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Creating a better future for Charlotte: Chancellor’s Convocation message underscores ‘a great city needs a great university’
Chancellor Sharon L. Gaber’s fourth Convocation speech to UNC Charlotte faculty and staff focused on the University’s amazing strides accomplished during the 2022-23 academic year.
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UNC Charlotte to welcome three new trustees, BOG reappoints current member
Charlotte business leader Hugh McColl among new appointees, Christine Katziff reappointed.
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Transformational gift of up to $23 million to amplify UNC Charlotte’s national impact on literacy instruction
The investment of up to $23 million will support PreK-5 literacy education through the Mebane Early Literacy Center.
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Niners named to 2023 Business NC Power List
UNC Charlotte Chancellor Sharon L. Gaber and several University alumni and board members are on the 2023 Business North Carolina Power List.
Gaber, recognized for the third consecutive year in the education category, told the publication her biggest inspiration has been her mom. “She was a hard-working, single parent who encouraged and believed in me.”
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‘Constellation Garden’ memorial to be dedicated with April 30th remembrance
On April 28, UNC Charlotte will dedicate a permanent campus memorial to honor those who died, who were injured or who were present during a campus shooting April 30, 2019.
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SACSCOC reaffirmation committee issues no recommendations during visit
The second stage of UNC Charlotte’s 10-year reaffirmation of accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges is complete. This follows a campus visit March 21-23 by the on-site reaffirmation committee.
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Staff Council recognizes winners of recent cookoff
Earlier this month, the UNC Charlotte Staff Council held its annual Chili, Soup and Cornbread Cook-off.
First place winner for Best Chili or Soup was Shayauna Newsom, Office of Transition and Success Initiatives. Sharon Scarborough, urbanCore, and Rusti Deal, facilities management, placed second and third, respectively
Scarborough won the Best Cornbread contest, with Dannie Mirovich, PaTS in second.
Fan favorite winners were:
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Former Bank of America leader joins UNC Charlotte as executive-in-residence
Retired Bank of America executive Charles Bowman is bringing his expertise to UNC Charlotte as an executive-in-residence.
In this role, Bowman — who retired from BofA in April 2022 after more than 25 years — will help to further connect the University in the Charlotte region.
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Charlotte ranks No. 4 in nation for online bachelor’s degrees
UNC Charlotte has strengthened its reputation as one of the nation’s top providers of online education, rising to No. 4 (tie) on U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Online Bachelor’s Degrees ranking.
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University announces Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
To support the growing entrepreneurial ecosystem on campus and in the Charlotte region, UNC Charlotte is aligning its educational and outreach efforts through the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.