Students

The 2025-26 academic year is off to a great start. We welcomed our largest class of more than 4,900 first-year students representing 95 North Carolina counties, 39 states ad 20 countries; and greeted more than 3,000 new transfer students, the highest number we’ve seen since 2016. The Difference is Charlotte! Here are some important resources, reminders […]

The facilities management team was hard at work during the summer, preparing campus for the 2025-26 academic year. Here is a look at some of the projects completed, including improvements to Craver Road to enhance the safety of the campus community. Additional projects noted below are expected to be completed throughout the fall semester. Safety […]

UNC Charlotte and boutique jeweler Kendra Scott are partnering for a fundraising event to benefit the Ellis Reed Parlier Scholarship. This year’s fundraiser showcases Kendra Scott’s green game day collection designed for fans to wear to 49ers athletics events – from football and soccer to virtually any Niner contest. Shoppers who make online purchases through Friday, Aug. […]

Welcome to the 2025–26 academic year, Niners! Some of you may be longtime readers of Niner Insider; others may be seeing it for the first time. Either way, we’ve got exciting new things to share! In your inbox Mondays and Thursdays Our newsletter debuts a new look this semester, but the mission remains the same: […]

A bold commitment UNC Charlotte is making a bold commitment to students: Before they graduate, every undergraduate can access an internship opportunity to help them build skills, connections and readiness. It’s an opportunity made possible by three things that set us apart: our location in one of the nation’s fastest-growing cities, our centralized career services […]

Four Niners competed in college bass fishing’s national tournament, the Bassmaster College National Championship, July 10-12, on Cherokee Lake outside of Knoxville, Tennessee.   Charlotte had two teams of two at the tournament. Joe Lutz, a junior construction management major, and Jake Monti, a senior marketing major, placed 67th overall. Matthew Norton and Ian Schroeder, both […]

Sonia Birla ’25 is one of 65 Americans selected to study and work in Germany as part of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals program. She will depart for this one-year experience Friday, July 25, to return in June 2026. While in Germany, Birla will take a two-month intensive language course in Cologne, where […]

Evan Nazareth, a senior mechanical engineering major and host of the “Niner Nation Podcast,” has built his college experience around innovation, leadership and connection. Born in New Hampshire and raised in Cary, North Carolina, Nazareth has expanded his horizons while at UNC Charlotte. This summer, he completed his second study abroad experience, a faculty-led trip […]

Karabeth Savage, a senior majoring in biology with a concentration in ecology, loves the great outdoors. A Venture Outdoor Leadership student leader, Savage holds a University professional internship position with the organization. But like Savage’s favorite hikes, their path to Charlotte was full of peaks, valleys and unexpected discoveries.  Savage was born in Cooleemee, North […]

Over the summer, the University will make improvements to Craver Road to enhance the safety of the campus community. To date, yield to pedestrian sticks have been placed at all of the crosswalks on the road. Additional safety improvements to Craver Road The following safety improvements are expected to be in place before the start […]