General News
‘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
UNC Charlotte will host the inaugural Engaged Scholarship and Community Partnership Symposium Thursday and Friday, April 23-24.
Decker appointed to UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees; Price, Jamil and Schulte reappointed
Former North Carolina Secretary of Commerce Sharon Allred Decker will join UNC Charlotte’s leadership as a new member of the Board of Trustees.
The UNC Board of Governors appointed Decker to a four-year term beginning July 1. The board also reappointed current trustees Joe Price, Dhiaa Jamil and Laura Schulte, each to their second, full four-year term.
Cancer researcher receives UNC Board of Governors top faculty honor
Distinguished cancer researcher Pinku Mukherjee was honored with the O. Max Gardner Award – the highest faculty accolade given by the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina. She was presented the honor formally Friday, April 10.
UNC Charlotte’s day of giving an ‘extraordinary’ 24 hours
UNC Charlotte successfully concluded its Niner Nation Gives campaign earlier today, and campus leaders were pleased with the inaugural day of giving.
Arizona State researcher to talk ‘Compassion in the Face of Terror’
Sarah Tracy, a professor in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University, will present “Compassion in the Face of Terror” at 9 a.m., Tuesday, April 21, in the Student Union, Room 340 (A-E). This presentation is for the Communication Studies Week Spring Colloquium, sponsored by the Communication Studies Graduate Student Association and the Communication Studies Department’s graduate program.
State Construction Office recognizes two campus projects
Bringing two major facilities online – the PORTAL Building and Richardson Stadium – requires a collaborative effort by the teams involved. The State Construction Office recently recognized the two projects and named them “best managed.” UNC Charlotte was the only state agency to have multiple construction projects earn such recognition this year.
State Construction Office personnel, known as monitors, determine which capital projects are deemed “best managed.”
‘Niner Nation Gives,’ Belk College programs topics of dual ‘Live Wire’ broadcasts
“The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast, will feature two programs on Thursday, April 9.
At 11 a.m., Madeline Keeter (’08), community and government relations coordinator at CaroMont Health; Zacch Estrada-Petersen (’05), senior accountant at the Hearst Corporation; and Stacie Young (’98), director of annual giving; will discuss UNC Charlotte’s inaugural 24-hour online giving day, Niner Nation Gives.
Burr visits campus to learn about University’s cybersecurity expertise
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr recently visited UNC Charlotte to talk with campus officials about the University’s nationally recognized cybersecurity programs. Burr serves as chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, which provides oversight of the nation’s intelligence community.
UNC Charlotte going to the MAX to bring arts to the community
The College of Arts + Architecture will debut its Mobile Arts & Community Experience (MAX), a state-of-the-art mobile facility, on Friday, April 10, in a free, public celebration from 5 to 7 p.m. on Levine Avenue for the Arts. A “MAX Family Day” will follow on Saturday, April 11, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The college received a three-year, $350,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to support MAX’s design and construction.