Terri Rhodes, assistant director for training in the Counseling Center, recently received the Helen Roehlke Award from the Association of Counseling Center Training Agencies (ACCTA) at its annual meeting in Baltimore.
Over the past week, I have heard questions and concerns from members of our university community regarding campus safety in the wake of the recent report of a sexual assault in the Fretwell Building. I want to update you on the incident and to share some information and observations about campus safety.
Connecting WiFi-capable devices on campus is about to get easier. The Information and Technology Services (ITS) networking services team is implementing enhancements today that will provide a more convenient, secure, and reliable method to connect to the Internet wirelessly.
The fall fundraising period for Giving Green recently concluded with $148,520 in donations to the campaign’s three beneficiaries – Arts & Science Council, State Employees Combined Campaign and the UNC Charlotte Foundation.
Seventy-five recipients of scholarships awarded by the Office of Adult Students and Evening Services (OASES) were recognized at a special luncheon Friday in the Cone University Center, Lucas Room.
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte marked another milestone on Friday, Nov. 16, with the dedication of the new $76 million Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) Building.
A retirement reception in honor of Chrystal Lilly-Gibbs and Toby Rufty, members of the Lee College of Engineering, will be from 3 to 5 p.m., Monday, Dec. 3, in the Barnhardt Student Activity Center Salons.
Gibbs has been with the University more than 26 years, predominantly as the executive assistant for the dean; Rufty’s 20-year tenure has been as a contracts and grants officer.
The University’s Master of Science in Real Estate (MSRE) program will offer six full-tuition scholarships to students beginning in the 2013-14 academic year.
The scholarships, which have a value in excess of $20,000 each during the course of the program, are named in honor of three real estate industry leaders with close ties to the University:
Shawn Long, chair of the Department of Communication Studies in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, is the 2012 recipient of the Outstanding Service Award from the African American Communication and Culture Division and the Black Caucus of the National Communication Association.
Award-winning conceptual artist Mel Chin, currently an artist-in-residence at McColl Center for Visual Art, will speak at 12:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 29, in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall. His talk “For a Few Dollars More” will address a variety of recent works and the value and intentions behind them.
The NCAA has announced that Charlotte and host Charlotte 49ers will be the site for the second and third rounds of the 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. The games are slated for Friday and Sunday, March 20-22, 2015, at Time Warner Cable Arena.
The Charlotte 49res will hold a Fall Football Finale on Saturday, Nov. 17, as the football team conducts its final practice of its first fall workout season.
