This Week in LANG 9/16/2024

September 16, 2024
Categories: Conference, Cultural Events, General Events, General News Tags: 2024, heritage, international, spanish

In this Edition: **New Position, Virtual Town Halls, Mandatory Title IX and IT Security Training, Personal Identification Policy, Earn Money for the Department: Sign up for Lifelong Senior Learning Lectures, Workload Timeline, Travel Workflow **

Dear colleagues, 

I hope you had a wonderful weekend. It was great to see some of you at the Dean’s First Friday Happy Hour at the Armored Cow on Friday afternoon. 

I have excellent news this morning. I just received notification from Dean Boyer that we are authorized to search for an Assistant Professor in Heritage Language Instruction/Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. I will work with the CAPC to appoint a search committee and to create the ad. More information will come as soon as possible. 

We have a few important events coming up. Please make sure you read about the Mandatory Title IX and IT Security Trainings and the Personal Identification Policy. I am very happy that most of you have your ID on your phones now. Please let us know if you need help with that. Please consider proposing a lecture for the Senor Learning Lectures Series, which can earn our department $500 in the discretionary fund each time we give a presentation. Please also make sure to read about the Workload Policy Timeline and plan to attend the CAPC/Chair open sessions. Make note of the Travel Workflow in order to get your travel approved and reimbursed as fast as possible. 

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Dates and Events this Week

Monday, September 16

Thursday, September 19

  • Personally Speaking: The Gendered Elite: Money, Divisions of Labor & Power” 5  to 6:30 pm, with a light reception at 4:00 pm; J. Murrey Atkins Library, Halton Room; Learn More; Register
  • Deadline to apply for December Graduation 

Friday, September 20

Saturday September 21

  • International Festival, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm 

Looking Ahead Dates and Events Fall 2024

September 23

September 26

September 27 

  • 2:30-3:30 pm CAPC/Chair meets with TT Faculty Members
  • 3:30-4:30 pm CAPC/Chair meets with NTT Faculty Members 

October 1

October 3

  • Visit of Dr. Ran Zwigenberg, the author of “Nuclear Minds: Cold War Psychological Science and the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki” and “Hiroshima: The Origins of Global Memory Culture”, 2:30 pm, CHHS 380

October 4

  • Department Meeting

October 8

October 11

October 15

October 14-15

Student Recess, No Classes 

October 17

  • Last day to withdraw from course(s)
  • Cultural Panel, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm, Career Center (more details to come)

November 1

  • Department Meeting 

November 11

  • Veteran’s Day, no classes 

November 18-22

  • International Education Week, submit proposals: via OIP website 

November 22

  • Tentative Department Meeting

November 27-28

  • Thanksgiving Break

December 4

  • Last Day of classes 

December 5

  • Reading Day, Department Meeting, End of Semester Party and Retirement Celebration for Carol

December 13

  • Commencement

December 16 

  • Grades due 

Important Information for Faculty and Staff

Virtual Town Halls

Register for two upcoming virtual town halls: Guidelines for Free Expression on Campus at 2:00 pm, Friday, Sept. 20, and Understanding the System’s New Equality Policy at 2:00 pm, Monday, Sept. 23. The events are presented in partnership with the Divisions of Institutional Integrity, Academic Affairs and Student Affairs and the Office of Safety and Security.

Mandatory Training: Title IX and IT Security

These two trainings for all University faculty and staff will be issued Monday, Sept. 16. You will receive an email to access the mandatory training modules through the Learning and Development Portal, and employees will have 45 days to complete the assigned training. 

Personal Identification Policy

To maintain an open campus that is safe and secure, authorized University employees need to be able to identify individuals on University property. The University’s Personal Identification Policy states that no individual on University property may wear a mask or other device that disguises their person, face or voice in order to conceal their identity unless permitted under N.C. General Statute 14-12.11. In addition, all UNC Charlotte employees and students are required to carry their Charlotte 49er ID Card (either physical or mobile) or other form of government-issued identification (e.g., driver’s license) with them at all times while on University property, and may be asked to present that identification by authorized University officials.

Workload Policies

Please find here the approved CHESS Draft Workload policy. For reference, please see here the current LANG Workload Policy. 

Workload Policy Timeline

September CAPC prepares Workload Policy Draft

September 25 CAPC shares Workload Policy Draft

September 27  2:30-3:30 pm CAPC/Chair meets with TT Faculty Members

3:30-4:30 pm CAPC/Chair meets with NTT Faculty Members 

October 4  Department Meeting Discussion of Draft

October 11 2:30-3:30 pm CAPC/Chair meets with NTT Faculty Members 3:30-4:30 pm CAPC/Chair meets with TT Faculty Members

October CAPC works with feedback

November 1        Department Meeting Final Vote on Workload Policy 

Travel

The new workflow for traveling is as follows: 

  • Prepare Travel Request, DO NOT SUBMIT 
  • Notify admin
    • Admin  Adds fund codes, submits
    • Chair   Approves business purpose 
    • BSC   Final approval email
  • After approval -> Meet with admin to purchase Travel with the pcard

Or

  • After approval -> Purchase travel, send receipts to receipts@concur.com or upload 
  • Travel, send receipts to receipts@concur.com or upload 
  • Meet with admin to create Expense Report
  • Submit Expense Report

Receive reimbursement

For detailed step by step instructions (written and video tutorials) see this Travel for Concur Google Drive Folder 

Lifelong Senior Learning Lectures

Scheduling for the CHESS Lifelong Learning for Senior Communities is underway. This program matches CHESS speakers with two community partners, in exchange for a speaker fee payable to the dean’s discretionary fund. Your $500 is transferred to the unit of record you designate when submitting a lecture topic. 

Upcoming Events

International Education Week

The Office of International Programs invites students, faculty and staff to celebrate International Education Week from November 18-22. This weeklong celebration of the impact of internationalization includes events that will showcase food, music, dance, language and film from around the world. We want to highlight these events through our calendar and in printed publications. Faculty and staff can request funds to help facilitate these events. To submit your event(s) and request funds, visit our website before Friday, October 18.

Witness in Residence

This semester’s Witness in Residence will address the campus on Tuesday, October 7. The program was recently integrated with the themed courses, and is designed to encourage conversations about issues pertaining to human rights and issues of social relevance  in the United States and globally. This semester’s program features Dr. Margaret Price, of The Ohio State University, who will talk about access-and-disability rhetoric. More details will follow.

Bibliotherapy with Stories of Healing

In collaboration with Atkins Library, the Department of Languages, Cultures, and Translation, and the Center for Counseling and Psychological Services, invite you to explore storytelling through bibliotherapy for well-being and resilience. There will be a sound bath healing circle, resource fair, and materials will be provided to make journals. This program will acknowledge Hispanic Heritage Month and recognize the various cultures it encompasses. Students will enhance their success and overall well-being through the power of literature and shared cultural experiences. Hosted by: J. Murrey Atkins Library Mon, Sep 23, 2024, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

Cultural Panel

On Thursday, October 17, from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm, Enika Banerjee, Bianca Potrykus, Maria Mahaffey and Yukiko Yokono are hosting a casual business Cultural Panel together with the Department of Engineering and the Career Center. The event is at the Career Center. 

Presentation

Dr. Ran Zwigenberg, author of Nuclear Minds: Cold War Psychological Science and the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Hiroshima: The Origins of Global Memory Culture,  will visit UNC Charlotte to present “Ashes of History: Holocaust Remains Between Japan and Europe” on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2;30pm, CHHS 380.

International Festival

Don’t miss the 2024 International Festival from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, Saturday, Sept. 21, in and around the Barnhardt Student Activity Center.

Thank you for all you do. 

All the best,

Anabel