General News

MAX to debut on campus with free performances

The College of Arts + Architecture’s new Mobile Arts & Community Experience (MAX) will make its first appearance on campus the week of April 20-24, with live performances in the quad between the colleges of Education and Health and Human Services.

University cosponsoring fixed income conference

UNC Charlotte and the University of South Carolina will hold a conference on fixed income securities on Friday and Saturday, April 17-18, at UNC Charlotte Center City.

The 2015 Fixed Income Conference will feature experts presenting the latest information and research on fixed income securities.

Keynote speakers include:

UNC Charlotte students awarded prestigious NSF graduate fellowships

Categories: General News Tags: Graduate School

Three UNC Charlotte students have received National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF) for 2015; this brings the total number of NSF GRF students produced by UNC Charlotte to 20.

Theatre professor Carlos Cruz to guest on April 16 ‘Live Wire’

Carlos Cruz, assistant professor of theatre, will be the guest on the April 16 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast. He will discuss the Mobile Arts & Community Experience (MAX) and its upcoming appearance and performances on campus April 21-24.

 “The Live Wire” can be viewed on computer or mobile devices starting at 2 p.m.

Dance Department to present spring concert

Categories: General News Tags: Arts and Culture

The Department of Dance will present a spring concert Thursday, April 16, through Sunday, April 19, in the Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts, Belk Theater. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m., April 16-18 with a 2 p.m. matinee on April 19.

The concert will feature a showcase of different dance styles and will include student performers in works choreographed by dance faculty Gretchen Alterowitz, E.E. Balcos, Kim Jones and Rachel Tucker.

Belk College faculty member receives Chamber’s young professional award

Victor Chen, assistant professor of international management in the Belk College of Business, has received the 2015 Young Professional (YP) Educator Award from the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals (YPs).

The Charlotte Chamber YPs honored 24 finalists who are between 21 and 39 years of age in six categories. The awards were presented earlier this month at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Students to present live, recorded scenes from London production

UNC Charlotte study abroad students will present live and recorded scenes from a 2014 London production of Shakespeare’s “Pericles” and Cervantes’ “The Sultan’s Queen” on Tuesday, April 21, in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall. 

The performance, which is free and open to the public, will be from 7 to 9 p.m. and will include a question-and-answer session with a student/faculty panel. 

Sartarelli named chancellor of UNC Wilmington

Categories: General News Tags: Academic Affairs

 Jose “Zito” Sartarelli, Ph.D., a former pharmaceutical executive who now serves as chief global officer and dean of the College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University, was elected chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington by the Board of Governors of the 17-campus University of North Carolina. UNC President Tom Ross placed Sartarelli’s name in nomination April 10 during the board’s regular April meeting, held on the campus of East Carolina University in Greenville. 

‘Countdown to AIDS Walk’ to raise awareness of HIV

On Thursday, April 23, the Multicultural Resource Center will sponsor a “Countdown to AIDS Walk” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Student Union to sign up individuals to participate in Charlotte’s annual AIDS Walk, scheduled for Saturday, May 2.

The April 23 event will include music and entertainment, along with interactive HIV educational displays and presentations.

Register to attend engaged scholarship, community partnership symposium

Categories: General News Tags: Academic Affairs

UNC Charlotte will host the inaugural Engaged Scholarship and Community Partnership Symposium Thursday and Friday, April 23-24.