General News
Students Helms, Whitaker win 2015 Bassmaster College Classic
UNC Charlotte students Andrew Helms and Jake Whitaker recently won the 2015 Bassmaster College Classic, held on Lake Keowee in South Carolina.
Helms, a marketing major from Monroe, said, “There were only eight teams invited to this event, and we qualified by winning the national championship (2014 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship). Though the field was small, we were able to weigh in right before the pros on the biggest stage in bass fishing. This was huge for us, as there were thousands in attendance and also many more watching live online.”
Third article in COSO series focuses on control activities
Control activities are the third aspect of COSO standards of internal control examined in a series of articles being published in Inside UNC Charlotte.
Charlotte’s Tommie Robinson to serve as seventh Africana Artist-in-Residence
Local painter Tommie Robinson is the 2015 Africana Artist-in-Residence; this year’s theme for the residency is “Art, Environment and Race.”
Pantano gives remarks during College of Health and Human Services conference
Former U.S. Marine Corps officer and current director of the N.C. Division of Veterans Affairs Ilario Pantano outlined a four-prong strategy to make North Carolina the most veteran-friendly state during the CHHS-sponsored conference devoted to addressing veterans’ health needs.
More photos from the conference are on UNC Charlotte’s Flickr feed.
Academic advising workshops scheduled in March
The Office of Academic Services offers free workshops to University advisors on a variety of topics. Participants are requested to register online for session(s) they plan to attend; email the Office of Academic Services (academicservices@uncc.edu) with any questions.
Men’s basketball highlights
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.
Student conference to focus on Japanese-American relations
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.
Graduate student receives first C Design Scholarship in Practice
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.
Levine Lecture to explore ‘New Roots in the Old North State’
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.
Leak’s ‘Visible Man’ wins literary award
“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).