substantial number of early modern women did, in fact, drive reform and revival movements thus providing an early foundation for women’s ministry in today’s reformed Churches. Read More.

• Tuesday, November 7, 7:00 PM, Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte Center City (Register)
  *Reception at 6:00 PM.

Douglas L. Grimsley, professor emeritus in the Department of Psychological Science, passed away on October 24, 2023. Doug spent 37 years at UNC Charlotte (1970-2007) and was one of the first psychology faculty members to conduct psychophysiological research. He was the 1976 recipient of the NCNB Award for Teaching (now known as the Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence). Obituary.