Welcome to The Center for ADVANCing Faculty Success!
The UNC Charlotte Center for ADVANCing Faculty Success (CAFS) provides strategies and opportunities to enable all faculty to be successful during every phase of their academic careers.
For the full inventory of programming offered by CAFS, go to the “Programs and Resources” tab at the top of the page.
FALL 2026 SEMESTER PROGRAMMING
Best Practices in Holistic Faculty Recruitment
Register for any of the Trainings listed below
- Thursday, October 29th: 11:00 – 1:00 p.m. Location: Cone 112 B
- Wednesday, November 18th: 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. (Location TBD)
- Tuesday, December 8th: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. (Virtual)
14 Day Writing Challenge
Monday, November 2 – Sunday, November 15, 2026. Registration ends Sunday, October 25
UNC Charlotte has partnered with NCFDD to host a private 14 day Writing Challenge. What’s the challenge? This challenge is open to academics at all stages, looking to experiment with daily writing and find joy in the process.
- Commit to writing for at least 30 minutes a day for two weeks
- Login to our online community, start the timer, complete your writing, and post your progress at the end
- Take 5 minutes to support other writers in your group by commenting on their progress
“Writing” refers to any scholarly activity ranging from the spark of a new idea to polishing a near-complete project (article, grant proposal, exhibit, book chapter, etc.). The average participant writes for 350 minutes over the two weeks and 98% of recent participants agreed that “the14-Day Writing Challenge was helpful in making progress on your scholarly work.”
Power Hour. The Attention Workout: Exploring the Nature of the Observer
This Power Hour explores the meditation practice of turning attention back toward the one observing the experience. Through guided exercises and discussion, participants will investigate how awareness shifts when we stop chasing thoughts and begin examining the nature of the observer itself. The session is designed as a practical workout for attention, curiosity, and self-inquiry, with equal parts insight and experimentation.
Friday November 20th 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Location TBD
Register
Power Hour is a 60-minute monthly gathering created to help all faculty feel more connected and supported. Come for the light refreshments and social time; stay for the focused discussion led by your peers on topics that matter to you. It’s more than just a session—it’s an opportunity to build the community of care we all deserve. See you there!
NCFDD
UNC Charlotte is an Institutional member of NCFDD. The NCFDD is a nationally-recognized, independent organization that provides online career development and mentoring resources for faculty, post-docs, and graduate students. Faculty have access through the University’s institutional membership to items such as the NCFDD’s Weekly Monday Motivator, monthly core curriculum webinars, monthly guest expert webinars, access to multi-week courses, access to dissertation success curriculum for graduate students, a private discussion forum for peer-mentoring, problem-solving, and moderated writing challenges, monthly accountability buddy matches, access to 14-Day writing challenges, and access to the Member Library that includes past webinar materials, referrals, and readings.
To claim access to the institutional membership, you will need to activate your personal membership account. Visit the NCFDD membership page and select UNC Charlotte from the list of member institutions (note we are under UNC Asheville and Tulane not with other schools in the system). If you have any technical questions, contact NCFDD or UNC Charlotte Center for ADVANCing Faculty Success.
Contact Us
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd.
Colvard South Suite 3042
Charlotte, NC 28223
704-687-5112
faculty-success@charlotte.edu
@UNCC_ADVANCE
