Friday, February 5, 2021
Comfort food for quarantine
COVID-19 caused Chartwells, UNC Charlotte’s food services partner, to adjust dining operations in ways that have gone far beyond droplet protection, serving practices and distancing protocols.
YOUR DAILY NEED TO KNOW: FACULTY & STAFF
- BRIDGES offers UNC Charlotte women faculty and staff the opportunity to develop and strengthen their leadership skills, knowledge and networking skills to be successful change agents in their communities. Join this information session on Feb. 22 to learn more about the BRIDGES program.
- Using Respondus or Respondus Lockdown Browser? Try it out first in this self-enroll Canvas course.
YOUR DAILY NEED TO KNOW: STUDENTS
- REMINDER: Don't miss the Feb. 15 deadline to apply for most 2021-22 University scholarships!
OUR POINTS OF PRIDE
- City Building Lab director receives grant for community design workshops: Nadia Anderson, associate professor of architecture and urban design and director of the City Building Lab, has been approved for a $25,000 “Grants for Arts Projects” award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support neighborhood visioning workshops.
Reimagining Intercultural Learning features UNC Charlotte team: Four members of UNC Charlotte's Phi Beta Delta international honor society will co-present "Mining a Global Learning Ecosystem to Support Intercultural Development" at the WISE: Connect 2021 conference.
MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
- Education professor Drew Polly offered advice for parents with students struggling in school.
- School of nursing director Dena Evans provided perspective on why nursing school applications have grown during the pandemic.
- Geography and earth sciences professor Andy Bobyarchick discussed the cause of recent local earthquakes with FOX46.
EVENTS
- 2/5: Join UREC for a live, virtual 30-minute cardio dance group fitness class from your screen!
- 2/10: See how to organize your files to get the most from Google Drive.
- 3/3: Do you have an upcoming research presentation? Learn some tips on how to successfully present a research poster or oral presentation.
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