Alumni

UNC Charlotte’s gold and silver anniversary Classes of 1966 and 1991 will be in the spotlight for the first Alumniner Weekend, but this event will be an opportunity for all alumni and their family and friends to return to campus, too.

Scheduled for Friday, April 8, through Sunday, April 10, Alumniner Weekend will include reunions for Greek organizations, the Student Government Association and student media participants.

The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) bestowed grand champion status on two initiatives led by the offices of University Communications and Alumni Affairs in the Division of University Advancement. The projects were chosen the best from among more than 1,000 competing entries.

The video “Big Ideas, Big Future” and Niner Connection, a redesigned online community for UNC Charlotte alumni, were named Grand Award winners during the recent CASE District III conference in Nashville.

Forbes has named Chris Tyler, a 2015 mechanical engineering Ph.D. graduate of the Lee College of Engineering, to its 2016 30 Under 30 list.

“The American Workday” is a publication that presents a modern portrait of the nation’s economy, as painted by the workers who keep it moving.  Its publication is a result of efforts by UNC Charlotte alumnus Austin Halbert.

A Levine Scholar, Halbert graduated in May with a bachelor’s degree in management (organizational management concentration) with a minor in economics. “The American Workday” was funded through a grant from the Levine Scholars Program, which enabled Halbert and fellow scholars Laura Outlaw and Vrushab Gowda to complete the work.

UNC Charlotte alumna Karen Kirks Alexander was elected mayor of Salisbury on Tuesday, Dec. 1, by the Salisbury City Council, to which Alexander was elected in November.

Nearly 3,550 undergraduate and graduate students will receive degrees during commencement exercises on Saturday, Dec. 19.

These graduates will swell the ranks of UNC Charlotte alumni, and they will have an impact in the greater Charlotte community and across the nation, said Jenny Jones, executive director of alumni affairs.

On an otherwise unremarkable afternoon, athletic trainer and UNC Charlotte alumna Heather Teague was making her rounds at Charlotte’s Providence Day School team practices, when a feeling in the pit of her stomach made her stop. She paused to scan her surroundings, and Teague’s eyes eventually came to rest on a nearby soccer field. She hadn’t been standing there for long when across the pitch, a JV soccer player broke stride while running and collapsed.

The Alumni Association has launched its Niner Walk Alumni Brick Program, and starting Monday, Nov. 30, individuals can purchase a piece of 49er Way.

The brick walkway located between Cameron Boulevard and Richardson Stadium, 49er Way is the path the Charlotte 49ers football team, band and fans take from the Hauser Alumni Pavilion to the stadium during home games.

A limited number of customized bricks will be offered for the initial installation, which will be unveiled in April 2016.

Anne Tompkins, former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina and UNC Charlotte alumna, will deliver the 2015 Barnhardt Seminar on Ethics and the World of Business. Starting at 6:30 p.m., Nov. 18, go to livestream.charlotte.edu to watch the presentation. The Office of University Communications is sponsoring the live stream.

Rep. Dean Arp, who earned a master’s degree in mechanical engineering at UNC Charlotte in 1999, discusses why science-based education is important to future economic development.