General News

October is Relationship Violence Awareness Month, and the University’s is sponsoring its annual Clothesline Project to raise awareness. Members of the campus community will have the chance to paint T-shirts with powerful messages relating to relationship and domestic violence from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 9,  at the Belk Tower.
Women’s Programs and the Center for Wellness Promotion are sponsoring this event, which is open to all students and faculty. Paint and shirts will be provided.

The Center for Wellness Promotion will host its sixth annual OctSoberfest from 4 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 9, on the front recreational fields, to kick off National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Month.
OctSoberfest is a wellness carnival-style program to educate students on the realities of alcohol consumption through various alcohol-free activities. There will be a a number of activities, including a drunk driving simulation, mock sobriety testing, cornhole, home run derby and gladiator jousting. Music, free food and beverages and giveaways will be provided too.

David Goldfield, the Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History, will deliver the annual Caldwell Lecture in the Humanities at 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 10, in UNC Charlotte Center City. Longtime UNC Charlotte benefactors Sally Dalton and Russell Robinson II will receive the John T. Caldwell Award for the Humanities at this free, public event.

Nine focused work sessions around specific strategic issue topics have been scheduled for October and November as the IT Master Plan project enters the final phase.
The objective of the IT Master Plan work sessions are to facilitate a collaborative process for engaging University stakeholders in a productive discussion about strategic IT issues that UNC Charlotte is currently facing, explained C.E. Pierce, ITS, who is the University’s project manager for the IT Master Plan initiative.

Drive by UNC Charlotte Center City at night before Sunday, Oct. 6, and see it “pretty in pink” in support of the Queen City in Pink Initiative and national Breast Cancer Awareness month.
According to Donell Stines-Jones, starting at dusk, the building’s internal stairwell from the first to 12th floors shines “bright pink.” Reusable sleeves that cover the florescent bulbs are responsible for the temporary transformation.

Nick Swardson and David Koechner will perform at 8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 10, in the Student Union Multipurpose Room, as part of the Homecoming Comedy Show sponsored by the Campus Activities Board. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m.
Swardson, a comedian, actor and writer/producer, has appeared in “Grandma’s Boy,” Grown Ups,” “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry” and “Blades of Glory.” In addition, he has performed on Comedy Central shows “Pretend Time with Nick Swardson.” Currently, he is working on the animated show “CHOZEN.”

The UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens will hold its annual Fall Plant Sale on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18-19, at the McMillan Greenhouse.
“With the abundant rain this spring and summer, everyone should be excited about their gardens,” said Paula Gross, assistant director of the Botanical Gardens. “Get your wish list together and come out to the Fall Plant Sale.”

Ever calculated the odds behind whether your favorite team should punt or go for it – or who’s really number one? Charlotte Teachers Institute will tackle these and other tough questions related to the intersection of sports and math in its “Exploding Canons” event on Tuesday, Oct. 22.
This next installment of CTI’s flagship speakers’ series will take place from 5:30 to 8 p.m. the EPIC Building, next to the Jerry Richardson Stadium.

Lon Bumgarner, a faculty member in the Theatre Department, will preview some of the fall semester’s productions on the Oct. 1 installment of Inside UNC Charlotte’s “The Live Wire.” He will talk about a performance of Shakespeare’s “Othello” by artists-in-residence from the London Stage and a production of “Love the Doctor,” an adaptation of the Golden Age Spanish play by Tirso de Molina