General News

Giving Green co-chairs Joël Gallegos and Misty Hathcock kicked off the 2013 campaign with a combined pledge of $1,946, as they encouraged all University employees to support the drive.
“We believe in backing community organizations, and we are committed to Giving Green,” said the co-chairs. Their pledge amount is in recognition of 1946, the founding date of UNC Charlotte (originally established as the Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina). The pledge also honors University founder Bonnie Cone.

Elmer Henry Garinger was one of the visionary leaders who helped Charlotte College realize the dream of becoming a four-year, state-supported institution.
As superintendent of Charlotte City Schools, Garinger employed Bonnie Cone, UNC Charlotte founder, as a mathematics teacher at Central High School. Later, he would name her director of the Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina, the institution that ultimately became UNC Charlotte.

The Multicultural Resource Center is hosting a screening of the documentary “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin” at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 18, in the Cone University Center, Room 320.

The state Office for Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUB) recently presented UNC Charlotte with one of six Good Faith Effort Awards at the 32nd annual State Construction Conference held in Raleigh.
The University received the honor in the category of Public Sector Owner/Agency in recognition of the UNC Charlotte’s campus-wide commitment to the state’s HUB program and utilization of HUB firms.

As part of the University’s celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the Multicultural Resource Center will host “The State of Asian Affairs in Charlotte” at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 10, in Student Union, Room 200.

The UNC Charlotte Iranian Student Organization will hold its Sizdah Bedar (spring picnic) celebration from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, March 30, at Reedy Creek Park, Shelter No. 4.
Sizdah Bedar is a ceremony in the Persian culture. It is held on the 13 day of spring, which is also the13th day of the first month of the Persian New Year (Farfardeen).  

In partnership with the Regional Interfaith Aids Network (RAIN), the Multicultural Resource Center (MRC) will host the free, public screening of “Positive Youth” at 3 p.m., Sunday, March 24, in Cone University Center McKnight Hall.

Diversity trainer Lee Mun Wah will present “Changing Our Heads, Hearts and Hands – From the Inside Out,” an interactive multicultural learning program designed for faculty, staff and the community from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, March 20, in the Student Union.  Registration is required.
This half-day training is free for faculty and staff and $30 for public/community members. A continental breakfast during check-in is included.

Lee Mun Wah, a master diversity trainer, will present “Changing Our Heads, Hearts and Hands – From the Inside Out” from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, March 20, in the Student Union, Multipurpose Room.
An internationally renowned Chinese American documentary filmmaker, author, poet, Asian folk teller, educator and community therapist, Lee Mun Wah believes individuals cannot wait for a charismatic leader to appear to bring people together, but persons must take a stand and begin a conversation with “those we love and those we have been taught to fear.”

Registration is open for the conference “Bridging the Gap Between Academic and Entrepreneurial Capital: Strategies for Success for Women and Under-represented Minorities,” scheduled for Tuesday, March 19, at UNC Charlotte Center City.
According to the UNC Charlotte ADVANCE Faculty Affairs and Diversity Office, which is co-hosting the conference, this event is designed to “educate female and minority faculty and students and interested community members about how they can translate their intellectual capital into entrepreneurial capital in innovative ways.”