The Charlotte 49ers men’s soccer team and alumni, the Urban Ministry Center’s Street Soccer 945 squad and the La Raza soccer team will face off in a round-robin soccer tournament on Saturday, April 27, at UNC Charlotte Center City.
Tanure Ojaide, Frank Porter Graham Professor of Africana Studies, has received a one-year Fulbright Fellowship to conduct a comparative study of the Udje dance songs of the Urhobo of Nigeria, African-American Greek step show and battle rap, Afro-Caribbean calypso and Afro-Brazilian capoeira and jongo.
The Office of Academic Services continues its Academic Advisor Development Program, a free workshop series that will provide UNC Charlotte academic advisors with training on a variety of topics.
On Friday, April 19, the program will feature two workshops “Understanding International Students” at 9 a.m. and “Advising Students with Disabilities” at 10 a.m.
The state Office for Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUB) recently presented UNC Charlotte with one of six Good Faith Effort Awards at the 32nd annual State Construction Conference held in Raleigh.
UNC Charlotte faculty, staff, students, alumni and their friends and family are invited to join the Alumni Association for 49er Day at Carowinds on Saturday, April 27.
All-day tickets are $35 for regular adults, with $5 benefiting the Alumni Association. For kids under 48 inches tall, tickets are $29.99; children under 2 years old are admitted free.
Stanley Wilder, University librarian, will be a guest on Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast “The Live Wire” at noon, Thursday, April 11. He and host Stephen Ward, executive director of University communications, will discuss how space utilization with the J. Murrey Atkins Library has changed, and how these alterations differ from libraries of past generations.
At the recent 13th annual Graduate Research Symposium, the top two entrants in each category were recognized for their work. Awards were given for presentations as well as posters.
Regina Guyer, associate director of the IDEAS Center, was chosen as Sustain Charlotte’s Outstanding Educator; she was recognized recently at the second annual Community Sustainability Awards presentation for her efforts to aid Sustain Charlotte to realize “Charlotte 2030: A Sustainable Vision for Our Region.”
As part of the University’s celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the Multicultural Resource Center will host “The State of Asian Affairs in Charlotte” at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 10, in Student Union, Room 200.
The Charlotte 49ers first spring game is slated for Saturday, April 20. In advance of the scrimmage, University leaders will host a town hall meeting at 3 p.m., Monday, April 15, in Cone University Center, McKnight Hall, to discuss campus issues related to football game days. Chancellor Philip L. Dubois, Director of Athletics Judy Rose and others will cover various topics.
