A week before the Super Bowl, Dan Grano, associate professor of communication studies, will participate in the BagNewsSalon webinar on sports and media images at 1 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 27.
This summer Student Orientation, Advising and Registration (SOAR) and Venture will partner to launch SOAR Outdoor, a five-day outdoor orientation program for freshmen and transfer students. Two groups of eight will be recruited to participate in this pilot program.
The 2013 legislative session has convened, and elected officials will begin to work on the state’s two-year budget. UNC Charlotte leaders have determined institutional priorities, which must be presented to the UNC Board of Governors.
Chartwells Dining Services and the University have begun a new composting collection procedure that will reduce waste going forward. Now, all pulped food will be composted.
Niner Nation spirit will be displayed full force during Homecoming Week 2013, a celebration of activities and events that culminates with the men’s basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 2, as the Charlotte 49ers take on the University of Massachusetts. The game, at 2 p.m.
As part of Black History Month, Jawole Willa Jo Sollar, founder and artistic director of Urban Bush Women, will share her perspectives on art as a tool for liberation in a conversation scheduled for 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 2, at UNC Charlotte Center City.
The Charlotte 49ers have struck a partnership with CW 46 WJZY to bring broadcasts of upcoming Atlantic 10 conference men’s basketball road games at George Washington and Butler into the Charlotte market.
As part of Homecoming, the Staff Council is sponsoring a decorating contest, a chili cook-off and a scavenger hunt.
The decorating contest is open to individual faculty and staff members or offices. Participants will be judged on their theme and originality; remember to use the University colors.
Israeli scholar and peace activist Gershon Baskin will visit Charlotte Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 6-7, to give talks both days.
Baskin is the founder of the Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information, a joint Israeli-Palestinian public policy organization seeking to promote peace-building initiatives. He served as the organization’s director from 1988 to 2011.
Justin Conrad from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration will discuss threat assessment at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 22, as part of the Great Decisions Lecture Series. His talk will be at UNC Charlotte Center City, Room 204.
