General News

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Highlights from the recent Charlotte 49ers men’s basketball game against Southern Mississippi; the team led by 15 at the half and extended their lead for a 28-point victory.

The Department of Languages and Cultural Studies in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences will hold a cross-cultural undergraduate student conference on Japanese-American relations from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 10, in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall.

Paul Krynski, a Master of Architecture/Master of Urban Design student from Charlotte, is the first recipient of a new scholarship/internship program established by the School of Architecture in partnership with C Design, a local architectural, interior design and planning firm.

This new program will provide a paid internship plus a tuition scholarship for a full year to one UNC Charlotte student annually. Rising fifth-year (Bachelor of Architecture) students and graduate students are eligible to apply for the award.

North Carolina is experiencing heavy Latino migration, and UNC Chapel Hill anthropologist Hannah Gill will discuss what the migration means to the state and the immigrants in the Levine Lecture “New Roots in the Old North State” at 6 p.m., Monday, March 9, at the Levine Museum of the New South.

Gill is author of “North Carolina and the Latino Migration Experience: New Roots in the Old North State.” She also is director of the Latino Migration Project at UNC Chapel Hill, a public educational program on Latin American immigration and integration in North Carolina.

“Visible Man: The Life of Henry Dumas” by Jeffrey Leak, associate professor of English, is the nonfiction recipient of a 2015 Literary Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA).

The College of Health and Human Services has received a grant from the Lettie Pate White Foundation to benefit students in the nursing and allied health professions.

For the current academic year, the White Foundation has pledged more than $160,000, which will provide scholarships for female students with demonstrated financial need. To date, the foundation has awarded more than $1 million to the college.

Dee Dixon, a successful Charlotte entrepreneur, will present “Her Story, Her Journey” at 2 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 26, in the Halton Reading Room of the J. Murrey Atkins Library in celebration of Black History Month.

Members of the campus community are invited to celebrate the University’s 50th year as part of the UNC system at 2 p.m., Monday, March 2, in the Student Union Rotunda.

On March 2, 1965, the N.C. House of Representatives passed a bill designating Charlotte College as the University of North Carolina at Charlotte effective July 1, 1965. According to the Charlotte Collegian, news of the bill’s passage was greeted on campus with “bell ringing, cheers, shouts and tears of happiness.”

Historian John David Smith will discuss “Lincoln and the U.S. Colored Troops” on today’s “Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast.

Employees can watch “The Live Wire” at their desk or on their mobile devices starting at 2 p.m.