This Week in LANG 3/2/2026

In this Edition: “Chair Office Hours Week of March 2:

T 11-1 (f2f and virtual), W 11-12:30 (f2f and virtual), R 3-5 (virtual), Last day of classes before Spring Break Friday March 6, Monday, March 9-Friday, March 13 Spring Break – no classes ”

Dear colleagues, 

Dates and Events this Week

Chair Office Hours Week of March 2:

T 11-1 (f2f and virtual), W 11-12:30 (f2f and virtual), R 3-5 (virtual)

• Friday, March 6
  • Last Day of classes before Spring Break
• Monday, March 9-Friday, March 13 Spring Break

Looking Ahead: Dates and Events Spring 2026

March 20

• Department Meeting, Virtual (zoom: https://charlotte-edu.zoom.us/my/aaliagab)

March 26

• Faculty Forum for Associate Professors interested in learning about Promotion to Full 

March 27-28

• SEACS Conference

April 16

• CHESS Faculty / Staff Achievement Recognition

April 18

• NCAATG Annual Meeting, LRC 10:00-2:00

April 24

• Department Meeting, Mebane 434, 2:30-4:00, end of year party 4:00-6:00

May 11, 12, 14 and 15

• GLI Institute

May 13

• 4th Charlotte AI Summit for Smarter Learning

Congratulations

Congratulations to David Dalton and Javier García León

for the publication of their co-edited volume, Comunidades digitales: Perspectivas interdisciplinarias desde y sobre América Latin@. The book is published by A Contracorriente Press, the NC State Languages department’s peer‑reviewed publishing unit. The book is distributed by UNC Press. This interinstitutional project brings together contributions from scholars across the Americas, offering a rich, interdisciplinary exploration of digital communities in and about Latin America. To learn more about the volume: https://uncpress.org/9781469695914/comunidades-digitales/

The Chinese Undergraduate Student Association (CUSA) held a Chinese New Year event on Thursday, February 26, at 6:00pm in the Lucas room in the Cone Center. There were lion dance performances, free food and various activities for participants to celebrate the year of the Horse. 

Congratulations to Yukiko Yokono, Don Cross, Lorena Delgadillo and Susanne Cisneros for hosting the very successful 9th annual Poetry Slam. Students recited original poems, original Haikus and published poems. The winners of each category received wonderful prizes. Student organizations such as the German Club, French Club and Japanese Reading Club were present and showed off their profiles and invited students to their activities. 

From the organizers: “The 9th Multi‑Language Poetry Slam was held on Thursday, February 26, at After Hours in the Cone Center. Fourteen performers shared their honest reflections through original poems or interpretations of well‑known works. The Poetry Slam Team is truly grateful for the support of our three judges, Adriana Medina, Anabel Aliaga‑Buchenau, and Saiya Larsen. We would also like to express our sincere appreciation to the Student Government Association, Charlotte Global, the German Club, French Club, and Japanese Reading Club, and of course, to the more than 40 audience members who joined us!”

Congratulations to Sandra Watts, who completed the American Association of Colleges & Universities synchronous training course “VALUE Assessment Accelerator.” VALUE stands for “Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education.” These rigorously-validated rubrics are used both nationally and internationally to assess learning of 16 individual dimensions. This course provides the skills and knowledge to adapt or employ the rubrics, appropriately collect and analyze student data, generate reports on areas of interest, monitor quality and plan for improvement in courses and programs. She also presented “We’re All Adults Here:  Reaching and Teaching Online Learners” at the 3rd annual Charlotte Symposium for Online Learning” (by invitation).

Information for Faculty and Staff

Upcoming Events

Coffee with Provost Troyer

Faculty and staff, the provost would like to invite you to join her for coffee and assorted cookies on Friday, April 3 in Cone 112 from 9:00-9:45am. This is a wonderful opportunity for all of you to share any thoughts or concerns with the provost in a relaxed environment. Please respond to the embedded form. If you have any questions, reach out to Syreeta Taylor.

Save the Date: CHESS Faculty / Staff Achievement Recognition (FSAR) reception is April 16.
We look forward to celebrating our faculty and staff on Thursday, April 16 at 4 p.m. at the Harris Alumni Center.  More details about when and how to submit your achievements is forthcoming.

International Women’s Day Nomination
Recognize UNC Charlotte community members making a global impact. Nominate faculty, staff, students or alumni for the International Women’s Day awards by Friday, March 6, and celebrate the winners from 3:30 to 5 p.m., Tuesday. March 24, in the Lucas Room.

Reappointment and Promotion Workshops in March

We will be holding two reappointment and promotion workshops in March on Zoom, one for tenure track faculty and one for non-tenure track. These workshops are designed to help faculty, chairs, and college/department review committee members understand the process and answer any questions they may have. Dean Boyer and Associate Dean Weeks will lead them.

Tenure track: Tuesday, March 17 (9:00-10:30am)

Non-tenure track: Wednesday, March 18 (2:00-3:30pm)

Please fill out this form to RSVP and receive the Zoom link. If you have any questions, please email Greg Weeks at gbweeks@charlotte.edu.

Wishing you a good week. 

All the best, 

Anabel