General News

February is a special month for UNC Charlotte’s Botanical Gardens. The popular, annual Orchid Sale returns as an in-person event, along with “Ganache in the Gardens.”

This pair of events is scheduled for noon to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 11-12, and will include special presentations, arts and craft vendors along with the plant sale. Staff-guided tours of Charlotte’s orchid collection will be offered, too.

Charlotte 49ers wide receiver Grant DuBose will participate in the 2023 Reese’s Senior Bowl. He was named to the National Team, which will play the American Team at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 4, in Mobile, Alabama. The Reese’s Senior Bowl will be broadcast on the NFL Network.

DuBose is the third 49ers player all-time to be selected to the Reese’s Senior Bowl, joining current NFL stars Larry Ogunjobi (Pittsburgh Steelers) and Nate Davis (Tennessee Titans).

UNC Charlotte invites you to celebrate Black History Month with us by participating in events and learning opportunities throughout February.

A new book by  Kelsey Klotz, lecturer in music and assistant dean for inclusive excellence in the College of Arts + Architecture, explores the creation, manifestation and interpretation of “whiteness” in mid-century America through the study of jazz musician Dave Brubeck.

The University’s online master’s in education programs are No.1 in North Carolina, according to U.S. News & World Report.

UNC Charlotte has strengthened its reputation as one of the nation’s top providers of online education, rising to No. 4 (tie) on U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Online Bachelor’s Degrees ranking.

David Rodriguez, a senior majoring in public health sciences, recently received the Community Impact Student Award given by North Carolina Campus Engagement, a statewide network of colleges and universities committed to preparing students for civic and social responsibility.

Blaine Brownell, director of the David R. Ravin School of Architecture, examines the role of the built environment in both the spread and the mitigation of infectious disease historically, currently and in the future in “The Pandemic Effect: Ninety Experts on Immunizing the Built Environment.”

Brook Muller, dean of the College of Arts + Architecture, has announced he will depart the University effective June 30. Lee Gray, professor of architectural history, will become interim dean.  

“I would like to thank UNC Charlotte for giving me the opportunity to lead the College of Arts + Architecture,” Muller said. “I have learned so much from its magical constellation of creative disciplines and believe strongly in the mission of the college to promote the arts and design as engines of civic imagination.”  

Nominations for the 2023 class of the Charlotte 49ers Athletics Hall of Fame can be submitted by the public through Sunday, Feb. 19. The 49ers Hall of Fame Selection Committee will vote on nominees.