The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Women’s Summit has formed an advisory council t hat will provide oversight and guidance to the organization, as well as aid in planning for the 2014 Women’s Summit Conference.
Every event that happens in the James H. Barnhardt Student Activity Center (SAC) must be directed, planned and overseen. Zach Rutledge is the person who is tackling these tasks every day.
Economist John Connaughton will discuss implications of the “fiscal cliff” when he presents his quarterly forecast for the North Carolina economy at a luncheon and press conference at noon, Tuesday, Dec. 11, at UNC Charlotte Center City (320 E. 9th Street).
Faculty and staff members are encouraged to wear green and head to Halton Arena at 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 8, as the Charlotte 49ers women’s basketball team takes on Stetson University on UNC Charlotte Faculty/Staff Night. All University faculty and staff members can receive free tickets to the contest.
Lee Sherry, associate professor and chair of the Department of Special Education and Child Development in the College of Education, received the 2012 Distinguished Service Award from the national Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).
Charlotte Observer reporters Karen Garloch and Ames Alexander will lead the interactive discussion “Investigating North Carolina’s ‘Not-for-Profit’ Hospitals” from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 6, in the College of Health and Human Services, Room 161.
Russell Kirby, Marrell Endowed Chair in Down Syndrome Research in the College of Public Health at the University of South Florida, will present “Spatial Perspectives on Public Health” from 12:30 to 2 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 5, in the College of Health and Human Services, Room 145.
Jing Xiao, professor of computer science in the College of Computing and Informatics, has been named an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow effective Jan. 1.
The Institute of International Education (IIE) has selected UNC Charlotte as one of five American colleges and universities to participate in the International Academic Partnership Program's (IAPP) India initiative.
Seniors from the Lee College of Engineering will present their year-long senior projects at the college’s Senior Design Exposition scheduled for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, Dec. 7, in the food court of Halton Arena in the Barnhardt Student Activity Center.
