Belk College of Business

Economist John Connaughton discussed interest rates, the Federal Reserve and the value of the dollar following his March quarterly economic forecast, sponsored by Babson Capital Management.

UNC Charlotte Executive Education will present “Designing the Future: Driving Innovation and Change” Thursday and Friday, March 26-27; it is one of several spring programs now available for registration.

Designed for executives and senior managers, the program focuses on preparing companies to constantly create new wealth, with constant innovation and continuous change and with a resulting blueprint for action for participants to use in their companies and organizations.

Economist John Connaughton will give his quarterly forecast for the North Carolina economy at a luncheon and press conference Wednesday, March 11, at UNC Charlotte Center City. His presentation will begin at noon in the auditorium. A Belk College alumni coffee will be held at 11 a.m., and lunch will be available beginning at 11:30 a.m.

MetLife Foundation and UNC Charlotte announced a partnership to establish a “Women in Business” leadership program in the University’s Belk College of Business; the foundation contributed $100,000 to launch the initiative.

The planned “Live Wire” for Jan. 8 has been canceled; there will be a rebroadcast of a program featuring Ted Amato, professor of economics, and student Brittany Nunn discussing the imapact of the Business Honors Program and Justin Webb and student Luzina Holden discussing business innovation and entrepreneurship at UNC Charlotte. 

Employees can watch “The Live Wire” at their desks or on their mobile devices starting at 2 p.m..

John Connaughton from the Belk College of Business discusses his recent Babson Capital/UNC Charlotte Economic Forecast with Stephen Ward, executive director of University communications, for a segment that will air on UNC-TV’s “North Carolina Now” at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 10.

The North Carolina economy grew at a rate much stronger than expected during the second half of 2014 signaling significant potential growth in 2015, UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton reported Tuesday, Dec. 9, in his quarterly forecast for the state.

Stephen Billings, associate professor of economics and the co-director of the Center for Real Estate in the Belk College of Business, and Alyson Metcalfe, director of the Master of Science in Real Estate program and Liz Ward, a program alumna, will be guests on the Dec.4 edition of “The Live Wire,” Inside UNC Charlotte’s streaming webcast. 

Billings will give an overview of the Center for Real Estate and talk about its research and outreach.  Metcalfe and Ward will talk about the Master of Science in Real Estate program and how people can apply.

Jacob Goldenberg, co-author of “Inside the Box: A Proven System of Creativity for Breakthrough Results,” will discuss how individuals can learn and apply techniques for innovation and creativity – using the resources they have around them on Monday, Nov. 17, as part of the NEXT Speaker Series sponsored by the University’s Belk College of Business.