General News

Alicia Bertone, DVM, Ph.D., has been appointed provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at UNC Charlotte. She will begin her duties Jan. 3, 2023. Bertone, a prolific biomedical researcher and veterinarian, joins Charlotte from The Ohio State University, where she most recently served as interim associate vice provost of strategic data and analysis. “I […]

Colleagues, I am writing to follow up on yesterday’s message from Chancellor Gaber with some additional guidance as you navigate a semester with not only the continuation of COVID-19 but the added concern about monkeypox. I want to stress that monkeypox is very different from COVID-19. It remains a rare disease that requires very close […]

As we prepare for fall, I need to bring to your attention an adjustment to the class schedule that you will need to incorporate into your syllabus planning. Weekday Football Game As members of Conference USA, we can be asked to schedule football games during the week. Next year, the football team will play one […]

The new 2022-2023 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 […]

A short moratorium on starting new course and curriculum proposals will begin June 1, 2022, to allow for the transition from one catalog year to another. The moratorium will last throughout the month of June and has no effect on proposals already started. Users may continue to use Curriculog to review, edit, or approve existing […]

Institutional research, accreditation, and assessment functions are now combined into the newly formed Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Analytics. Steve Coppola leads this department in his new role as associate provost for institutional effectiveness and analytics. Christine Robinson is now assistant provost for institutional effectiveness and analytics. This new unit combines the resources of the […]

During the pandemic, a new student-run organization began to take shape to connect and support students who identify as first-generation college students. First-Gen Niners brings together campus partners with students who do not have a family history of college attendance to form a support system for the unique challenges and obstacles that many first-generation students […]

Dr. Bojan Cukic, who currently is an associate dean and professor in the College of Computing and Informatics (CCI), will serve as interim dean of the College when Dean Fatma Mili resigns her post effective June 30, 2022. A search for the next CCI dean will begin in the coming weeks. Cukic joined Charlotte in […]

UNC Charlotte will be changing the way distance education is tracked in Banner, in order to differentiate between programs that are offered on-campus versus distance education (DE). These changes will provide for more accurate reporting and enable analyses that were previously not possible. The change also allows the University to comply with the UNC Board […]

Three early-career faculty members have received the inaugural James H. Woodward Faculty Research Award in recognition of their promising programs of research, scholarship, or creative practice. Established in 2021, this award is given annually to an untenured member of the faculty who was reappointed to a tenure-earning position in the preceding academic year. The award […]