Alumni

Charlotte College alumna Mildred Hunter Gwinn ’62 personifies persistence and a fierce competitiveness that has served her well, not only in business, but wherever her passion leads.

The Donning of the Kente ceremony is a celebration of cultural achievement, using the West African kente cloth as a symbol of African American heritage, to acknowledge the academic achievements and future aspirations of students from minoritized groups.

Excellence in Leadership Awards were bestowed upon six outstanding alumni, Toya Corbett ’97, Trinisha Dean ’06, ’13, ’14 M.A., Marsaynee Attia ’05, ’08 M.S., Boris Rogers ’06, Tchernavia Montgomery ’08, ’09 M.S.W. and Rose Brown ’17, at a campus luncheon.

Congratulations to the 2020 and 2021 recipients of the 49er Alumni Campus Employee Network (ACE) Award recipients — Sabrina Brown ’09, Solomon Franklin ’03, ’06, ’11 M.A. , Kevin Edwards-Knight ’09 M.S.W., Brenda Shue ’11, ’13 M.A. Joshua Avery ’03, ’06 M.A. and Darin Spease ’89.  They were recognized during a special luncheon held recently.

Miriam Espaillat ’13 MSW is proud of what Sabor has become as a restaurant, but the company culture and stories of its staff are what fuel her passion.

“While striving each day to change perceptions of the LGBTQIA+ community in the media, Danny Tulledge ’15 reminds us on National Coming Out Day that being transgender is a part of who he is.”

Two UNC Charlotte students, Abena Atiemo and Melinda Erickson, have been named the inaugural recipients of the UNC Charlotte Alumni Association Scholarship for Social Justice.

UNC Charlotte alumna and former faculty member Brenda Tindal ’04 has been named executive director of Harvard Museums of Science and Culture.

A nursing alumna who volunteered to go to New York in the early weeks of the COVID-19 crisis and an alumnus who keeps his exceptional students engaged at a Charlotte high school were honored on Wednesday, March 31, as the first official guests of the new UNC Charlotte Marriott Hotel & Conference Center. Brittany Akinsola ’11 and Robert Wright ’18, […]

As John Tobias ‘94, a senior analytical statistician for ESPN, surveys the growing field of sports analytics, he sees only opportunity for students from diverse backgrounds. His conviction is so strong that he’s returned to UNC Charlotte as a sports analytics lecturer in the School of Data Science with a hope to ignite in students an interest in sports analytics careers — and is hoping to see more students of color enroll in the courses he teaches.