General News

The Office of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) recently received the North Carolina Department of Labor’s (NCDOL) Five Million Hour Award and First-year Gold Award. Theses honors were based on submitted efforts from 2017.

The Million Hour Safety Awards are distributed to organizations that achieve at least one million consecutive employee hours without injury or illness that may cause days off work. Each additional one million hours is accumulated into more prestigious recognition.

In Charlotte, “Meck Dec Day” is celebrated every year on May 20. As an observance of the first declaration of independence against British rule – more than a year before the country’s official declaration on July 4, 1776 – it remains unfamiliar to many Charlotteans. UNC Charlotte’s Atkins Library Specials Collections counts among its holdings a rare 1826 printing of the Mecklenburg Declaration.

Active learning has been defined as activities that students can utilize to better construct knowledge and understanding. UNC Charlotte’s Active Learning Academy in the Center for Teaching and Learning supports faculty members to develop such techniques for their classes, and recently, the center hosted an expo that featured academy faculty teams that shared their projects designed to promote active learning.

Counseling master’s student Amie Begg has received a national fellowship to support her education and facilitate her addictions counseling service to underserved minority youth.

The National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) Minority Fellowship Program-Addictions Counselors (MFP-AC) is awarded annually. The program’s goal is to reduce health disparities and improve behavioral health care outcomes for diverse populations by increasing the available number of culturally competent behavioral health professionals.

“Odie,” the UNC Charlotte Botanical Garden’s other mature Titan Arum, is expected to blossom this month. This will be the second time the 12-year-old specimen will bloom at McMillan Greenhouse; the first time was in 2015.

The Charlotte 49ers men’s track and field team clinched the outdoor title to become Conference USA Champions Sunday, May 13, at Rice University’s Wendel Ley Track.

The Chancellor’s “Fast Five” update provides the campus community a behind-the-scenes glimpse into some of the projects and priorities that occupy the chancellor’s time and attention.

UNC Charlotte conferred degrees upon 4,565 candidates in three ceremonies Friday and Saturday, May 11-12. Retired superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Ann Clark received an honorary Doctor of Public Service at the 10 a.m., Saturday, event; read about other inspirational graduation moments that were captured during Commencement.

Mirsad Hadzikadic, director of the Complex Systems Institute at UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI), is seeking the presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina. A proud and loyal Bosnian citizen, he wants his country to unite, to stand on its own and, eventually to be welcomed into the European Union (EU) and NATO.

The Hmong Student Association is at the forefront of efforts to advocate for greater diversity on campus and in the larger community.