This Week in LACS 3/25/2024
In this Edition: **Chair Office Hours: T 11:00 am-1:00 pm, W 12:15-1:15 pm, R 12:00-2:00 pm, Election Week: DRC TT and DRC NTT, CHESS Dean Candidate 3 Presentation**
Dates and Events this Week
March is Women’s History Month.
Monday, March 25
- Application deadline for OIP’s Global Learning and Internationalization Institute.
Tuesday, March 26,
- 5:30-6:30 pm, Virtual, Languages in Action Speaker Series, Aimee Benavides, Register here:
March 26-29
- OIP Hosts Inaugural Faculty Fulbright Week
Wednesday, March 27
- 1:30-2:45 pm, CHESS Dean Candidate 3, Presentation, Popp Martin Student Union Movie Theater
Friday, March 29
- No classes – Refresh Weekend
Looking Ahead
Dates and Events
March 31
April 1
- Faculty Achievement Recognition Celebration
- Inaugural Education Abroad Faculty Award Celebration, 1:00 pm, Halton Reading Room, RSVP by the end of March.
April 2
- 4:30-5:30 pm, Anabel Aliaga-Buchenau Witness in Residence, “If Only You Knew: The Experience of Being an Immigrant Teacher,” Fretwell 113. Please Register Here
April 11
- Braver Angels Debate
April 12
- Department Meeting 2:30-4:00 pm
April 19
- LACS Presentation Series – Conversations about AI – Bobby Hobgood, “AI in the Language Classroom”, 2:30-3:30 pm, LRC and Zoom
April 30
- Department Meeting 10:30 am-12:00 pm, Party 12:00-2:00 pm
May 1
- Deadline to submit Book Orders for Fall 2024 here
May 4,
- CATI Conference, 8:00 am-5:00 pm, Cone Center, Sign up here
May 11,
RSVP for the Commencement Ceremony you plan to attend
- CHESS Commencement, 10:00 am, Halton Arena
- Graduate School Commencement, 3:00 pm, Halton Arena
May 13-17
- OIP’s GLII Institute
May 15
Congratulations
Congratulations to David Boyd whose translation of The Factory by Hiroko Oyamada was included on this list “Let Us Help You Find Your Next Book” published 3/18/2024 by the New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/what-to-read-next.html
Congratulations to Noha Ghali for co-organizing the successful Consortium Conference “The Middle East on the Move: Migration, Diaspora, and Belonging” on March 22-23. 
Congratulations to Japanese MA Fellow Yukie Okada who was one of 50 women honored at the International Women’s Celebration.
In the photo she is being honored together with Ysabella Blaine, a Spanish student.
Congratulations to David Boyd and Yukiko Yokono for leading a successful Spring Break Trip to Japan:
Congratulations to Sandra Watts for being named the inaugural University Career Center Faculty Fellow for Summer 2024. She will be working to develop online learning modules for faculty who have completed the Career Competencies Institute and wish to further incorporate career competencies into their existing courses.
Announcements
LACS Virtual Faculty Bookshelf
In order to publicly recognize the wonderful research our faculty are doing, we are now proudly hosting a Virtual Faculty Bookshelf on our website. Books published by LACS faculty members will be displayed on this virtual bookshelf. Please send information about any books that are missing to the chair and Jules for inclusion. Books are displayed in chronological order of publication year. To see the Virtual Faculty Bookshelf live go to: https://languages.charlotte.edu/faculty-bookshelf/
CHESS
Dean Search
Three candidates for the Founding Dean of the College of Humanities & Earth and Social will give presentations to the campus community. Please, if possible, plan to attend the candidate presentations.
Thursday, March 14, 1:30-2:45 pm, Popp Martin Student Union Movie Theater
Thursday, March 21, 1:30-2:45 pm, Popp Martin Student Union Movie Theater
Wednesday, March 27, 1:30-2:45 pm, Popp Martin Student Union Movie Theater
Candidate names will be announced closer to the interview dates and will be posted on the CHESS Dean search webpage.
Faculty Achievement Recognition Celebration
Reminder: Environmental Health and Safety Compliance Training
The required annual Environmental Health and Safety Compliance Training must be completed by Sunday, March 31.
Spring Aliaga-Buchenau Witness in Residence
Faculty for the General Education-themed courses: Please consider sending your students to the Spring Anabel Aliaga-Buchenau Witness in Residence Initiative on April 2 at 4:30 p.m. “If Only You Knew: The Experience of Being an Immigrant Teacher” Please register here.
Braver Angels Debate – Poll
Our university is hosting a Braver Angels debate on April 11. In order to ensure the debate is of interest to our campus community students, faculty, and staff are invited to vote on the list of possible topics. The poll is open through Tuesday, March 26. Please vote here!
Thank you for all you do.
All the best,
Anabel