September 9

Early Alerts are due for all 1000/2000 level courses by 12:00 p.m. on Friday, September 13.  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 a one on one or team session follow up training centered around your departmental initiatives. After completion of the training modules, make a follow up training requests. For more information contact Gary Martinez, Advising Systems Specialist, or LeeFredrick Bowen, Executive Director of Advising Systems.

Are you looking to engage undergraduates on a research, scholarly, or creative project? Have you thought about how an undergraduate student can help your scholarly research program? Have you had students asking you questions that would be interesting to further investigate? Are you looking to test a new question or try something new? Do you have a need for a student, but not the means? Yes? Yes. or Yes! The Office of Undergraduate Research can help! The OUR Scholars program can help you find and employ students in collaborative learning through undergraduate research, scholarly and creative activities. We are pleased to announce that the Office of Undergraduate Research is now accepting submissions for faculty project descriptions for the Spring 2025 OUR Academic Year Research Program. Learn more by contacting undergradresearch@charlotte.edu. Ready to submit? Please note that we are using a new system this year that we hope will improve the process for all involved. We encourage you to get started early and reach out with questions or challenges so we can help. You will submit your project descriptions using the Spring 2025 OUR Scholars Mentored Project Proposal Form found at our new Internal Competitions Portal. You will login using UNC Charlotte SSO. The deadline for submission is September 16. This is step 1, so please encourage your students to apply for the program starting September 23. The program is FWS eligible, but not required.

The Office of International Programs is pleased to host noted historian Talmage Boston for an International Speakers Series event on Wednesday, September 25, from 3:30- 5:00 pm in the Popp Martin Student Union Room 340C. Boston will explore themes from his book How the Best Did It: Leadership Lessons from Our Top Presidents, and discuss presidential foreign policy and the foreign policy goals of current candidates. In addition to being a respected historian, Boston is an accomplished lawyer and author, with notable works including Cross-Examining History (with a foreword by Ken Burns), Raising the Bar, Baseball and the Baby Boomer, and 1939: Baseball’s Tipping Point. For more details on Talmage Boston, his work, and event details, please visit the International Speaker Series website.

A reminder of University Policies 402 and 605.3 regarding the retention of records:

University Policy: 402, Student Education Records (FERPA)

Federal law protects the confidentiality of records maintained by the University and relating directly to a student and also provides guidance for the proper handling of records by UNC Charlotte as a public institution. University Policy 402 defines what is considered a student education record and specifies when and how such records may be disclosed. Additionally, the policy addresses persons permitted access to such records and their responsibility for maintaining confidentiality in handling and accessing them. Please take an opportunity to review University Policy: 402, Student Education Records (FERPA).

University Policy 605.3: Retention, Disposition, and Security of University Records Chapters 121 and 132 of the General Statutes of North Carolina govern the retention, disposition, and security of University records, including student education records. The UNC System Office provides minimum retention standards for the handling of student records in the UNC Records Retention and Disposition Schedule. Please take time to ensure the proper storing, handling, retention, and disposition of student education records. Please discuss this policy and schedule with all employees approved for access to handle these records. For more information, see University Policy 605.3, Retention, Disposition, and Security of University Records.