Graduate Life Fellows
Information Sheet and Application

The UNC Charlotte Graduate School invites applications for the

2014-2015 Graduate Life Fellow positions!

Build the graduate community through leadership, peer mentoring and event planning! Join the Center for Graduate Life in its mission to support the success of all graduate students. Get paid $5,000, develop marketable skills and have fun while doing it!

What is a Graduate Life Fellow?

-  Fellows play an integral role in creating & engaging the graduate community at UNC Charlotte.

-  As representatives of the Graduate School and its Center for Graduate Life, Fellows coordinate graduate student activities that foster diverse social and academic engagement at UNC Charlotte.

-  Fellows serve as ambassadors to other graduate students by increasing awareness of opportunities and resources.

-  Fellows strive to address questions and concerns about graduate school, providing support and mentoring, from orientation through graduation.

Why Become a Graduate Life Fellow?

-  Each Fellows receives a $5,000 Award (can supplement an assistantship)

-  A unique opportunity for personal growth through the responsibilities of a Fellow
- Improve your professional networking skills

-  Increase your marketability by developing advanced leadership and teamwork skills
- Support fellow graduate students while strengthening graduate community

Eligibility – read carefully

-  Full-time graduate students in good standing and enrolled in a UNC Charlotte master’s or doctoral degree program may apply, however first semester graduate students are not eligible to apply. Must have a minimum GPA of 3.0.

-  Fellows must live in the Charlotte area throughout the academic year of their fellowship. The GLF award is for the entire 2014-2015 Academic Year.

-  The time commitment varies but is approximately 5 hours per week or 80 hours over the course of a semester.

*As representatives of the Graduate School and its Center for Graduate Life, the Graduate Life Fellows coordinate activities for graduate students that foster diverse social and academic engagement at UNC Charlotte. The larger goal of the GLF program is to build graduate community. Fellows are selected across disciplines and programs in an effort to broadly represent UNC Charlotte’s graduate population. GLFs work as a team and as such, broad representation from the team is expected at the following:

Responsibilities include:
Participate in Fall and Spring Graduate Orientations

§  Plan and promote individual and GLF-group events

§  Coordinate monthly GLF meetings

§  Hold regular office hours in the CGL

§  Represent GLFs at GPSG Senate meetings when appropriate

§  Support and promote Center for Grad Life professional development workshops

§  Participate in Graduate School events, as needed

§  Support graduate campus and graduate community events


Selection Process

A complete GLF application includes the original application, an essay and a CV or resume. All three items must be submitted by March 10 as per the instructions below for consideration.

The GLF selection process consists of two parts: 1) selected applicants are invited to participate in one of the two group process interviews on Friday, March 21; and 2) candidates are invited for individual interviews. The group process interviews are designed to assess students’ abilities to work in a team environment.

Essay Requirement:

Please address the following questions in your essay. It should be no longer than two pages.

·  What does ‘Graduate Community’ mean to you? Include at least two examples of ways in which in you think GLFs can help build community at UNC Charlotte.

·  Explain why you are a good candidate for this position? Discuss your unique leadership abilities and any specific skills you will bring to the job.

·  What ideas do you have to promote and increase the visibility of the Center for Grad Life?

Important Dates
February 3 – applications available online at gradlife.uncc.edu.

March 10 – application, essay and resume/CV due by 5:00 p.m. (electronic submission)

March 21 – group process interviews (invitees will attend either the AM or PM session)
April 4 - April 8 – individual interviews

April 10 – decisions made & offers extended

April 25 (tentative) - GLF Transition Meeting
May 2 – Teambuilding Exercise with Venture - tentative (Morning)

The following training is mandatory:

■ Attend the GLF transition meeting from 2:00-5:00 pm (May 2nd is tentative)
■ A summer planning meeting will be scheduled in June or July (Date/time is TBD)
■ Participate in the GLF all-day fall training (August 13)
■ Participate in a half-day spring retreat (mid-December, 2014)

Submission Instructions:

Please email your application, essay and resume/CV (as PDF documents) to , attention:


Dr. Katherine Hall-Hertel, Assistant Dean of the Graduate School
Director, Center for Graduate Life
In the subject line of your email, include your name and the words, “GLF Application”.

For more information about the GLF program in general, or for questions related to the application and selection process, please contact Ms. Coren O’Hara at , or call 704-687-7242. The Center for Graduate Life is located in Cone University Center, 268.

Graduate Life Fellow

2014-2015 Application

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Last First Middle

University ID Number: 800

Gender: Female Male

Ethnicity:

Asian or Pacific Islander Native American/Alaskan Native Black, Non-Hispanic

Hispanic White, Non-Hispanic I prefer not to disclose my ethnicity.

Citizenship:
International Student (Yes or No)

Preferred Contact Information:

Street Address

Street Address 2

City, State, Zip

Telephone:

Email:

Summer Contact Information:

Phone: Email:

UNC CHARLOTTE STUDENT STATUS:

College: Program: Degree:

Number of Hours Completed: Cumulative UNC Charlotte GPA:

Expected Date of Completion:


TIME COMMITMENTS (including jobs, assistantships, etc. for Fall 2014/Spring 2015)

ESSAY QUESTION

Please address the following questions in your essay. It should be no longer than two pages.

Ø  What does ‘Graduate Community’ mean to you? Include at least two examples of ways in which you think GLFs can help build community at UNC Charlotte.

Ø  Explain what makes you a good candidate for this position? Discuss your unique leadership abilities and any specific skills you will bring to the job.

Ø  What ideas do you have to promote and increase the visibility of the Center for Grad Life?

Reference Contact Information (three references requested):

1.  Name: Relation: Telephone: Email:

2.  Name: Relation: Telephone: Email:

3.  Name: Relation: Telephone: Email:

Application Submission Information:

Please email all three documents (GLF application, essay and resume/CV) as PDFs to , Attention: Dr. Katherine Hall-Hertel, Assistant Dean, Graduate School and Director, Center for Graduate Life.

Submission deadline is 5:00 p.m. on March 10, 2014.

2014-2015 GLF Application & Information