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Moriah Walker is the social media specialist and self-described official #retweeter for UNC Charlotte. Get an inside look into Walker’s job, advice for Niners and her favorite parts of UNC Charlotte. 

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Charlotte Kids Fest returns to UNC Charlotte Saturday for the first in-person event since 2019. This free event, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, April 23, on the Charlotte Research Institute area of campus, will offer more than 50 unique experiences, encouraging children to engage in creative and informative activities and live performances. 

Sponsored by Atrium Health University City, Duke Energy, Walmart and other businesses and organizations, Kids Fest is designed for children up to age 10, though all are welcome. The festival is centered around six activity zones:

Niles F. Sorensen, vice chancellor for the Division of University Advancement and president of the UNC Charlotte Foundation since 2006, will retire in December 2022. 

According to a 2014 article based on 23 studies, an estimated 100 million to one billion birds are killed in the United States each year.

For the UNC Charlotte community, the 49er Democracy Experience offers a dynamic, nonpartisan platform for learning about and engaging in civic life.

UNC Charlotte is the No. 1 institution in North Carolina in awarding bachelor’s degrees to Latinx students.

A new song cycle about violins recovered from the Holocaust will be the centerpiece of Charlotte’s Holocaust Remembrance Day event, the Community Yom HaShoah Commemoration.

The Belk College of Business and its Turner School of Accountancy have earned five-year accreditation renewals from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the premier business accreditation organization in the world.

The Office of Adult Students and Evening Services and the Adult Student Ambassadors invite all undergraduate adult and nontraditional students to an End-of-Year Celebration from noon to 4 p.m., Thursday, April 28, in the quad between Fretwell and Storrs buildings.

Faculty support is the mission of the Center for Teaching and Learning, and for a trio of participants in the center’s Active Learning Academy, it has become a personal bonding experience.

For faculty members Susana Cisneros, Julie Cook and Brittany Johnson, a shared interest in active learning brought them together. They discovered common ground and shared feelings, and the friendship and support network they developed through team meetings are what’s going to continue, which will lead to further collaboration.