News and Features

Marc Bess from the J. Murrey Atkins Library talks about the exhibit "Heroes and Villains - Silver Age Comics."

The Center for Teaching and Learning will hold its 2013 Teaching with Technology Showcase in February.

Teachers touch the lives of thousands of students each day, often leaving an enduring impression on those they teach. The UNC Charlotte College of Education will honor unforgettable teachers, and the teaching profession, with the Cato Teaching Discovery Mural.

The College of Arts + Architecture Theatre Department’s production of “Seagull” by Anton Chekhov will be performed through Sunday, Nov. 11, in the Black Box Theater of the Robinson Hall for the Performing Arts. Show times are 7:30 p.m., Oct. 31 through Saturday, Nov. 3, and Nov. 7-10. Matinees will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, 11.  

The “Fall Stroll for Epilepsy” will be Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Belk Track and Field Complex. The UNC Charlotte 49ers have sponsored this event for several years to benefit the Epilepsy Foundation of North Carolina.

Maybellin Burgos, a student in UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI), was one of 10 students selected nationally to join the Student Advisory Council (SAC) of the American Association of University Women (AAUW).  One of the oldest and most important higher education organizations in the United States, AAUW empowers women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthr

As the Giving Green Campaign winds down, organizers are holding a second eight-in-eight raffle to increase employee participation.

Diansheng Guo from the Department of Geography at the University of South Carolina will talk at 3 p.m., Friday, Nov. 16, in the McEniry Building, Room 117, as part of the 2012-13 GeoEarth Speaker Series.

Mohammed Bamyeh, professor of sociology at the University of Pittsburgh, will speak on the ethics of unimposed order in Shari’a at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 1, in the Cone University Center, Room 210.

Staff members from the Graduate School recently participated in the campus-wide Giving Green Campaign through its fundraiser “Brownie and a Book for a Buck”.

College of Education alumna Tonya Kales is the 2012-13 Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) Principal of the Year. Kales, who is principal of Ashley Park Elementary School, earned  bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UNC Charlotte. She currently is working toward a doctoral degree in education at the University.