This Week in LANG 9/2/2025
Dear colleagues,
I hope you had a wonderful Labor Day weekend.
Dates and Events this Week
Monday, September 1
- No classes, Labor Day
Thursday, September 4
Friday, September 5
- Provide feedback via this survey for the CHESS Strategic Plan
Looking Ahead Dates and Events Fall 2025
September 10
- French Major/Minor Declaration Party, 5:30-7:00pm, Mebane 419
September 12
- Noon, Early Alert Reporting for 1000 and 2000 level courses, please review CONNECT Faculty Best Practices
- Mental Health First Aid training for faculty and staff is from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m
September 15
- Fulbright Applications due
- Kick off for German Campus Week: “Black Germans – Afro-German Experience in Past and Present.”
September 18
- Deadline to apply for December Graduation
September 25
- Title XI Training due
September 27
- 2025 International Festival from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m
September 29
- Bringing Informative Debate and Dialogue into the Classroom, 3:00-4:30, LRC
- Proposals for Witness in Residence due via Submit a suggestion
September 30
- Register here CHESS Continuing Faculty Workshop invite: Form
October 3
- Unsatisfactory Mid-Term Grades due, please see Unsatisfactory Grading At Midterm Instructions
October 7
- CHESS Continuing Faculty (formerly known as Non Tenure Track) Workshop, 1:00-2:30pm, in person, register here for invite: Form
October 8
- CHESS Continuing Faculty (formerly known as Non Tenure Track) Workshop, 2:00-3:30pm, in person, register here for invite: Form
October 9-10
Student Recess, No Classes
October 16
- Last day to withdraw from course(s)
November 3
- RDL and JFDA applications due
November 5
November 11
- Veteran’s Day, no classes
November 26-29
- Thanksgiving Break
December 2
- Last Day of Classes
December 3
- Reading Day
December 4-10
- Exam Period
December 12-13
- Commencement
December 15
- Final Grades due
Congratulations
Congratulations to Sandra Watts for completing the UPCEA Markets, Marketing, and Market Research in Online and Professional Continuing Education certificate.
Congratulations to Bobby Hobgood for publishing the Book Chapter “Student Feedback and Uptake in World Language Education.” Here is a link to the book with chapters: The Handbook of Research in World Language Education (2025). https://www.routledge.com/The-Handbook-of-Research-in-World-Language-Instruction/Russell-Murphy-Judy-JohnTroyan-Moeller-Hines-Gaither/p/book/9781032520285
Important Information for Faculty and Staff
German Campus Week – 9/15-9/20
RDL & JFDA
Deadline November 3. More information coming later this week.
CIVIQ -CHESS Initiative on Very Important Questions
CIVIQ – the Dean’s office will send the Call for Applications for research team proposals and team-taught classes during the upcoming academic year. For those of you new to CHESS, CIVIQ is intended to promote interdisciplinary research and teaching, as well act as a public-facing expression of our scholarly work. It will be a straightforward application that nonetheless provides the selection committee with enough detail for careful review. The Dean’s office will announce the recipients later this fall.
Request for Proposals: Witness in Residence Initiative
Submit a suggestion for the Witness in Residence initiative! Your suggestions for Spring 2026 are requested by September 29 for a residency tentatively scheduled for the week of March 23. However, you are encouraged to submit whenever you encounter an interesting candidate and all themes are invited. For the Spring we are especially interested in a theme that is global and/or within the social/environmental sciences, to balance the recent local/humanities perspective. Please also send ideas for next Fall.
CHESS Research Webinar Series
Winning Research Funding with Russell Sage
Wednesday, September 17, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Registration link
Navigating the IRB Process for Human Subjects Research
Wednesday, November 12, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Registration link
https://chess.charlotte.edu/chess-research-webinar-series/
The latter may be of particular interest to anyone who is doing research with human subjects, including interviews, surveys, or focus groups. For faculty who receive FRG grants involving this type of work, money is withheld until the IRB approval has been completed.
Information about Niner Research, the grant lifecycle, and preparing grant budgets is also available on the website at the bottom of the page.
Gambrell Faculty Fellowship
The Charlotte Urban Institute is accepting applications for the 2025-26 Gambrell Faculty Fellowship program. With generous support from The Gambrell Foundation, the institute will provide grants up to $21,000 each for six projects related to quality of life in the Charlotte region.
New French Club Mascot
Maisie made her debut as the new French Club mascot. She is a nine month old Great Pyrenees! She will be part of the French Club, La Pause, which will take place about once a month. The idea behind it is the same principle as the programs where children with reading difficulties practice reading to shelter dogs. They de-stress because dogs are non-judgmental listeners. Plus petting Maisie is like a hit of feel good vibes.
French Club: Cheese Tasting
Last week on Wednesday, at the French Club Meeting, students were invited to attend a cheese tasting. The cheese looked fabulous and there was a line in the hallway for students to participate in this event. Congratulations to the French Club, Dr. Mary LaMarca for organizing such a successful event and the French Program.
Check out the Pause-Pyr with Maisie and the other events of the French Club.
Wishing you all a wonderful week. Thank you for all you do.
All the best,
Anabel