February 12

Dining Services invites faculty and staff to a special Valentine’s Day event from 3:00-4:00 p.m., on February 14 the Bistro in the Popp Martin Student Union. Bring a colleague and enjoy complimentary drinks, desserts and a Valentine’s goodie bag! RSVP for the event.

The Graduate School staff and guests invite Graduate Program Directors and graduate education champions to learn more about new initiatives and opportunities for graduate programs during the Spring Graduate Education Summit on Thursday, February 15, 9:00-11:30 a.m. in the Atkins Library Halton Reading Room. Register today.

Cool breezes, shorter days, leaves changing color, apple cider, pumpkin spice, and OUR Scholars doing research. You guessed it, all things we love about fall! Do you have a plan to launch a new research project or collaboration soon? Have you considered engaging 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 interdisciplinary?  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. The fall semester program can last up to 16 weeks long and students can log up to 160 hours working on a research project!  New to mentoring undergraduate students?  Check out our mentor expectations. 

The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) is now accepting submissions for mentor project descriptions for the 2024 OUR Fall Research Program. OUR will help support the scholars by also organizing professional development workshops for the students as well as co-hosting the Honors Research Symposium. Learn more. Are you ready to submit?  If you’ve worked with OUR in the past, you’ll notice the mentor application looks a little different now. Check out the mentor project proposal form and use this template to help you.  If you have questions about the form, the process, or how to attract students, feel free to attend one of OUR’s virtual mentor proposal workshops. When you’re ready, submit your project descriptions. The deadline for submission is February 28. Don’t forget that this is only step one. Please help us broaden the applicant pool as much as possible and ensure that the students you’re looking for are in the applicant pool.  Encourage your students to apply for the program starting March 1.

The Office of Undergraduate Research is pleased to announce that UNC Charlotte’s Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) 2024 abstract submission form is open. Students may submit their research abstracts until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 1. More details.