Candidacy and Application for Degree Deadlines

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Seeking Graduate Life Fellows for 2008-2009

The Graduate School is seeking four committed students to serve as Graduate Fellows for the coming academic year.  This fellowship is designed to maximize the creativity of those chosen for the fellowship.  Through creative programming, Graduate Life Fellows will help to build community for the graduate student population. This position is ideal for students seeking to get involved but who need a flexible time commitment. Graduate Life Fellows work an average of 5 hours per week and receive an award of $4,000 for the academic year, which will not impact the aid package for most students.

For a full description of the position, Click Here. Applications are due May 15, 2008.

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Graduate Students and Academic Integrity Avoiding Plagiarism

If you think you know how to quote and cite appropriately, take a moment to read this presentation! Click HERE.

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Graduate School Sponsors Successful
Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week

Free tuition awarded to Graduate Students
Megan Gandy - Master of Social Work
Ashley Jewell - Master of Science

Congratulations!

For more details and information click HERE.

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8th Annual Graduate Research Fair

Sponsored by the Graduate & Professional Student Government

The 8th Annual Niner Research Across the Disciplines, sponsored by the Graduate and Professional Student Government (GPSG), was held on Saturday, March 15th. All graduate students were invited to participate in the Research Fair that consisted of judged presentations, poster presentations, and an invited speaker. The Annual Research Fair is a forum to increase awareness of research activities conducted by fellow graduate students across all disciplines at UNC Charlotte. Cash awards were presented to the students with the best presentations as determined by faculty judges by category. All members of the campus community were invited to attend these presentations.

2008 Graduate Research Forum Winners

Biology: 1st Place David Sterka, 2nd Place Judy Moore, 3rd Place Stephani Day
Computer Science: 1st Place Alex Godwin, 2nd Place Kashif Sharif, 3rd Place Priyesh Dixit
Chemistry: 1st Place Christopher Kane, 2nd Place Rajeev Pillai, 3rd Place Tiffany Pinder
Physics & Optical Science: Tie - 1st Place Harsh Chaturvedi, 1st Place Mingzhen Tang 3rd Place
Seungmoo Yang
Geography & Earth Science: 1st Place Tomas Vaclavik, 2nd Place Kelly Smith, 3rd Place Shelly Holmberg
Mechanical Engineering: 1st Place Syed Amin, 2nd Place Kannan Subramaian, 3rd Place Ajith Ramesh
Multi-disciplinary I: 1st Place Fadel Zeidan, 2nd Place Ginnette Wessel, 3rd Place Shital Kamble
Multi-disciplinary II: 1st Place Jing Li, 2nd Place Heather Sullivan, 3rd Place Simon Obeid
Poster Session: 1st Place Natalie Herring, 2nd Place Amy Knab, 3rd Place Rohan Bhate

The Graduate and Professional Student Government at UNC Charlotte is the governing body for graduate students designed to meet the academic, social, and logistical needs of graduate and post-baccalaureate students enrolled at the University. Membership in the GPSG is open to all graduate and post-baccalaureate students, both full and part time. Each graduate program is provided one voting member on the GPSG Senate. Any graduate student is welcome to participate in the activities and work of the GPSG.