This Week in LANG 11/18/2024

November 18, 2024
Categories: Community Events, Conference, Cultural Events, Film, General Events, General News Tags: 2024, french, german, japanese, spanish

In this Edition: **Chair Office Hours: T 10:00-12:00 pm f2f and virtual, W 12:45-2:45 pm virtual, R 2:30-3:30 pm f2f and virtual, International Education Week: Nihon Club Film Screening, Dalton Brown Bag, Film Screening “Welcome Venice,” Traditional Chinese Painting Workshop, JBusiness Forum, Listening Sessions about Annual Evaluation Guidelines – shared on Wednesday after EOB **

Dear colleagues, 

Welcome to International Education Week. It is an extremely busy week with many exciting events and activities, several of which have been organized by our own faculty members. Please attend as many as you can to show support for our colleagues. 

The CAPC and I are working feverishly to be able to send you a draft of the Annual Evaluation Guidelines so that you can look over them before the Listening Sessions on Friday this week. Please note that there will be additional Listening Sessions after Thanksgiving. We look forward to working through this document with you so as to be able to vote on it at our Department Meeting on January 10, 2025. 

Dates and Events this Week – International Education Week

Monday, November 18

  • Deadline to submit proposals for SEACS: SEACS 2025 Paper and Panel Proposal Form
  • 5:30 pm Ceremony and Lecture, 6:30 pm Film Screening “Carving the Divine,” by Nihon Club, Student Union Theater
  • 12:00-1:00 pm, Presentation “Venice is a Fish,” by Daniela Dal Pra, CHHS 207

Tuesday, November 19

Wednesday, November, 20

  • 6:00-8:00 pm, Traditional Chinese Painting Workshop, Colvard 3066
  • Annual Evaluation Guidelines will be shared with Full-time Faculty, after EOB

Friday, November  22

  • 3:30-5:00 pm, JBusiness Forum
  • 2:30-3:30 pm, Listening Session, CAPC and Chair for NTT faculty members (Annual Evaluation Guidelines)
  • 4:00-5:00 pm, Listening Session, CAPC and Chair for TT faculty members (Annual Evaluation Guidelines)

Looking Ahead Dates and Events Fall 2024

November 25

  • Nominations due for the Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence (tenured faculty) and the UNC Charlotte Award for Teaching Excellence (non-tenure track faculty) Complete the online nomination form

November 27-28

  • Thanksgiving Break

November 30

  • Deadline to submit for Spring Witness in Residence Program

December 3

  • Dean’s Celebration of Commencement, 11:30-1:30 pm; Popp Martin Student Union, Norm’s Game Room

December 4

  • Last Day of classes 

December 5

  • Reading Day, Department Meeting, Retirement Celebration for Carol

December 13

  • Commencement

December 16 

  • Grades due 

Congratulations

Congratulations to Sandra Watts who has been awarded a Mini-Grant from the Free Expression & Constructive Dialogue Task Force to lead a Faculty Learning Community in Spring 2025.

Important Information for Faculty and Staff

Graduate School Dean Finalists

The search committee for the dean of the Graduate School has announced four finalists for the position. The campus community is invited to attend each candidate’s public presentation and provide feedback.

Upcoming Events

Presentation

Migration Research Network Brown Bag presentation by David Dalton,12:30-1:30 pm. Dubois Center, https://migration.charlotte.edu/past-events/upcoming-events/

Presentation

Save the Date for the Dean’s Celebration of Commencement
The CHESS Deans’ Office is hosting a casual and playful celebration for the December 2024 Commencement candidates. Please let your students know to look for an invitation, and plan to come take keepsake photographs for them and for your website. It’s a great way to begin building your alumni relationships! Students who complete the Next Destination Survey, to help the Career Center understand student activities beyond commencement, will be entered into a drawing for a diploma frame. Tuesday, Dec. 3; 11:30 to 1:30 pm; Popp Martin Student Union, Norm’s Game Room. Watch for more information.

International Education Week – Nihon Club: Film Screening

SEACS 2025

Use this form to submit a paper or panel proposal: SEACS 2025 Paper and Panel Proposal Form. For more information, visit theseacs.org or email SEACS2019@gmail.com. I encourage everyone to submit a proposal and also to work with graduate and advanced undergraduate students to submit a proposal.

The College is seeking brief proposals to bring individuals to campus, who work on issues of social relevance and/or human rights, for the Witness in Residence Initiative. “Witnesses” are asked to share their stories about the issue, based on personal experience, and will be financially sponsored by the Dean’s Office, such as in this sample. The host department will provide stewardship and coordinate with the witness to engage students in discussion about the topic. The process of submitting an idea is short and sweet. It is also an opportunity for the Department to highlight its programming to the University and greater Charlotte communities.

Anyone can submit! Your suggestions for Spring 2025 are requested by November 30 for an residency tentatively scheduled for the week of 4/14. 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.

Thank you for all you do. 

All the best,

Anabel