Student Life

MRC to co-host ‘Positive Youth’ documentary screening

In partnership with the Regional Interfaith Aids Network (RAIN), the Multicultural Resource Center (MRC) will host the free, public screening of “Positive Youth” at 3 p.m., Sunday, March 24, in Cone University Center McKnight Hall.

Diversity trainer Lee Mun Wah continues ‘Unfinished Conversation’

Diversity trainer Lee Mun Wah will present “Changing Our Heads, Hearts and Hands – From the Inside Out,” an interactive multicultural learning program designed for faculty, staff and the community from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, March 20, in the Student Union.  Registration is required.
This half-day training is free for faculty and staff and $30 for public/community members. A continental breakfast during check-in is included.

Counseling Center forming new student veterans group

The Counseling Center is starting an eight-week group to provide an opportunity for student veterans to come together to build their community and discuss issues related to the transition from military to civilian to University life with others who understand.
Two members from the Counseling Center staff who have personal and professional experiences and training with veterans will facilitate the discussion group. Meetings will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesdays, from Feb. 13 through April 10, in the Counseling Center Multipurpose Room.

Shroud of Turin expert to visit campus

International expert Russ Breault will deliver the multimedia presentation “Shroud Encounter” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 12, in the Student Union Movie Theater.
President and founder of the Shroud of Turin Education Project Inc., Breault has participated in nearly every international research symposium since the first Shroud of Turin Research Project conference in 1981. He attended both public exhibitions in Turin, Italy, in 1998 and 2000.

Multicultural Resource Center to update Safe Zone training, launch a 2.0 version

The Multicultural Resource Center (MRC) is revamping its Safe Zone Program, comprised of training related to LGBTQ programming.
Starting this semester, the Safe Zone training will be a four-hour offering, instead of an entire workday. The updated training program will focus on the basics of the LGBT community and the active engagement that allies offer as program participants. Safe Zone training is open to all members of the campus community and will be offered at least twice a semester.

Unlikely civil rights activist to bring story to campus

Civil rights activist, pastor and professor Bob Zellner will discuss his memories of and role in the South’s civil rights movement at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 5, in the Student Union Movie Theater
Zellner grew up in Southampton, Ala., but he has an unlikely background of a civil rights legend. His father and grandfather were both members of the Ku Klux Klan. Zellner chose to become actively involved in civil rights, and his defiant actions led to his being arrested 18 times in seven different states during the course of his involvement with the movement.

Jeremiah Dew to bring one-man show to campus

As part of the University’s Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration, Jeremiah Dew will perform his one-man show “One Voice: A Black History Narrative” at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 17,in the Student Union Multipurpose Room.

University to honor King with three-day celebration, writer Omar Tyree to give keynote address

UNC Charlotte will commemorate the life, work and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a three-day celebration that includes a keynote address by award-winning writer Omar Tyree, a day of service and a film screening.
The 2013 celebration theme is “A Dream Attained, Deferred or Abandoned? An Examination of the 50 Years Since the March on Washington.” Tyree will speak about this topic at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 22, in the Cone University Center, McKnight Hall.

Expo to feature engineering students design projects

Seniors from the Lee College of Engineering will present their year-long senior projects at the college’s Senior Design Exposition scheduled for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, Dec. 7, in the food court of Halton Arena in the Barnhardt Student Activity Center.

CCI doctoral student to defend dissertation

Yujie Lin, a doctoral student in computing and information systems in the College of Computing and Informatics, will defend “Exploratory Visualization of Graphs Based on Community Structure” at 3:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 7, in Woodward Hall, Room 338. Jing Yang is the dissertation advisor.