General News

Competing for top national and international academic scholarships is a team effort, and the Honors College recently recognized endorsed candidates for these awards and other grants.

Biology major Heidi Cope was recognized for receiving a research Fulbright grant to India, where she will investigate the intersections of marriage culture and the sexual health of adolescent women; Diane Zablotsky from the Levine Scholars Program was her program director.

UNC Charlotte is transitioning to a new learning management system, Canvas; its adoption resulted after several months of study, including a pilot phase that involved more than 100 courses in 20 disciplines and 3,000 students.

The Office of Extended Academic Programs offers numerous training opportunities. Discounts of approximately 50 percent are available for UNC Charlotte faculty and staff. For more information, call 704-687-8900 or email ceregistration@uncc.edu.

Students who participate in study abroad trips through the University could submit their photographs from overseas for the annual “Study Abroad Photo Exhibit.”

Winners and honorable mentions in this competition will be displayed Sunday, May 1, through Saturday, May 14, in the Student Union Art Gallery. An opening reception for the display will be from 5 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 4.

Converse College in Spartanburg, S.C., announced today that Krista Newkirk, currently chief of staff for Chancellor Philip L. Dubois, will be the college’s new president. Newkirk, a 13-year employee of UNC Charlotte, will assume her new role at Converse on July 1.

Bruce Taylor, an associate professor in the College of Education Department of Reading and Elementary Education, is among the 2016 recipients of the Governor’s Volunteer Service Award.

This honor, created in 1979, recognizes individuals, groups and businesses that make a significant contribution to their community through volunteer service.

Taylor was nominated by the United Way of Central Carolinas for his work with the United Way’s Project 1,000 effort.

Through the combined efforts of more than 75 volunteers, several truckloads of trash and recyclables were disposed safely via the recent spring campus cleanup.

“Campus cleanup provides us with the perfect opportunity to put the University’s commitment to being stewards of the environment into action” said Tyler Sytsma, University sustainability coordinator.

Each semester, the Facilities Management Office coordinates the campus cleanup, and employees receive release time to volunteer. Roughly 150 pounds of trash and recyclables were collected during this semester’s event.

The Charlotte 49ers will hold the fourth annual Green-White Spring Football Game at 7 p.m., Saturday, April 23, at Jerry Richardson Stadium. The game, which marks the end of the spring 2016 practice season, is open to the public.

The UNC Charlotte 49er Alumni Forum, scheduled for Thursday, April 28, will bring successful alumni, many of whom have started their own small businesses in the greater Charlotte region, back to campus to share stories of their successes and failures, and they will offer advice to students and others on how to start a business.

“Alumni Entrepreneurs: Educated at Charlotte | Founded in Charlotte” will feature panelists Rachel Brown (’14), Bryan Delaney (’03), Torrie Savage (’05) and Brian Zapata (’03, ’07, ’12).

The Alumni Reunion Weekend, First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal ceremony and Leadership Charlotte are among the topics for the latest installment of the “Chancellor’s Fast Five.”