General News

November is National Career Development Month, and the University Career Center is sponsoring programs to encourage students to “Reimagine Life’s Possibilities.”

Throughout the month, the Career Center is holding information sessions, employer site visits, workshops and drop-in opportunities for students that address a wide range of career-related topics designed to encourage planning for the future. Students and alumni can explore public service careers available with the Peace Corps, FBI and various federal and North Carolina government agencies.

The Nov. 14 Friday Night Live comedy series will feature a free, public performance by comedian Josh Blue at 7 p.m. in the Cone University Center, After Hours Lounge. The Campus Activities Board is hosting this event.

The Advisory Committee to the Chancellor for Employee Health and Wellness is sponsoring the lunch and learn “Discipline that Works” from noon to 1 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 18, in the Student Union, Room 200.

Organizers note this event should provide helpful information for faculty and staff members who are parents or child caretakers. Participants should register online and bring their lunch to enjoy during the presentation.

In a special “Live Wire,” the University’s chief medical officer Robert Jones examines the health care implications of Ebola from a scientific perspective, especially as it relates to the University community.

The program airs at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 30 after the “Live Wire” related to facilities management. Recently, the University hosted an interdisciplinary panel discussion on the disease from a humanities/social sciences perspective.

UNC Charlotte alumnus Dylan McKnight (’13M) recently received the Marvin Collins Outstanding Planning Award at the N.C. Planning Conference Awards Luncheon.

McKnight was honored in the graduate student project category for his work on the Reid Park Vision Plan, which was completed as part of his capstone project toward master’s degrees in urban design and community planning. The project involved planning and designing an 18-acre neighborhood park and greenway. The first phase is expected to break ground in January.

Enajite Ojaruega, a faculty member in the Department of English and Literary Studies at Delta State University, Nigeria, will present “Women’s Education in Nigeria: Challenges and the Chibok Girls” at 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 4, in the Storrs Building, Room 290.

Chibok is the location of a school from which 276 girls were abducted by the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram.

The Africana Studies Department and African Studies Academy are cosponsoring this public talk.

The prestigious Levine Scholars Program will continue to accommodate exceptional student-leaders from across the country through 2024 following a new gift commitment of nearly $13 million to UNC Charlotte from Leon and Sandra Levine through their foundation.

The extension of the merit scholarship program was formally announced today at a ceremony at the UNC Charlotte Student Union. Along with the Levines, Chancellor Philip L. Dubois; program administrators; current and former Levine Scholars and staff, faculty and friends of the University; participated in the event.

In December 2011, the University of North Carolina (UNC) Information Technology Security Council (ITSC) recommended the adoption of ISO 27002 as the common security framework baseline for the UNC system to the UNC Chief Information Officer (CIO) Council. The following month, the UNC CIO Council accepted the recommendation to use ISO 27002 as the official […]

Chancellor Philip L. Dubois has been elected to a three-year term on the board of directors of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), an organization of state-supported institutions that offer degree programs leading to bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degrees.

The chancellor’s wife, Lisa Lewis Dubois, was elected to a one-year term as chair of the Planning Committee for AASCU Spouses and Partners.