Mentoring (students, staff, or faculty)

Profound Niners

The Profound Niners internship is a paid pathway to teaching for Charlotte male students fo color who meet eligibility criteria. During this semester-long experience, interns gain authentic exposure to K-12 education through classroom mentorship, professional...

Engage ME (Multicultural Engineers)

Engage ME is a program in the Office of Student Development and Success focused on helping the recruiting, retention, and graduation of underrepresented minority students within the College of Engineering. The target populations are Black, Hispanic, and Native...

AGEP-NC

The goal of the initiative is to create a thriving environment for African American, Hispanic, Native American and other underrepresented PhD students. The initiative is part of an NSF funded campus initiatives, and the evaluation is done by the PIs and the NSF...

Preparing for Graduate School: Fostering Diversity and Success in History M.A. Programs

The Preparing for Graduate School program will aid in the recruitment, application process, and retention of underrepresented minority students in History Master’s programs. According to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, just over 7% of all History Master’s...

NABA "Lifting as We Climb"

Through the student chapter of NABA, we serve as a place for connectivity for students of color across business majors in the Belk College of Business . Specifically, we provide the following: * programming that provides the student members of our organization with...

Engineering Academic Pathways

The Engineering Academic Pathways project provides funding for scholarships that support low income, academically talented students to study engineering majors at UNCC. In addition to supporting students with scholarships, the project applies funds to the expansion...

WE Engage! (Women in Engineering Engaging the World)

The Women in Engineering program (WE Engage!) is a newly introduced diversity program that supports all women studying engineering, engineering technology and construction management in the William States Lee College of Engineering. WE Engage! seeks to promote the...

Culturally Relevant Assessment

Our efforts are focused on supporting efforts to close educational equity gaps in assignment types, which contribute to class grades. This is an important element in closing gaps in college completion for all students. Our method is to conduct a semester-by...

Equity Council, College-wide conversations

Town-hall meetings, subject specific, in which the Equity Council team helps facilitate college-wide conversations centering the values of Equity and Justice

Veteran and Military Family Care Coordination Program Evaluation and Improvement

The purpose of this initiative is to conduct care coordination evaluation and program improvement for NCServes and NCCARE360, the largest care coordination network in North Carolina. The initiative is funded through the Governor's Institute, a subcontractor of Vaya...