The Charlotte 49ers football team will be "marching" toward the end zone to the beat of its own drums this fall. While the football program won't initially feature a full marching band, thanks to generous gifts from alumni, UNC Charlotte will debut the 49er drum line, a battery of percussion players who will take to McColl-Richardson Field to help keep the Niner Nation pumped up.
The switch has been flipped, and the Information and Technology Services (ITS) network services team is extending Wi-Fi coverage within nearly 60 non-residential buildings on campus.
UNC Charlotte will be the main location for simultaneous statewide ceremonies to celebrate the completion of the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative (GLRBI) by MCNC (Microelectronics Center of North Carolina).
Convocation is traditionally held in the Colbert Augustus “Pete” McKnight Lecture Hall. The venue, which has hosted a number of events since its opening, is named for the legendary Charlotte Observer news editor and staunch University advocate.
Charlotte Teachers Institute (CTI) has accepted 104 instructors from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools into its innovative professional development program that began this spring. These teachers come from 15 subject areas in 43 schools and include grades K-12.
Brady Nails, recently elected student body president for the 2013-14 academic year, was sworn in as an ex officio member of the UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees Thursday, May 23.
Michael Carlin has been named vice chancellor for information technology and chief information officer at UNC Charlotte. He will join the University July 16 from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Charlotte 49ers head men’s basketball coach Alan Major has received a three-year contract extension that will keep him on the sidelines through the 2017-18 season.
UNC Charlotte’s Charlotte Research Scholars (CRS) program provides undergraduate students the training and experience to be successful in research, a critical component for graduate education. Sixty scholars have been selected for the research program’s second year. Starting Tuesday, May 28, they will conduct original research during a 10-week program in collaboration with a faculty member.
