Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) teachers will share bright, new ideas for teaching and learning about energy at a Charlotte Teachers Institute (CTI) event from 5:30 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 30, at the EnergyExplorium at McGuire Nuclear Station in Huntersville.
Glenn Boreman, chair of the Department of Physics and Optical Science, recently was named the 2015 vice president of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, effective Jan. 1.
Badrul Alam , head of the Political Science Department at Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi, India, will speak at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 25, in the J. Murrey Atkins Library, Halton Reading Room, as part of the annual International Speaker Series.
Dawn Floyd, the University's Title IX coordinator, will be the guest on the Sept. 18 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast. She will discuss the University's commitment to raise awareness of and prevent sexual misconduct.
Employees can watch “The Live Wire” at their desks or on their mobile devices starting at 2 p.m.
Scott Fitzgerald, a faculty member in the Sociology Department and co-author of “Middle Class Meltdown in America: Causes, Consequences and Remedies,” will be a guest on WFAE “Charlotte Talks” at 9 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 16. Join the conversation.
The Chancellor’s Reception, part of the University’s staff recognition program, is held to express appreciation to staff and faculty members, and it is an opportunity to socialize and network with colleagues.
UNC Charlotte will test its Whelen Alert sirens, PIER emergency text messaging and Alertus emergency alert software between 2 and 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 17.
A student organization established earlier this year is preparing to break ground on a community garden to be located near the Storrs Building and the Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts.
The Office of Academic Affairs has created the “Graduation Initiative,” a multistep effort that is designed to clarify degree requirements, reduce barriers to student progression and aid in students’ ability to successfully navigate their respective curriculum.
A capacity crowd of campus and greater community members listened to readings by music historian James Grymes interspersed with poignant Yiddish folksongs and marches during a special event focused on Grymes’ book “Violins of Hope: Violins of the Holocaust – Instruments of Hope and Liberation in Mankind’s Darkest Hour.”
The University will host the 13th annual Multicultural Leadership Conference from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 11, in the Student Union. Equality and diversity activist and actor R.J. Mitte will be the conference’s keynote speaker.
