General News

Kerr Putney, chief of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, and Kami Chavis Simmons, a professor at the Wake Forest School of Law, will examine police use of force and other policing, civil rights and race issues at UNC Charlotte’s annual Constitution Day celebration on Wednesday, Sept. 16.

Jaime Bochantin, assistant professor of communications and organizational science, and Karen Ward, assistant director of executive education, will be the guests on the Sept. 3 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast.

Starting at 2 p.m., Thursday, they will discuss the University’s programs for executives and senior leaders; these offerings provide executives with the latest knowledge and research that they can apply directly to their companies.

The Center for STEM Education will host an open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 30, in the College of Education, Suite 222.

Attendees can meet center staff and educational collaborators and learn more about the center’s programs. Light refreshments will be served.

For more information, call 704-687-8816 or email Taylor Rauschenberg at ftrausch@uncc.edu.

Social work professor Annelise Mennicke has earned a leadership and service award from a respected national organization in the field. She is the recipient of the 2015 student award for leadership and service from the Group of the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work (GADE).

The Music Department’s 2015-16 Faculty and Friends Concert Series opens on Tuesday, Sept.15, with a performance by Assistant Professor Carl DuPont, bass-baritone, and Associate Professor Mira Frisch, cellist. Fellow music faculty member Brian Arreola and Gregory Thompson, associate professor of music at Winston-Salem State University, will provide accompaniment.

With the start of another academic year, new faculty members can be overwhelmed by their teaching, research and scholarly responsibilities, all of which are being conducted in an unfamiliar environment. This is the perfect time for new faculty to participate in the ADVANCE Faculty Affairs and Diversity (FADO) New Faculty Mentoring program.

Scott Kissau, an associate professor of foreign language education in the Department of Middle, Secondary, and K-12 Education, was named Foreign Language Teacher of the Year in higher education by the Foreign Language Association of North Carolina.

“Dr. Kissau distinguished himself from the other candidates by immersing himself in the education of languages and cultures and by demonstrating his in-depth involvement with growing and supporting world language teachers,” said Foreign Language Association of North Carolina (FLANC) Awards Chair Delynda Ramirez-Carter.

“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House,” featuring noted journalist Carl Bernstein and political satirist P.J. O’Rourke, will be at 2 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 24, in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall.

In this free presentation for the campus community, the two writers will offer their perspectives on government, politics and the inner-workings of Washington, D.C.

The Hunter and Stephanie Edwards Promenade, which houses the University, coaches and media boxes and broadcast booths at Jerry Richardson Stadium, honors a generous contribution from a pair of proud UNC Charlotte alumni.

“This is a major commitment from this couple, and it will have a major impact,” said Chancellor Philip L. Dubois. “To achieve our goals (in football), we knew we would need the support of generous donors. It is especially meaningful today that the two individuals we are honoring are both graduates of this institution.”

The Charlotte 49ers football game against Temple University scheduled for Friday, Oct. 2, in Richardson Stadium, will be televised, and University leaders anticipate a large crowd for this event. Traffic is expected to increase significantly in the early afternoon as thousands of fans arrive for the game.

The University will observe the following plan for the Oct. 2 game day:

CLASSES AND LABS

Classes are not canceled when the University is required to host weekday football games.