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Dear Colleagues I am writing to provide you with the schedule for the AY23-24 opening week events. I have also included the dates for the regularly scheduled meetings of department chairs/directors and AA Council. New faculty members will receive personal invitations to attend the new faculty orientation events outlined below. New administrators are also contacted […]

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 the American Athletic Conference, we can be asked to schedule football games during the week. For the Fall 2023 season, the […]

Dear Colleagues, Thank you for your continued support of our enrollment efforts. Your outstanding work and commitment is reflected in this week’s reports. Going forward this summer, these reports will include total enrollment by department compared to the equivalent date last year. You will find total enrollment on the second tab. Here are the latest […]

Dear Colleagues, I am excited about my new role as interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs and the opportunity to work with each of you in advancing our great University. Throughout my career, I have often stepped into new roles when there was a need, and I am pleased to have the opportunity […]

Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to share with you some important updates about leadership within Academic Affairs. Dr. Jennifer Troyer, dean of the Belk College of Business, has agreed to serve as interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Her appointment is effective immediately, and she will remain in the position until a permanent […]

The new 2023-2024 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 […]

Dear Colleagues, Thank you for your ongoing support of our enrollment efforts. Going forward this summer, the reports I share will include total enrollment by department compared to the equivalent date last year. You will find total enrollment on the second tab of the sheets. Here are the latest updates from the past two weeks: […]

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 […]