Student Stories
English Graduate Student Named Top Teaching Assistant
May 16, 2018 by Lynn Roberson
Kevin Chauncey, a master's student in English, received the UNC Charlotte Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, presented by the Graduate School. The award honors students nominated by faculty supervisors for their work as teaching assistants, recognizing outstanding and innovative teaching techniques.
Criminal Justice Major Named University Student Employee of the Year
April 17, 2018 by Lynn Roberson
Jordan Flynn, a senior criminal justice major from Mebane, North Carolina, is UNC Charlotte’s 2018 Student Employee of the Year. He was honored for his work since fall 2016 as a maintenance assistant in Housing and Residence Life (HRL).
Students' Research Contributes to Historic Schoolhouse Preservation Project
December 06, 2021 by Lynn Roberson
UNC Charlotte students in Karen Cox’s public history class learned about the magnitude of a historic schoolhouse’s place in history and its value to the local community. Through their hands-on research about the school, built in the early 1900s to educate African-American children, they are contributing to the planning process for the building’s potential preservation.
Helping Hand: With Hands-on Research, Students Use 3D Printers To Change Lives
May 13, 2018 by Lynn Roberson
The Helping Hand Project is a student-led and faculty-backed nonprofit organization that uses 3D printers to create recreational prosthetics for children, at no cost. These forward-thinking students are using their innovative, collaborative minds and the equipment in UNC Charlotte's
Makerspace to create the life-changing devices.
Students Study Coral Reefs As Part of Undergraduate Research
September 13, 2017 by Lynn Roberson
The health of the world’s coral reefs garners much media attention, especially related to bleaching and global warming and concerns about chemicals, such as sunscreens and other toxic elements, that could be causing damage to these fragile ecosystems. Two undergraduate students this summer worked with mentor Amy Ringwood, UNC Charlotte associate professor of biology, to research coral restoration and conservation issues.
Student Researcher Perseveres, Earns NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
May 15, 2018 by Lynn Roberson
UNC Charlotte’s Devin Clegg sees a strong linkage between his selection for a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and lessons he learned when conducting biological sciences research and playing football with the Charlotte 49ers. Clegg is affiliated with the research labs of marine biologist Adam Reitzel and molecular and cell biologist Richard Chi.
Students Receive First Harper-Thomas Study Abroad Awards
March 22, 2021 by Lynn Roberson
Two College of Liberal Arts & Sciences students have received the first Harper-Thomas Legacy Endowment for Study Abroad awards, presented at an event at the Levine Museum of the New South hosted by the UNC Charlotte Black Alumni Chapter. The Harper-Thomas Legacy Endowment for Study Abroad honors College of Liberal Arts & Sciences emeritus professors Mary Harper and Herman Thomas and is a scholarship of the College.
Student Film Helps Couples Dealing With Infertility
January 18, 2018 by Lynn Roberson
For couples seeking to overcome infertility, the process can prove emotionally and financially daunting. At the same time, those who care about them can struggle to know how to show support. A new documentary created by graduate students in a visual ethnography class in UNC Charlotte’s Department of Communication Studies offers insights to the couples and their loved ones.
Graduates Celebrate at December 2017 Ceremony
December 06, 2018 by Lynn Roberson
CLAS students and their family and friends - along with UNC Charlotte faculty, staff and dignitaries - celebrated the students' successes at the December 2017 Commencement ceremonies for undergraduate and graduate students.
AFROTC Cadets Maintain Vigil In Memory Of 9/11 Victims
September 13, 2017 by Lynn Roberson
In the still early-morning hours of Monday, September 11, 2017, UNC Charlotte Air Force ROTC cadets took up their posts at UNC Charlotte's 9/11 Memorial. Starting at midnight, the students took turns over a 24-hour period standing as silent sentinels in memory of those who had lost their lives in the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil, commonly called 9/11.
