Initiatives + Events

Many of the initiatives and events happening at UNC Charlotte are guided by the stories and lived experiences of our campus and surrounding communities. These offerings are designed to leverage our existing diversity to enrich education and engagement experiences for campus students and employees. To learn more about the growing number of initiatives at UNC Charlotte, we invite you to explore the Campus DEI Inventory (below). Check out our campus cultural events or list of ODI signature initiatives (coming soon) in you are interested in participating. ALL are welcomed!

Campus Cultural Events

ODI Signature Initiatives


CAMPUS DEI INVENTORY


The Campus DEI Inventory is a searchable database of all diversity, equity, and inclusion centered initiatives throughout campus. As this database continues to grow, we invite you to help us keep it up-to-date. If you know of an initiative that is not listed, please click the SUBMIT OR UPDATE YOUR DEI INITIATIVES button below and complete the form. Thank you for your commitment to inclusive excellence.

Submit or Update Your DEI Initiatives

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...

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...

National Association of Black Accountants (NABA)

The mission of NABA, Inc. is to address the professional needs of its members and to build leaders that shape the future of the accounting and finance profession with an unfaltering commitment to inspire the same in their successors.

National Disability Employment Awareness Month Career Meet Up Series

A series of Career Meet Ups that focus on disability employment topics, like hidden disabilities, WRP federal program, & disclosure.

National First-Gen Student Week Campaign

11/7/2021- Get AXE-cited for National First-Gen Week!! Monday, November 8th marks National First-Generation Student Day across the country. UNC Charlotte is celebrating our future first-gen Niners throughout the week. You will get a chance to connect with our...

Native American Staff, Faculty, and Graduate Student Caucus

The purpose of the Native American Staff, Faculty, and Graduate Student Caucus shall be to facilitate, influence, and provide guidance for educational, administrative, and personnel policies that affect the welfare of the Native American community at UNC Charlotte...

NC State Subcommittee for Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice

NC State Subcommittee - State Advisory Group focused on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice.

Needs Assessment for Graduate and International Students at UNC Charlotte

We launched a one-time survey needs assessment concerning financial and academic stress, COVID-19 impacts, mental health, resilience, and desires for new programming. This needs assessment was funded by our SAMHSA campus suicide prevention grant and completed in...

Needs Assessment to Inform Mecklenburg County Communitywide Child Abuse Prevention Plan

This grant (funded by Mecklenburg County) initiative is to conduct the Mecklenburg County Needs Assessment to Inform the development of the Mecklenburg County Communitywide Child Abuse Prevention Plan.

Niner Blueprint: Intercultural Competence

Niner Blueprint is the residential curriculum for Residence Life. The learning goals include wellness, academic success, Intercultural competence, life skills, and community responsibility.

Niner Chat Discussions

Niner Chat discussions allow residents an opportunity to share with Resident Advisors the challenges related to their identity and those of others with which they interact

NSF AGEP - Graduate Student Mentoring

See Dr. Olya Keen and Dr. Yvette Huet

NSF AGEP - Graduate Student Mentoring

The National Science Foundation funds the AGEP North Carolina Alliance: An Institutional Transformation Model to Increase Minority STEM Doctoral Student and Faculty Success (AGEP) program. The primary goals of AGEP are to (a) significantly increase...

NSF S-STEM

COE was awarded a $999,591 grant from the National Science Foundation to support high-achieving, low-income engineering students as part of the NSF’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S-STEM) program.

Odyssean Scholarship

This scholarship is for students who have a demonstrably high financial need as determined by the Office of Financial Aid and who could not otherwise study abroad without the support offered by the scholarship.

Odyssean Scholarship

This scholarship is for students who have a demonstrably high financial need as determined by the Office of Financial Aid and who could not otherwise study abroad without the support offered by the scholarship.