In This Issue
Personally Speaking featuring Barbara Thiede, Ph.D.
Early Alert Deadline/CONNECT Training Modules and Best Practice Sessions
Register for CxC’s “Why We Write and What This Means for Generative AI Use” Webinar
UNC Charlotte Core Facilities Program
Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) 2024 Abstract Submission Open
Spring Semester Events and Workshops from ADVANCE FADO
Center for Teaching and Learning Workshops
Faculty Council News
Dissertation Defense
Latest AA News
Personally Speaking featuring Barbara Thiede, Ph.D.
The Bible is no relic. The stories it tells mirror human behavior of our own time. It is, in fact, one of the most powerful and influential texts we know. Barbara Thiede, Ph.D.’s Male Friendship, Homosociality, and Women in the Hebrew Bible: Malignant Fraternities explores how male relationships—both divine and mortal—are depicted in these texts. Male friendships and alliances are crucial to both biblical culture and our contemporary one. They undergird biblical culture as they undergird our own. Disturbingly, both in the Bible and in our own time, male relationships often rely on shared sexual experience and sexual violence against women. We should ask: why do the Bible’s toxic male relationships seem so familiar and frighteningly real even in our own time? Doing so will empower and enable us in finding solutions, answers, and hope. Learn more.
Early Alert Deadline/CONNECT Training Modules and Best Practice Sessions
Early Alerts are due for all 1000/2000 level courses by noon on Friday, February 2. Are you new to Charlotte? Check out the Advisor Tool Kit page. CONNECT Best Practices training modules are located on Canvas under published courses. Advisors and faculty can request one-on-one or team session training centered around your departmental initiatives. After completion of the training modules, follow-up training requests can be made. For more information contact Gary Martinez, Advising Systems Specialist or LeeFredrick Bowen, Executive Director of Advising Systems.
Register for CxC’s “Why We Write and What This Means for Generative AI Use” Webinar
Deciding when to encourage and discourage student use of generative AI for written assignments can be a challenge. Join CxC for a webinar that will provide an ethical framework for helping faculty and students decide when to use and when not to use generative AI. Faculty will learn about different educational and enculturation purposes for writing and apply these understandings to their own teaching practices and course policies.
UNC Charlotte Core Facilities Program
The Division of Research is excited to announce the UNC Charlotte Core Facilities Program intended to enhance our research excellence across campus. We are hosting Zoom informational sessions on January 30 and 31. Sign up to learn more and submit a Letter of Intent due March 1, 2024.
Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) 2024 Abstract Submission Open
The Office of Undergraduate Research is pleased to announce that UNC Charlotte’s Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) 2024 abstract submission form opened on Monday, January 22. Students can submit their research abstracts until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 1. More details.
Spring Semester Events and Workshops from ADVANCE FADO
ADVANCE FADO is excited to offer the following professional development workshops during the spring semester, and look forward to seeing you there. For questions, contact advanceuncc@uncc.edu or 704-687-5112.
Best Practices for inclusive Faculty Hiring
Chairs and Directors Workshop: Annual Reviews
Facilitated by Yvette Huet, Director ADVANCE FADO
Reappointment Workshop: Tenure-Track Faculty
Reappointment Workshop: Professional Faculty
Chairs and Directors Workshop: Having Difficult Conversations
Facilitated by Scott Deyo, University Ombuds
Faculty Forum for Promotion to Full Professor
The Provost and Deans will talk about expectations and paths to promotion to full professor. Faculty interested in learning more about promotion to full and all U/DRC AND CRC Committee members are encouraged to attend.
Spring Mentoring Reception
Center for Teaching and Learning Workshops
Part 1: Getting Started with 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.
Designing and Implementing Group Projects
Group work is a high impact educational practice and it can have a significant effect on student success. When implemented effectively, it provides a memorable learning experience that helps students develop valuable skills such as engaging in conversations that require higher order thinking skills and assuming responsibility for their learning. In this session, we will focus on the elements that make up effective collaborative assignments or projects and what is the instructor’s role in facilitating these learning experiences.
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.
Faculty Council News
Please visit the Faculty Governance website for the latest news from the Faculty Council including:
Dissertation Defense
The dissertation defense is one of the ways a new scholar demonstrates readiness to join the academy and is an opportunity to share their research widely. View All Dissertation Defense Announcements.
Latest AA News
For up-to-the-minute news from Academic Affairs (faculty awards, research, recognition, initiatives), visit the Academic Affairs Division News webpage.
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