Faculty & Staff

When one walks into Tonya Wertz-Orbaugh’s classroom, it’s likely that she will be found at a table with a group of students instead of standing behind a podium. Wertz-Orbaugh, who is a finalist in the UNC Charlotte Award for Teaching Excellence competition, values collaborative learning where students work in groups, spend time on low-stakes assignments, […]

Mitch Eisner is a finalist in the 2021 UNC Charlotte Award for Teaching Excellence competition. He demonstrates care and interest toward all of his students and creates an inviting classroom community where students are actively engaged and where the material is made relevant as well as challenging through a balance of cooperative teaming, independent learning […]

Kathryn Asala takes a scholarly approach to her teaching and advocates for research-based learning processes that has helped transform the culture of teaching STEM courses at UNC Charlotte. She is a finalist in the 2021 UNC Charlotte Award for Teaching Excellence competition. Asala envisioned a community of practice for STEM faculty and she sought partners […]

Students often describe Vaughn Schmutz as approachable and caring. Schmutz, who is a finalist in the 2021 Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence competition, has honed these traits over years of teaching in an effort to create a collaborative classroom environment that empowers creative, critical sociological thinking among his students. Schmutz said, “My attentiveness […]

Reflective, engaging, and collaborative, these are the words that describe Erin Miller’s approach to teaching and scholarship. Miller is a finalist in the 2021 Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence competition. She creates opportunities for students to reflect upon the knowledge they are obtaining, but she also learns from those she works with and […]

UNC Charlotte’s award-winning Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) has expanded its capabilities to support faculty who seek to keep pace with emerging technologies, teaching tools and learning practices. CTL now offers its most robust schedule to train new instructors and to provide seasoned faculty with the newest tools and methods for both in-person and […]

As we prepare for fall, I need to bring to your attention to adjustments to the class schedule that you will need to incorporate into your syllabus planning. Chancellor Installation As part of the schedule of events associated with the installation of Chancellor Gaber, classes will be canceled on Thursday, September 23, 2021, to allow […]

The new 2021-2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs are now available online. The newly published catalogs contain new or revised programs and courses that have reached final approval through Curriculog. Please note that the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs are each published online once per year. Curriculum proposals currently in progress and any new proposals will be […]

The University Career Center (UCC) won Best Faculty Program for its Career Competency Institute project at the 2021 EY Global Career Services Summit. UCC piloted the Career Competency Institute in May 2020 with five departments from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences to partner on the integration of career competencies into their academic courses […]

The Provost’s Office recently held a virtual award ceremony for the 2020 award recipients. The awards recognize faculty and academic units for exemplary work in the areas of teaching and community engagement. These areas remain vital to UNC Charlotte’s mission to educating and preparing students for chosen careers and to address community needs in the […]