Messages from the Provost

Dear Colleagues, We are entering a critical phase in our enrollment process, ensuring students who have accepted admission for fall matriculate as expected. Your help is still needed and appreciated. Please take a look at the spreadsheet for your program data for the latest enrollment information, as of this week, to understand how you can […]

Dear Colleagues, We appreciate your ongoing support of our enrollment efforts, which are critically important to every area of the University. Please take a look at the spreadsheet for your program data for the latest enrollment information, as of this week, to understand how you can focus efforts to optimize our recruitment and yield efforts. […]

Dear Faculty Colleagues, Many of you may have seen the recent news that the University is adopting a new course material rental program that will help lower the overall cost of textbooks for our students. I wanted to share with you more information about this exciting program. Barnes & Noble Charlotte will begin offering the […]

Dear Colleagues, We appreciate your ongoing support of our enrollment efforts. Please review the latest data for your department or program. Here are some general updates from the past two weeks: Undergraduate Enrollment We continue to have challenges with transfer admission. Your outreach to newly admitted transfer students is critical to our enrollment goals. Reports […]

Dear Colleagues, There has been much discussion recently surrounding the academic usage and integrity of text-based AI tools such as ChatGPT, a new chatbot software that can explain ideas and concepts and generate convincing, human-like, though often oversimplified, written text. These are exciting times! AI tools like this are here to stay and will rapidly […]

Dear Colleagues, Thank you for your ongoing support of our enrollment efforts. Please review the reports to see the latest admission and enrollment data for your college and program. Please note if you have areas that are down to assist with targeted initiatives, such as reaching out to students to increase yield. Here are the […]

Dear Colleagues, It has been a pleasure to get to know so many of you over the past few weeks as I have settled into my role as provost. Thank you for the kindness and courtesy you have shown me. As you may know, enrollment is one of my priorities, especially as we enter the […]

Dear Colleagues, Let me be among the first to wish you a happy first day of classes! A new semester comes with renewed opportunities to connect with students and colleagues, pursue meaningful and innovative research and continue to achieve the goals set forth in our strategic plan. I hope you are as excited as I […]

Dear Colleagues, Happy New Year! I hope each of you had a happy, healthy and relaxing break. What a pleasure it is to call myself a member of Niner Nation – officially! I have been looking forward to this day since Chancellor Gaber announced my appointment in October. Thank you to everyone who has already […]

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 […]

Dear Colleagues, As we were informed in Monday’s NinerNotice, the University is changing its guidance on face masks in response to a directive from the UNC System Office. I know that many of you planned your teaching schedule with the assumption that face masks would continue to be a requirement this semester and I have […]