February 16

Bring your courses to life with high-quality, engaging instructional media! The Center for Teaching and Learning’s Media Production team partners with faculty to create dynamic, accessible, and professionally produced media that supports teaching goals and enhances student learning experiences.

Whether you’re developing a new course, refreshing existing content, or looking to increase student engagement, the Media Production team provides start-to-finish support, from initial consultation through final delivery. Services include studio-based recording in a fully equipped on-campus facility and field production for on or off-site demonstrations, interviews, labs, and simulations.

Faculty work directly with a dedicated project lead to plan, record, and produce media aligned with course objectives. Projects are delivered ready for integration into courses, designed for clarity, accessibility, and student learning success.
Getting started is easy: submit a Media Request form and collaborate with the team to plan your project for the upcoming semester. Let us help you transform your course content and enhance the learning experience for your students. Learn more.

Don’t forget to register for the 4th Annual Charlotte AI Summit for Smarter Learning. The summit is a free, full day event, open to all UNC Charlotte faculty and academic staff. 

Important Dates: 

• Proposal Notifications: Wednesday, March 25
• Registration Closes: Wednesday, April 22 
• Event Date: Wednesday, May 13, Dubois Center

CHHS Introduction to Embase and Embase AI

The faculty of CHHS is invited to an online session where representatives from Elsevier will provide an overview of Embase and Embase AI, important new resources available through the Atkins library. Embase is a comprehensive biomedical and pharmacological research database that features literature from 1947 to the present. With millions of records, including content not covered by MEDLINE, this resource connects users to research across thousands of journals and conferences.

• Wednesday, February 25, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Online at tinyurl.com/EmbaseCLT

Call for Proposals: Media Literacy Matters Conference

The Atkins Library Critical Media Literacy Collaborative is hosting the conference Media Literacy Matters: Empowering Critical Thinkers in a Digital World on Thursday, April 2, from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Faculty interested in presenting a lightning talk on media literacy can submit proposals.

Atkins Library Begins OA Policy SupportPer the faculty-approved UNC Charlotte Open Access Policy, the university will begin supporting faculty with disseminating their work by archiving a copy of peer-reviewed journal scholarship in Niner Commons, UNC Charlotte’s scholarly repository. Learn more.

For Department Chairs and School Directors 

Chair Academy: Unpacking FMLA and Short Term Disability 

With Maria Sanchez, Workers’ Compensation Manager

• Friday, February 20, 9:00 – 10:50 AM, Student Union Room 262 (Register)

For all Faculty and Administrators

Best Practices in Holistic Faculty Recruitment Face-to-Face Workshop 

If you know your department will convene a search committee this academic year, or if you have already been selected to sit on a search committee, please make sure you have taken this training within the past five years. This training is required before a faculty member is permitted to sit on a search committee. Please sign up here. Faculty recruitment training is a two-part training and each part must be completed prior to serving on the committee.

• Wednesday, March 4, 1:00 – 2:50 PM, Location TBD (Register) 

For Graduate Students, Postdocs, all Faculty and Administrators

UNC Charlotte CAFS  will partner with NCFDD to host a private 14-Day Writing Challenge!

This open and free 14-day challenge, exclusive to UNC Charlotte, is designed to foster a vibrant community of scholarship by inspiring administrators, faculty members, graduate students, and postdocs at all career stages. This initiative provides faculty and scholars with a dedicated virtual space for goal setting, peer accountability, and writing productivity. March 9-22, 2026. Register; registration closes on March 1.

For All Faculty and Administrators

Introduction to Strengths: Name It; Claim It; Aim It!

Facilitated by Daniel Almeida, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 

In this workshop, faculty will learn to name their unique combination of strengths, claim and appreciate how those talents have fueled past successes, and aim those strengths toward future personal and professional goals.

The virtual workshop is spread over two afternoons and participants must commit to attending both sessions.

• Monday and Wednesday, March 16 and 18, 1:00 – 4:00 PM (Register) 

For Administrators

Supporting Associate Professors: A Leadership Conversation 

Facilitated by Dr. Amy Santos, Associate Provost for Faculty Development at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

This session brings academic leaders together for dialogue and shared learning about ways to support Associate Professors across the full range of time in rank. There will be opportunities to share resources, reflect on current practices, policies, and procedures that may shape faculty advancement, and discuss the leadership roles and strategies that support scholarly impact, promotion, and sustainable academic careers.

• Tuesday, March 17, 9:00 – 11:00 AM, Foundation Building Room 112 (Register)

For Mid-Career Faculty

Navigating the Mid-Career Years: Planning for Impact, Advancement, and Balance

Facilitated by Dr. Amy Santos, Associate Provost for Faculty Development at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Whether you are newly promoted to Associate Professor or bring longer experience in the rank, join us for thoughtful exchange and shared reflection on the mid-career years. In this session, we will exchange ideas, discuss short- and long-term planning, and explore ways to align scholarly impact, career advancement, and personal priorities in a supportive, collaborative setting.

• Tuesday, March 17, 1:00 – 3:00 PM, Foundation Building Room 112 (Register)

For Mid-Career Faculty

Faculty Forum for Associate Professors interested in learning about Promotion to Full 

The Center for ADVANCing Faculty Success offers a Faculty Forum once a year in an effort to provide clarity to mid-career faculty regarding the criteria for promotion from Associate Professor to Full Professor. Dr. Jennifer Troyer, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and the Deans or their appointees serve on a panel, in which panelists provide information on pathways to promotion. The format is interactive, so faculty have the opportunity to ask questions during the session. Members of Department Review Committees (DRC) and College Review Committees (CRC) are encouraged to attend to ensure that all involved in the review process have a common understanding of expectations and other issues. 

• Thursday, March 26, 10:00 – 11:00 AM, Cone 111 (Register)

Recently-Tenured Associate Professor Orientation

The Center for ADVANCing Faculty Success invites associate professors who have received tenure in the past 2 years to attend our annual Recently-Tenured Associate Professor Orientation. The goal of this orientation is to clarify expectations around this next phase in your professional journey; to provide information about formulating a plan; and to introduce you to resources that will help you to be successful. The format will be an interactive panel discussion. The panel will consist of Deans from each College, or their representatives.  It’s never too early to start planning for the next phase of your career!

• Thursday, March 26, 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM, Cone 111 (Register)